'on forced labor in Uzbekistan’s cotton industry" - page 6
Gap have 'signed the cotton plededge led by the Responsible Sourcing Network and have worked to educate and influence our suppliers and factories on this issue, making it clear that we will not accept any clothing manufactured with fabrics that were knowingly made from Uzbek cotton.'
"More than 20 years since we began our journey to improve working conditions, we are still learning and facing new challenges.
After we documented more red-rated factories in the 2013-2014 time period than in 2011-2012 (red is our lowest rating and signals that immediate action is required at a factory to address one or more serious issues) we investigated further and took steps to reverse this trend.
By 2016, we decreased our share of red rated factories from 18.47% to 16%. In that time frame, we succeeded in resolving 88% of critical issues and 84% of non-critical issues at all low performing factories in this category" p. 7