Friends of the Earth's retailer
league table 2004
Friends of the Earth has conducted research
on retailers to find out who is taking most action to reduce
their use of risky chemicals. Products where chemicals of concern
may be found include plastic bottles, baby bottles, food cans,
electronic equipment, home textiles, clothing, PVC floor tiles,
paints, cosmetics and toiletries.
Ikea, Body Shop, Marks & Spencer, B&Q
and Co-op topped the league table. Homebase and Sainsbury failed
to reply, even though they have committed themselves to reporting
on their work by signing Friends of the Earth's retailers' pledge
on safer chemicals. The higher the percentage score the better
the companies did.
Rank |
Company |
% Score |
1 |
Ikea |
90 |
2 |
Body Shop |
82 |
3 |
Marks & Spencer |
77 |
4 |
B&Q |
76 |
5 |
Co-op |
75 |
6 |
Early Learning
Centre |
65 |
7 |
Debenhams |
61 |
8 |
Boots |
57 |
9 |
Focus Group |
52 |
10 |
Woolworths |
51 |
11 |
Safeway |
48 |
12 |
Somerfield-Kwik
Save |
46 |
13 |
Waitrose |
38 |
14 |
Argos |
37 |
15 |
John Lewis |
26 |
16 |
Mothercare |
26 |
|
ASDA |
v
limited info |
|
BHS |
v limited info |
|
Homebase |
v limited info |
|
Iceland |
v limited info |
|
Tesco |
v limited info |
|
Hamleys |
did not reply |
|
Morrisons |
did not reply |
|
Sainsbury's |
did not reply |
|
Superdrug |
did not reply |
|
Toymaster |
did not reply |
|
Toys 'R' Us |
did not reply |
|
We rated retailers according to their current
and future policy on risky chemicals.
See the full
results from the survey and read our Shoppers'
update (PDF format)
for more information.
