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13 Mar 2002
[1] Friends of the Earth's cosmetics retailers and manufacturers risky chemicals league table.
Retailers Asda, Kwik Save, Morrisons and manufacturers,
L'Oreal, Cussons, Avon and Gillette
did not respond to our survey. Somerfield and Procter and
Gamble replied, but did not answer our questions.
|
Rank |
Company |
% Score |
|
1 |
Body Shop |
76 |
|
2 |
Marks & Spencer |
74 |
|
3 |
CWS* |
72 |
|
4 |
Debenhams* |
61 |
|
5 |
Sainsbury's* |
50 |
|
6 |
Boots* |
42 |
|
7 |
Iceland* |
39 |
|
8 |
Safeway* |
38 |
|
9 |
Superdrug* |
30 |
|
10 |
Waitrose* |
28 |
|
11 |
Lever Faberge |
24 |
|
12 |
Tesco* |
14 |
* Although these retailers sell a number of brands, these scores relate
largely or entirely to their own brand products. Scores are worked out
as a percentage of the total possible score for all the question sections
that are relevant to each company, to allow comparison. See [4] for
full explanation of scoring.
[2] The chemical groups relevant to these companies
are: artificial musks, triclosan bisphenol A,phthalates and alkylphenols.
See [4] pg 9 for more information on the chemicals.
[3] Friends of the Earth surveyed over 50 high
street retailers and manufacturers of household products. Companies
were scored on whether they said that the target chemicals are in the
products they sell, if they are seeking alternatives, whether they plan
to phase them out and by when and whether they would inform customers
which products contain them as well as on their internal policy regarding
risky chemicals.
Please note: We have made every effort to score fairly based on
the companies'responses, and to ensure that companies are compared to
one another in as fair a way as possible. Due to the complexity of the
survey and the variable quality of information received from companies,
small discrepancies may exist.
[4] The full report 'Survey of high street retailers
and risky chemicals', and the questionnaire, are available on our website:
www.foe.co.uk/campaigns/safer_chemicals/resource/retailers.html
For more information on chemicals see Friends of the Earth's media briefing:
'Chemicals and health'and 'The political battle for proper
regulation':
www.foe.co.uk/campaigns/safer_chemicals/resource/media.html
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