3-31-20 – JCPenney cancels $23 million worth of orders in Bangladesh and an estimated quarter billion dollars globally, leaving suppliers in the lurch and garment workers at risk of layoffs and starvation.
GO TRANSPARENT
8-17-21 – JCPenney has not committed to The Transparency Pledge and, notably, it does not appear to publicly disclose even a basic tier 1 cut-and-sew garment factory list. Tier 1 transparency is the absolute lowest bar of compliance in fashion and since the company has yet to meet it, we have given JCPenney a “NO” under Go Transparent.
In addition to the above, to receive a “YES” for Action 3 on the PayUp Fashion Tracker, JCPenney must a) disclose its tier 2 (fabric mills), tier 3 (yarn and fiber mills) and tier 4 (raw materials) suppliers; b) disclose the wages of the lowest-earning workers at each factory and c) share audit and remediation reports publicly, and make these findings available to the garment workers in the audited factories.