A 2016 report said BBC investigators found children, including 7- and 8-year-olds, working long weeks in Turkish workshops connected to Hazar Tekstil, which subcontracted without approval. ASOS said it had found no child labor in its approved Turkish factories and that the factory shown was unknown to it; it said it offered support and dropped Hazar Tekstil.
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ASOS’s operated a 'fashion with integrity' initiative to 'manage all aspects of our business transparently'.
Iconic retail brands have been recently implicated in a BBC investigation into the unethical practices of Turkish textile industry. ASOS, an online fashion company and Marks & Spencer, an iconic British high street retailer, have both been identified as possessing child workers in their supply chains.