C & J Clark International Ltd.

Assessment year: 2018

Total score 
1 out of 5
Intent and awareness 
2 out of 5
Commodity policies 
1 out of 5
Cattle 
2 out of 5
Pulp & paper 
1 out of 5
Scope and Ambition 
1 out of 5
Reporting and implementation 
1 out of 5
Social considerations 
2 out of 5

Assessment year: 2017

Total score 
2 out of 5
Overall forest policy 
0 out of 5
Commodity policies 
2 out of 5
Cattle 
2 out of 5
Pulp & paper 
3 out of 5
Operations 
3 out of 5
Reporting and transparency 
4 out of 5

Assessment year: 2016

Total score 
2 out of 5
Overall forest policy 
0 out of 5
Commodity policies 
2 out of 5
Operations 
3 out of 5
Reporting and transparency 
4 out of 5

Assessment year: 2015

Total score 
2 out of 5
Overall forest policy 
0 out of 5
Commodity policies 
2 out of 5
Operations 
3 out of 5
Reporting and transparency 
4 out of 5

Assessment year: 2014

Total score 
2 out of 5
Overall forest policy 
0 out of 5
Commodity policies 
2 out of 5
Operations 
3 out of 5
Reporting and transparency 
4 out of 5
Sector 
Apparel & footwear
Segments 
Manufacturer, Retailer
HQ 
United Kingdom
Company type 
Private

Collective commitments

New York Declaration on Forests signatory
No
Consumer Goods Forum member
No

350 companies

To ensure deforestation free supply chains, companies need to adopt and implement timebound and measurable policies for forest risk commodities.

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This assessment has been carried out following the assessment methodology developed for the Forest 500 project.

In 2018 the number of companies assessed increased from 250 to 350.

Profile 

C&J Clark International (Clarks) is a UK footwear company operating in over 75 countries. It designs, manufactures, and sells a wide range of footwear, totalling about 50 million pairs of shoes and sourcing about 85 million square metres of leather each year. The company is a major European footwear retailer and is among the five largest footwear retailers in Western Europe. Globally, it is one of the top ten footwear retailers by brand share.

Other companies

Marks & Spencer Group PLC

Score
4 out of 5

Deckers Outdoor Corp

Score
3 out of 5

Fast Retailing

Score
2 out of 5

Kering S.A.

Score
2 out of 5

H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB

Score
2 out of 5

Inditex S.A.

Score
2 out of 5

Disclaimer

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