River Island is a brand that is quite concerned with ensuring their garments are produced in an ethical way. They have adopted all 9 parts of the ETI Base code. However, I think the company need to regularly visit the factories to check that they are still meeting the standards. Maintaining a strong relationship with the manufacturers is essential. If River Island don’t communicate well with them they will be unware what is going on in their factories and standards might start to slip and the workers will be exploited. They need to talk to the workers not just the factory owners and ensure they are getting payed living wages, that they are not working excessive hours and that the environment they work in is safe.