Cws Responsible Retailing Initiative

EDM number 1035 in 1994-95, proposed by Ken Purchase on 26/04/1995.

That this House congratulates the Co-operative Wholesale Society on its Responsible Retailing Initiative; notes that following the largest independent survey of retailing morality the Co-op found that three in four feel let down by retailers and manufacturers who are failing to tell consumers which products are cruel to animals or harm the environment; commends the response by CWS to have a Right to Know policy to enable shoppers to get all the information they need to make informed decisions about what to buy and what to reject; notes that, more than any other retailer, and it is one of the largest, the Co-op is able to claim genuinely that caring is the basis of its trading philosophy, after over 150 years of consumer-led decision making; and further notes that the Co-op's readiness to lead retailers by example by committing itself to at least eight leading edge initiatives in 1995 is an action to be commended. (Relevant registered interest declared)

This motion has been signed by a total of 56 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.