Children's Place, Inc. (The).
PLCE.US | Retail sale of clothing, footwear and leather articles in specialized stores
The Children's Place, Inc. is a specialty retailer of children's apparel and accessories. The company designs, contracts to manufacture, sells, and licenses to sell merchandise under the proprietary brand names "The Children's Place", "Place", and "Baby Place". It operates stores in the United State...Show More
Better Health for All
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The Children's Place's core business involves children's apparel and accessories, which generally have no significant positive or negative health impact, resulting in a neutral score for health_impact_core. As the company does not offer health-related products or services, KPIs such as price_accessibility, vulnerable_reach, risk_transparency, health_innovation_investment, preventative_health_measures, healthcare_data_responsibility, pharma_patent_flexibility, nutrition_and_food_safety, healthcare_education, addiction_mitigation, and clinical_trial_ethics are not applicable. Similarly, its operations are not directly relevant to health crisis response or mental health outcomes, leading to neutral scores for global_health_crisis_response and mental_health_initiatives. While the company supports childcare centers impacting 180 children
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and worker well-being programs impacting 148,000 workers,
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these initiatives do not directly address health equity or healthcare workforce capacity building as defined by the rubric, resulting in neutral scores for health_equity_programs and healthcare_workforce_support. No specific data on indirect health effects or their mitigation is provided for health_externalities.
Fair Money & Economic Opportunity
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No evidence available to assess Children's Place, Inc. (The) on Fair Money & Economic Opportunity.
Fair Pay & Worker Respect
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In 2017, the CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 1,813:1.
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Employee reviews indicate an overall employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars (68%), with 43% of employees recommending working there and 32% having a positive outlook for the business.
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Voluntary employee turnover was over 40% in at least one location.
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Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing
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The company reported zero substantiated forced or child labor incidents for fiscal year 2023 (ending February 3, 2024) and fiscal year 2024 (ending February 1, 2025).
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In 2024, the company launched a supply chain traceability program and partnered with a third-party provider to begin mapping its supply chain, but no specific percentage of traceable suppliers is provided.
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The company requires suppliers to certify annual compliance with policies, including a prohibition of forced and child labor, but does not provide a percentage of suppliers whose contracts include enforceable ethical-sourcing clauses.
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Honest & Fair Business
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The company has an open communications policy, a confidential Ethics Hotline operated by an independent third party for internal and external complaints, and explicitly prohibits retaliation against good faith reporters.
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It endeavors to complete investigations within 90 days.
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The company shifted its emissions calculation methodology, recalculating its emissions inventory for 2018-2021, which resulted in a 15% decrease for 2018 and other decreases for subsequent years.
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In FY22, approximately 91% of Tier 1 factories and 91% of processing and trim factories were assessed against the Vendor Code of Conduct through onsite audits.
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Approximately 48% of these audits were conducted by a third-party assessor.
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In FY21, approximately 83% of factories were assessed.
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The company received a report in 2018 alleging gender-based violence and harassment at vendor factories in Lesotho.
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The company entered an agreement to combat this, creating an independent investigative organization.
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The company endeavors to complete all investigations within 90 days of receiving a complaint.
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Other than the CEO, all board members are independent Directors.
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The company has an Anti-Corruption Policy and conducts mandatory annual training for corporate and international associates.
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The company has not obtained external assurance for its ESG report, but its contents have been confirmed by an internal quality review.
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It engages an independent third-party expert to assess cybersecurity maturity annually.
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Kind to Animals
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No evidence available to assess Children's Place, Inc. (The) on Kind to Animals.
No War, No Weapons
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No evidence available to assess Children's Place, Inc. (The) on No War, No Weapons.
Planet-Friendly Business
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The company's greenhouse gas emission reduction goals are approved by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).
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It has set a new goal to reduce Scope 1 and 2 market-based emissions by 50% by 2030, having already exceeded a previous 30% target against a 2018 baseline.
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Additionally, a goal to reduce absolute Scope 3 GHG emissions from purchased goods and product transport by 30% from 2018 levels by 2030 is in place.
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Respect for Cultures & Communities
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No specific, concrete evidence regarding PLCE.US's performance on 'Respect for Cultures & Communities' was found in the provided articles.
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The articles explicitly state a lack of quantitative data or specific information relevant to the company or the ethical value.
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Safe & Smart Tech
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The company mandates annual cybersecurity awareness training for all associates, with additional training required for financial, IT, and other associates with access to sensitive information.
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Regular phishing simulations are conducted.
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Multi-factor authentication is implemented on critical applications and systems.
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The company has a vulnerability and patch management program and conducts annual security and compliance assessments.
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Its privacy policy, last updated January 1, 2025, states compliance with relevant regulations such as GDPR and CCPA, and describes user choices for opting out of marketing communications and accessing, correcting, or deleting data.
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Privacy principles are integrated into the company's data security program.
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No specific data breaches materially affecting the company were reported in Fiscal 2024, though past incidents are mentioned without quantification.
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A third party previously accessed the customer email address database, but no other personal information was obtained, and the date and scale of this incident are not provided.
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Zero Waste & Sustainable Products
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The company achieved a 77% operational waste diversion rate in FY23, with a goal to reach 80% by the end of 2025.
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For packaging, 97% of price tickets, hangtags, wrap bands, and accessories carding used more sustainable paper sources in 2023, and all customer-facing packaging (except one polybag type) is labeled with the How2Recycle label.
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The company uses 10% recycled polyester in apparel as of 2023, with a goal of 25% by 2030.
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Additionally, 98% of polyester in pocket bags, 94% in woven labels, and 91% in zipper tape were recycled in 2023.
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Efforts to reduce single-use plastics include reducing material usage in underwear packaging and increasing recycled content in poly mailers and internal polybags.
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A product end-of-life pilot program, GiveBackBox, launched in 2022, collecting approximately 19,000 pounds of clothing for donation by 2023.
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The company is exploring circular design approaches and aimed to set circularity goals by the end of 2023.
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Waste reduction initiatives include finding new recycling streams and educating store associates.
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The company joined the ZDHC initiative, aiming for zero discharge of hazardous chemicals in the supply chain by the end of 2023.
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Material efficiency efforts include sourcing 89% responsibly sourced cotton in 2023, with a goal of 100% by 2025.
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Waste reduction targets are incorporated into senior leadership bonuses.
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Supplier waste requirements include compliance with environmental laws and the Higg FEM assessment.
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Customer waste education is supported by How2Recycle labels on packaging.
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