The TJX Companies Inc. (TJX), a leading apparel and footwear retailer worldwide, ranks joint 44th out of 65 companies. Since 2021, the company has improved by disclosing more detail on the internal managerial responsibility for the implementation of its supply chain standards on forced labour and disclosing, for the first time, board oversight over these standards. The company’s score is based on its slightly above-average score on the theme of Commitment & Governance. However, the company did not improve across other themes and performed particularly poorly on the themes of Traceability & Risk Assessment, Purchasing Practices, Worker Voice, and Remedy, scoring 0. As such, it was overtaken by other companies in the benchmark that presented stronger disclosure, and its rank has dropped by 15 places.
The company has an opportunity to improve its performance and disclosure on the themes of Traceability & Risk Assessment, Worker Voice, and Remedy.