Marks & Spencer Fairtrade Pure Cotton Crew Neck Top Review

We like:

The Fairtrade certification; the price; the colour

We don't like:

The lack of specific green info

SmartPlanet judgement:

We've grown to like M&S a lot -- mainly through its Plan A initiatives, but also because of the quality of its everyday products, and this top is no exception. We like wearing it and we like its Fairtrade certification. But, we're very disappointed that there's virtually no specific info to be found -- especially when it comes to green credentials.

We know Marks & Spencer is the largest buyer of Fairtrade cotton in the world -- last year it bought one third of all Fairtrade-certified cotton -- and we know the retailer is good at basics like socks, underwear and t-shirts. Put the two together and you've got a whole lot of Fairtrade cotton basics. It could be as simple as that, but finding out what we wanted about the one particular t-shirt we tried turned out to be far from simple. Continue reading...