Company Editor

"pentland-group": {
    "names": [
        "Pentland Group",
        "Pentland",
        "Pentland Group Limited"
    ],
    "comment": "Pentland Group is a British clothing conglomerate that has been repeatedly accused of anti‑competitive practices [1][2][3], mistreatment of employees and illegal working conditions [4][5][6], and failure to pay a living wage [7]. The company has also engaged in tax avoidance [8] and shown inaction on environmental and social responsibility [9].",
    "sources": {
        "1": "https://www.catribunal.org.uk/sites/cat/files/2021-07/1367_Pentland_Ruling_Costs_CAT_19_050721_1.pdf",
        "2": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60373402",
        "3": "https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/jd-sports-fined-16-mln-by-uk-regulator-over-merchandise-pricing-2022-09-27/",
        "4": "https://www.channel4.com/news/ive-sacked-people-for-sitting-down-undercover-inside-jd-sports",
        "5": "https://www.cipd.org/uk/about/press-releases-archive/191216-jdsports-response/",
        "6": "https://www.burytimes.co.uk/news/23539405.jd-sports-forced-pay-14-000-unfair-dismissal/",
        "7": "https://labourbehindthelabel.org/tailoredwagesuk2019/",
        "8": "https://www.thetimes.com/article/billionaire-rubins-move-518m-offshore-fk58gcdvg",
        "9": "https://www.bbc.com/news/business-47057870"
    },
    "sourceNotes": {
        "1": "anti-competetive practices",
        "2": "anti-competetive practices",
        "3": "anti-competetive practices",
        "4": "mistreatment of employees",
        "5": "illegal working conditions",
        "6": "mistreatment of employees",
        "7": "failure to pay living wage",
        "8": "tax avoidance",
        "9": "inaction on environmental and social resposibility"
    },
    "tags": [
        "retail",
        "sports"
    ],
    "score": 35,
    "ownedBy": [],
    "logoUrl": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b2/Pentland_logo.png",
    "siteUrl": "https://pentlandgroup.com/",
    "updatedAt": "2026-02-28T10:04:33.536Z"
},