In its statement Thursday , Limited Brands said that in 2007 , it `` established a pilot program to purchase Fairtrade-certified organic cotton from primarily women farmers in Burkina Faso , a landlocked country in West Africa that struggles with endemic poverty . A Bloomberg report says fair-trade cotton has brought `` fresh incentives for exploitation '' The company that owns Victoria 's Secret vows to investigate the child labor allegation . The U.S. Labor Department says more than a dozen countries use child labor in cotton production . Score: 6
A Bloomberg report says fair-trade cotton has brought `` fresh incentives for exploitation '' The company that owns Victoria 's Secret vows to investigate the child labor allegation . The U.S. Labor Department says more than a dozen countries use child labor in cotton production . Score: 6