Editing Asda (section)

===Ethical trading===
Asda has signed up to the Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) which respects workers' rights for freedom of association and a living wage. Implementing this initiative is difficult, however, because the concept of a living wage varies by country and the buying strategies of a major importer like Asda have an indirect impact on national minimum wages by obliging governments to set them low enough to stop businesses from going elsewhere.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.cleanupfashion.co.uk/companies/asda.php |title = Clean Up Fashion; Asda Walmart |access-date = 23 November 2006 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061220070605/http://www.cleanupfashion.co.uk/companies/asda.php |archive-date = 20 December 2006 |url-status = dead }}</ref> Industry pressure groups such as [[Labour Behind the Label]] and [[War on Want]] have argued that Asda and other budget retailers use unethical labour practices in the developing world to keep UK prices low.<ref>{{cite web|title=Fashion Victims|url=http://www.waronwant.org/campaigns/supermarkets/fashion-victims/inform/13593-fashion-victims|date=15 December 2006|website=War on Want|access-date=18 February 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090314033909/http://www.waronwant.org/campaigns/supermarkets/fashion-victims/inform/13593-fashion-victims|archive-date=14 March 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Fashion Victims II |url=http://www.waronwant.org/campaigns/supermarkets/fashion-victims/inform/16360-fashion-victims-ii |date=1 December 2008 |website=War on Want |access-date=18 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090302054854/http://waronwant.org/campaigns/supermarkets/fashion-victims/inform/16360-fashion-victims-ii |archive-date=2 March 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The [[National Farmers Union (England and Wales)|National Farmers' Union]], representing UK farmers and growers, has argued that Asda and other major supermarkets have made large profits and kept consumer prices low "by squeezing suppliers' margins to the point where many of them have gone out of business".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nfuonline.com/x16312.xml |title=Dismay at commitment to cheap food by ASDA |access-date=30 October 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314022517/http://www.nfuonline.com/x16312.xml |archive-date=14 March 2012 }}</ref>

In 2009, Asda's [[Valentine's Day]] roses, sold at £2 for a dozen, were said to be ethically sourced by the supermarket. This claim went against research carried out by [[War on Want]].<ref>{{cite web|title=£2 Valentine flowers poverty alert|url=http://www.waronwant.org/news/press-releases/16464-p2-valentine-flowers-poverty-alert|date=13 February 2009|website=War on Want|access-date=18 February 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090216084007/http://waronwant.org/news/press-releases/16464-p2-valentine-flowers-poverty-alert|archive-date=16 February 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref>