Apparel
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A Baseline Study of Living Conditions of Garment Workers in Hlaing Thar Yar (Myanmar)
H&M and WaterAid are working together to improve conditions for garment factory workers in H&M’s supply chain.
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A New Textiles Economy: Redesigning Fashion’s Future (2017)
This report outlines a vision of a new textiles economy in which clothes, textiles, and fibers are kept at their highest value during use and re-enter the economy afterwards, never ending up as waste.
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Better Work Initiative (2017)
Better Work mobilizes global brands, governments, factory owners and workers to improve garment factory working conditions, including access to adequate water for health and sanitation.
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Chemicals Management Module (2015)
Benchmark, establish, build, maintain and improve chemicals management processes, and integrate them with other business processes as part of your overall corporate management system.
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H&M – Human Right to Water and Sanitation
H&M is committed to ensuring that water is used responsibly throughout the company’s value chain. H&M does this to minimize risks in its operations, to protect the environment and to secure the availability of water for people.
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Love Your Clothes (2018)
The Love Your Clothes campaign has been developed together with industry organizations to help change the way consumers buy, use, and dispose of their clothing.
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LS&Co. Water Recycle/Reuse Standard (2014)
Levi Strauss & Co. has issued this standard to encourage preservation of fresh water through water recycling.
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Open Source: Water Innovation (2016)
This good practice shares Levi Strauss & Co’s innovative water conserving finishing techniques. The company’s Water<Less process can save up to 96 percent of the water used in the denim finishing process.
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Safer Chemistry Innovation in the Textile and Apparel Industry (2018)
This report provides an overview of safer chemistry innovation in the textile and apparel sector and identifies hazardous chemicals, which can end up discharged into the environment, potentially causing surface water pollution.
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Scaling Corporate Action on Access to WASH in Supply Chains – White Paper (2016)
This paper lays out current company approaches and highlights potential areas to explore during the project’s second phase, focused on developing tools, guidance, and resources.
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SE Asia Apparel Water Action (2011)
A workshop was held for apparel companies operating in Southeast Asia to learn about the importance of water stewardship and share best practices.
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Sweden Textile Water Initiative Guidelines (2017)
Sweden Textile Water Initiative is based on the idea that fashion brands must cooperate and follow common guidelines in order to achieve sustainable water use.
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The Elephant in the Boardroom: Why Unchecked Consumption is Not an Option (2017)
This discussion paper examines the need for companies to openly acknowledge and discuss the business dependency on consumption, exploring the topic through three different product examples – cars, beef, and clothing.
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The Higg Index (2022)
Measure the environmental and social impact of your apparel products and operations.
The Higgs Index Tools are hosted by Worldly and are available as part of a subscription service.
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The Life Cycle of a Jean (2015)
This case study looks closely at a pair of Levi Strauss & Co. stone wash jeans with the goal of helping companies in the apparel sector take more effective and holistic approaches to the industry’s environmental impact.
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Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC) Programme (2018)
These guidelines intend to help close the knowledge gap on wastewater treatment technologies and motivate relevant facilities in the apparel and footwear industry to implement the professional treatment systems necessary to meet the ZDHC Wastewater Guidelines.