OUR CSR COMMITMENT
We focus our corporate culture on being environmentally and socially responsible. We believe that getting to better products starts by caring about people. We may have the best technology but we fully understand that humans are the most important part of our business, so we take great pride in treating our staff, clients and suppliers ethically. We are constantly striving to reduce our carbon footprint, reduce waste and global impacts. We are on journey of creating positive change to improve soil and environmental conditions for all of our territories.
INTRODUCING SUSTAINABLE 360 RANGE
Our sustainable range offers sustainable product solutions with products containing the following certifications, Global Recycled standard GRS, BCI, Cotton Leads, RWS & Oekotex. These products are manufactured in facilities which are being monitored for working conditions. We use SMETA audits and Higg FEM assessments to improve social and environmental conditions.
We believe change is coming and we continue to commit to doing better. So when it comes to apparel solutions, no matter where you are, no matter when you need us, and no matter how we can help, we will always be there for you.
OUR 360° APPROACH TO CSR
“Human rights are one of the fundamental values of the Chargeurs Group and promoting the highest standards of protection is a fundamental goal. It is for this reason that we encourage our business partners, subcontractors and suppliers to commit to the human rights values promoted by the Group.”
— Chargeurs Code of Conduct
CHARGEURS GROUP KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
SAFETY
• Ensuring the health and safety of our employees, and those of our suppliers, is our first priority.
• We are constantly working internally and with our supply chain partners to improve the safety of the sites across our supply chain.
WATER
• Continuous improvement and innovation to reduce water consumption across all or our facilities.
CO2
• Driving strategies to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.
RESPONSIBLE PROCUREMENT
• We are the industry leaders in sustainable product development.
OUR INTIATIVES/HUMAN RIGHTS AND LABOUR
MODERN SLAVERY STATEMENT
Our first Modern Slavery Statement will be published in 2021 in accordance with UK Modern Slavery Act 2015.
CHARGEURS PCC AUDIT PROGRAMME
We at the Chargeurs Group are committed to applying, promoting, and supporting the fundamental corporate social responsibility principles across all our business activities.
To make sure that we are practicing what we preach, we are in the process of ensuring all tiers of our global Chargeurs PCC supply chain have annual, independent, semi or unannounced SMETA audits for assessment of the social and environmental standards at each site.
Following these assessments, we take each facility through a journey of continuous improvement to make them safer and a better place to work.
ON-SITE FACTORY VISITS
All our suppliers have committed to upholding our values by being signatories of the Chargeurs Sustainable Purchasing Charter. This sets out our expectations on business practices. Our global teams make frequent factory visits to ensure these values are being upheld.
UN GLOBAL COMPACT
As a signatory of the UN Global Compact, we are constantly striving to be a responsible and sustainable business. We have adopted the ten principles of the UN Global Compact; Human Rights, Labour, Environment and Anti- Corruption into everything we do, from process to product.
THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
The UNGC drives businesses towards supporting the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030
GLOBAL FACTORY COMMITTEE
We support our owned factories in to become more sustainable. The CSR team holds regular meetings in which ideas and innovations are shared and best practice is implemented.
The Higg Index
All Chargeurs PCC facilities complete an annual Higg Facility Environmental Module. This module enables us to review our water and energy usage, chemical, wastewater and waste management systems to identify any risks or improvements we can make in our production.
ANTI – CORRUPTION
As part of the Chargeurs Code of Conduct, Chargeurs PCC strives to carry out its operations ethically and transparently and to comply with all international laws with regards to bribery and corruption. This applies to all our suppliers and subcontractors.
There is a confidential whistleblowing procedure in place to report any violations to this.
WeForest Initiative
13,500 TREES FUNDED
As part of the fashion Industry, Chargeurs PCC recognizes the impact of our industry on the planet. Therefore, we have partnered with WeForest, a reforestation initiative promoting healthy forest landscapes and the removal of excess of carbon dioxide. The WeForest initiative allows us to offset our global travel footprint and add to the global cooling.
Our support in Luanshya (Zambia) is also contributing to:
Restoring and protecting almost 4,500 football fields (over 2,400 hectares) with hundreds of smallholder farms regenerating almost 3 million trees!
Empowering women to run their own nurseries where they can sell fruit trees to other farmers for a steady income
Training bee-mentors that support farmers to develop alternative forest-friendly incomes.
Planting nutritious fruit trees – 13,500 trees to date.
More information at www.weforest.org/partner/chargeurs-pcc
SUSTAINABLE 360™ CERTIFICATIONS
UN Global Compact
Sedex
Cotton Leads
Oeko-Tex
Global Recycled Standard
Higg Index
REACH Compliant
ZDHC
Gaia Rating
Better Cotton Initiative
SUSTAINABLE COLLECTIONS
Our sustainable range offers sustainable product solutions with products containing the following certifications, Global Recycled standard GRS, BCI,
Cotton Leads, RWS & Oekotex.
These products are manufactured in facilities which are being monitored for working conditions. We use SMETA audits and Higg FEM assessments to improve social and environmental conditions.
We believe change is coming and we continue to commit to doing better. So when it comes to apparel solutions, no matter where you are, no matter when you need us, and no matter how we can help, we will always be there for you.
RECYCLED MATERIALS
Regeneration of Synthetic Fibre from used PET bottles.
As part of our commitment to circularity, we are recycling our own post production cotton waste as demonstrated in the video below.
The Global Recycled Standard (GRS) sets requirements for third-party certification of recycled content, chain of custody, social and environmental practices, and chemical restrictions.
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