SUSTAINABLE 360



Full-Circle Commitment

INTRODUCING SUSTAINABLE 360


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.

Doing right by humans also means doing right by the world. We are constantly reducing our carbon footprint and reducing waste. We operate by the highest environmental standards in all of our territories.

Over 80% of our products are classified as Oeko-Tex Class 1. We are part of Better Cotton Initiatives (BCI) and Cotton Leads, supporting sustainable cotton in the USA. We are committed to responsible sourcing and transparency. That is why our products are Global Recycled Standard (GRS) certified. We believe change is coming and we continue to commit to doing better and to doing good.

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.

“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

The new logo can be seen as a skein of yarn, representing our heritage in textiles, or an aperture, representing our singular focus on Corporate Social Responsibility.

OUR 360-DEGREE APPROACH TO CSR

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.

Doing right by humans also means doing right by the world. We are constantly reducing our carbon footprint and reducing waste. We operate by the highest environmental standards in all our territories.

UN GLOBAL IMPACT

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.

Annual Report


THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

The UNGC drives businesses towards supporting the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030

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

HUMAN RIGHTS AND LABOUR

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 have committed to 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.


MODERN SLAVERY STATEMENT

Our first Modern Slavery Statement will be published in 2021 in accordance with UK Modern Slavery Act 2015.

ENVIRONMENT

GLOBAL FACTORY COMMITTEE

We support the factories in our supply chain 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.

WeForest Initiative

8,500 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 – 8,284 trees to date.

More information at www.weforest.org/partner/chargeurs-pcc

PRODUCTS – OUR SUSTAINABLE RANGE

Over 80% of our products are classified as Oeko-Tex Class 1. We are part of Better Cotton Initiatives (BCI) and Cotton Leads, supporting sustainable cotton in the USA. We are committed to responsible sourcing and transparency. That is why our products are Global Recycled Standard (GRS) certified. We believe change is coming and we continue to commit to doing better and to doing good.

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.

Sedex

Cotton Leads

Oeko-Tex

Global Recycled Standard

Higg Index

REACH Compliant

Better Cotton Initiative

UN Global Compact

ZDHC

Gaia Rating

ANTI – CORRUPTION

As part of the Chargeurs Code of Conduct, Chargeurs 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.