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T-REXS: the new risk analysis tool

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06.10.2020

T-REXS: the new risk analysis tool

A careful and continuous risk analysis is a fundamental part of corporate due diligence and the review process 2021. The Partnership for Sustainable Textiles has now introduced a new IT tool: the Textile Risk Expert System (T-REXS). It helps to analyse and prioritise social, environmental and corruption risks in supply chains.

T-REXS guides the risk analysis in a structured and user-friendly way. Step by step, it helps

determine abstract risks in the supply chain.
compile information on the probability of risks occurring, taking into account mitigation measures and previous incidents.
identify those specific risks that are particularly relevant in the respective supply chains.
prioritise the most serious risks.

The analysis steps include data uploads and downloads, space for own entries, analyses and review of the information and instructions. The work process can be interrupted at any time and the progress saved. Practical instructions on each page guide through the work steps. In addition, extensive background information is available.

The result is a deeper understanding of abstract risks, existing mitigation processes and concrete and company-specific risks. All the information are available for download in the form of a report template at the end.

The use of T-REXS is not obligatory for Partnership members in the review process. The tool is available in German and English. If you have any questions, feedback or technical problems, please contact the review team of the Partnership secretariat (review@textilbuendnis.com).

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Fashion Charter publishes Playbook for Climate Action

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18.09.2020

Fashion Charter publishes Playbook for Climate Action

The Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has published the Playbook for Climate Action for the textile and clothing industry. The Charter, to which the Textiles Partnership is a supporting organisation (see article), aims to achieve net zero emissions across the industry by 2050 at the latest.

From the industry for the industry

The Playbook is aimed at all companies in the textile and clothing sector and is intended to provide them with concrete action plans and options for climate protection and CO2 reduction. In particular, it provides support for small and medium-sized textile companies, but also offers valuable advice to larger players, for example on climate management in the supply chain.

Textiles Partnership members and cooperation partners Puma, Adidas, Textile Exchange and ZDHC were among those involved in the preparation of the Playbook for Climate Action.

You can download the Playbook for Climate Action here .

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Annual topic 2020: “Gender-based violence in textile supply chains”

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11.09.2020

Annual topic 2020: “Gender-based violence in textile supply chains”

Sexual and gender-based violence describes violence against people based on their gender and affects mainly women and girls, but also men and boys, although to a lesser extent. Gender-based violence encompasses all violent acts that cause physical, emotional, psychological or sexual harm and suffering. This may also include denial of resources or access to services. Generally, gender-based violence is based on gender norms and unequal power relations.

Gender-specific violence against women is a widespread problem. Estimates suggest that 35 percent of all women worldwide have already experienced gender-based violence. About 80 percent of all employees in the global fashion industry are women. Working conditions are often precarious and violence against women occurs far too frequently, as various studies have shown.

In a survey conducted by CARE in textile factories in Cambodia, almost every third female employee stated that she had been sexually harassed at work in the last twelve months.
According to a survey by Better Work, 85 percent of the female textile workers in Indonesia are worried about sexual harassment.
Moreover, in a survey by the Fair Wear Foundation in Bangladesh, over 60 percent of women textile workers reported having been victims of gender-based violence.

Adoption of ILO Convention 190

June 21, 2019 was a groundbreaking date in the fight against gender-based violence: The International Labour Conference adopted the ILO Convention 190 to end violence and harassment in the workplace. The Convention highlights gender-specific violence and harassment and formulates concrete requirements that companies must comply with.

Christina Stockfisch of the DGB considers this as a milestone. She was actively involved in the negotiations and thinks:

“The ILO Convention is the first international standard in this area. It provides the first globally valid definition of sexual harassment and violence, and it does not refer to the workplace alone, but to the world of work in general, thus developing a far greater scope of protection for workers”.

Read the interview with Christina Stockfisch on the ILO Convention 190 and the status of implementation..

Companies must report on the sector risk in the review process

Gender-specific violence falls under the sector risk of discrimination. In the 2021 review process, members of the partnership will - for the first time - be required to analyze, address and report on gender-specific risks in their supply chain.

Making the topic mandatory in the review process is also a direct response to the recognition that gender-specific violence is still an often-neglected topic. The evaluation of the roadmaps of the 2019 review process showed that almost no company had taken measures against discrimination against women in their supply chain. Possible approaches could, for instance, include raising awareness of the problem among textile workers or supporting internal factory committees.

Fear and lack of awareness are hindering factors for a comprehensive analysis of the subject

In practice, identifying and addressing gender-based violence in global supply chains presents a major challenge. Victims often shy away from talking about their experiences. Research and project experiences show that three conditions are required: Time, trust and a safe space. Victims often prefer to abstractly refer to harassment experiences of others rather than talking about their own.

Furthermore, there is often a lack of awareness among employees of what gender-based violence exactly means. Very few know that it includes verbal abuse, discrimination in job selection or illegal dismissal of pregnant women.

Annual topic in the Partnership for Sustainable Textiles

Against the backdrop these developments and challenges, the Partnership for Sustainable Textiles has chosen gender-specific violence as its annual topic for 2020. ALDI Nord, ALDI Süd, Brands Fashion, CARE, DGB, FEMNET, Gerry Weber, GOTS, JBC, Mantis World, NKD, s.Oliver, Takko Fashion and Waschbär participate in an Expert Group (EG) which aims to work on the topic along the three pillars of the partnership, meaning to accompany members in the 2021 review process, to promote joint initiatives and to create support and exchange formats for companies.

In a first online introductory seminar, organized with the support of FEMNET, members had the opportunity to learn about the sector risk of discrimination. The following questions were addressed:

What is gender-based violence?
Which international standards apply?
What are the challenges in producing countries?

In order to support members in the 2021 review process in analyzing the gender-specific risks in their supply chains, the partnership secretariat prepared country-specific fact sheets on gender-specific violence in countries such as India, Bangladesh and Vietnam.

In September, the partnership secretariat also organizes a webinar on "Addressing the Gender Data Gap". Women are often overlooked by the due diligence obligations of companies, as the current report of the UN Working Group on the Gender Dimensions of the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights reveals.

One reason for this is a lack of gender-specific data. Information on women in value chains has so far been largely fragmented and anecdotal. Especially female workers in the upstream supply chain are often completely invisible. However, gender-sensitive data and its analysis are, in fact, important steps towards closing due diligence gaps of companies. Hence, the Partnership for Sustainable Textiles wants to enter into a discussion on these issues with its members.

Members of the Partnership for Sustainable Textiles share their experiences on workplace committees on harassment

At the beginning of the year, the expert group identified two priority topics: Social audits and workplace committees on harassment in factories. At the work meeting in April 2020, partnership member Takko Fashion reported on its experiences in setting up factory committees together with the independent partner Fair Wear Foundation in Bangladesh.

The committees' task is to educate textile workers about gender-specific violence and to manage concrete complaints within the factory. According to Takko Fashion, important preconditions for the committees’ work are acceptance and participation on the part of the factory management, but also close and long-term relationships with suppliers. Challenges such as high staff turnover, monitoring of committees and the difficulty of finding qualified trainers were also discussed.

Despite all the difficulties, Iryna Makoveienko from Takko Fashion draws a positive conclusion:

“Working with the committees requires patience and endurance. But the results are positive. And this is why we are planning to extend the work with the committees to all our suppliers in Bangladesh”.

Guidance to integrate gender-based violence in social audits

Brand and retail companies often use social audits to monitor working conditions at factory level. Therefore, it is important that gender-specific violence is properly addressed in these social audits. However, this is unfortunately often not the case (HRW 2019). Factory audits and interviews by male auditors are the norm and do not create a safe space for female employees to speak openly about experiences of gender-based violence.

Therefore, the expert group of the Partnership for Sustainable Textiles develops Guidanceto effectively embed gender-specific violence in social audits. The guidance aims to sensitize brands to the limitations of social audits and to support them in designing social audits in a gender-sensitive manner – in order to integrate them usefully into their due diligence processes.

NKD, for example, started to design social audits in a more gender-sensitive way a few years ago.

Mali Stelzer from NKD explains:

“At NKD we have had positive experiences with off-site interviews to identify gender-specific violence within the supply chain. The interviews take place at a neutral location, after work, far away from the factory premises. In this neutral atmosphere, workers can report their experiences at work openly without fear of reprisals. It is also important that the interviews are conducted by same-sex interlocutors.”

COVID-19 intensifies the problems

Since March 2020, textile workers, suppliers, brands and retail companies were confronted with immense and unforeseen challenges due to the COVID-19 crisis. The crisis also has gender-specific effects because women make up the largest part of the working population in the clothing sector and are therefore over proportionally affected by the rising unemployment in the textile sector.

Women garment workers often have the lowest paid jobs in factories and struggle with health problems, financial insecurity, risks of violence and a high burden of care work - both at work and at home. COVID-19 has increased these risks.

In an online workshop in May 2020 , partnership members discussed gender-specific effects of the crisis on textile workers as well as possibilities for engagement and remedies. CARE initiated the discussion, presenting the results of their rapid gender assessments from Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia and Myanmar, as well as planned emergency relief measures.

Subsequently, the ALDI SÜD Group decided to support CARE's emergency aid measures.

Kathrin Raabe comments:

“As women are particularly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences, the ALDI SÜD Group has decided to support CARE's COVID-19 fund. We were able to provide emergency aid and help textile workers in Bangladesh and Myanmar through direct financial support, the provision of hygiene kits and psychological support in cases of gender-based violence”.

Cooperation between the Partnership for Sustainable Textiles, German development cooperation and BSR

Based on this online workshop, BSR, the Partnership for Sustainable Textiles, and German development cooperation currently develop the HERessentials cooperation project . The project mainly aims at responding to the increased risks for women during and after the crisis. Fields of action include hygiene and pandemic prevention, gender-based violence, digital financial services and financial planning, nutrition and family planning, communication at the workplace and stress management.

In addition to training for workers, close cooperation with the factory management is also planned. The focus is thereby on the process of reopening production facilities after temporary closures and gender-sensitive communication with workers in stressful situations. The training content is currently being digitalized to ensure that the measures can be carried out despite the pandemic and distancing rules.

While the GIZ sector project Multi-Stakeholder-Partnerships in the Textile Sector promotes the development and digitization of these measures, the GIZ regional project FABRIC plans to pilot the measures in supplier factories. In addition, FABRIC will coordinate the involvement of local stakeholders such as interest groups of employers and employees.

The Partnership for Sustainable Textiles plans to accompany the project focusing on the exchange of learning and experiences, thereby cooperating closely with FABRIC to enable an exchange of experience not only for brands but also within the Asian region. Partnership members can nominate supplier companies for the pilot. They can gain access to the tools which have been developed and reflect together on learning experiences through the project support in place.

The next year will show how the work of the partnership on this important topic will develop. Judith Kunert from the Partnership secretariat finds:

“2020 has been a difficult year in the fight against gender-based violence. After the major milestone of the adoption of ILO Convention 190 in 2019, 2020 was marked by regression and standstill due to the corona crisis. Nevertheless, the Partnership for Sustainable Textiles has managed to launch several initiatives and support services for its members. We will see in 2021 how these will be taken up and who is going to participate”.

Partnership Initiative Tamil Nadu

Our Partnership Initiative in Tamil Nadu in southern India also focuses on the promotion and education of female workers. You can find more information on the website of the Partnership Initiative..

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Textiles Partnership at the Sustainable Fashion Summit

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01.09.2020

Textiles Partnership at the Sustainable Fashion Summit

We will be at the Sustainable Fashion Summit in Frankfurt on 10 September; as a partner of the event and with a joint booth together with the Green Button (Grüner Knopf). This year's event combines the Digital Fashion Summit, Sustainable Fashion Summit and Fashion Supply Chain Summit. Both on-site and virtual participation is possible.

Partnership Members Present Best Practices

Representatives of the Partnership members C&A, Primark, Hugo Boss and Tchibo will give insights into their work and present best practices from their companies in keynotes and live talks. In a panel on "Sustainable business: How can the fashion industry become a credible pioneer?", Gunther Beger, Head of the department Global Health, Private Sector, Trade, Rural Development at the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) is one of the speakers.

Among others these topics are on the agenda:

Strategy and communication: How can the fashion industry credibly become a pioneer for sustainability?
Can fast fashion also be fair fashion?
Sustainability from a holistic perspective: Strategies of leading fashion brands

We will report from #sustainablefashionsummit via Twitter: https://twitter.com/Textilbuendnis

Find further information on the event here: https://dfvcg-events.de/fashion-summit/

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New Strategic Cooperation with the Organic Cotton Accelerator

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17.08.2020

New Strategic Cooperation with the Organic Cotton Accelerator

Joint Action to Promote Organic Cotton

We are proud to announce our strategic cooperation with the Organic Cotton Accelerator. The cooperation of the two multi stakeholder initiatives is to promote the availability of organic cotton and to improve the alignment of supply and demand.

This should facilitate the procurement of organic cotton for fashion companies, retailers as well as suppliers, while boosting the positive impact of organic cotton on people, planet and prosperity at the farm-level. Through this strategic collaboration the Partnership for Sustainable Textiles encourages and supports its members who wish to establish direct relationships with organic cotton farmers through the OCA platform and to provide those farmers with targeted support.

These measures contribute to the joint goal of the Partnership members : By 2025, the share of sustainable cotton is has to be increased to a total of min. 70 percent of which 20 percentage points have to come from certified organic cotton.

The cooperation focuses on the following areas:

awareness and knowledge of brands, retailers and farmers on practical approaches and solutions to improve the availability and impact of organic cotton
Sharing of resources and capacity buildingfor small-scale farmers and multipliers for efficient and beneficial cultivation of organic cotton
Jointly develop supporting tools for brands and retailers to provide relevant information for sustainable sourcing.

The Future of Organic Cotton Farming

The organic cotton available worldwide covers less than 1% of the total quantity of cotton. Consequently, brands struggle to meet their demands with the organic cotton available while small-scale farmers often do not have the capacities and support needed to grow cotton according to organic criteria. Therefore, coming together as a sector to create the conditions for organic cotton to thrive is now needed more than ever.

“At OCA, we support farm-level interventions because we believe that by supporting the farmer, we strengthen the sector and we safeguard the planet. For this positive effect to be fully realised; we need commitment and collaboration across the whole sector. The Partnership for Sustainable Textiles understands the power of collaboration and knows that by pooling forces, their members can use their combined strengths to initiate broader change in production countries. With this strategic cooperation, we aim to mobilise and support more brands and retailers in taking tangible action in their own supply chains to secure their organic cotton at the farm level and deliver tangible benefits to farmers, such as better prices and secure offtake for their organic cotton and access to organic seeds and training. By working in unison, we can achieve so much more than acting alone.” - Bart Vollaard, OCA Executive Director.

"The market for certified organic cotton poses one of the mysteries in our efforts for a fairer and more sustainable textiles and garment industry: Brands and retailers say they struggle to get their hands on the material whilst many farmers complain that they have to sell their organic produce through conventional channels without any premiums. By entering into a strategic cooperation with OCA, the Partnership for Sustainable Textiles strives to increase the leverage for change in organic cotton supply chains to solve this mystery and increase production and availability of certified organic cotton. Building more and stronger links between supply and demand plays an important role in this endeavour as this will reduce risk at farm level thus enabling more small-scale farmers to convert their production to organic and sell their produce at a premium." Jürgen Janssen, Head of the Partnership Secretariat.

Organic Cotton Accelerator

The Organic Cotton Accelerator (OCA) is the only multi-stakeholder organisation dedicated to organic cotton. As a global platform, OCA is committed to bringing integrity, supply security and measurable social and environmental impact to organic cotton.

OCA unites the sector to unleash the potential of organic cotton because the MSI envisions a future where we have fully realised the Organic Cotton Effect - organic cotton’s powerful and positive impact on people, planet and prosperity.

Since the establishment in 2016, with founding partners Laudes Foundation, H&M, Kering, Eileen Fisher, Textile Exchange, Tchibo, Inditex and C&A, OCA has been committed to convening the sector around a common agenda and using our platform’s collective investments to act as a catalyst for change.

At OCA, special attention is paid to two central measures: firstly, the support of small farmers through training and premium payments to strengthen the business case for organic cotton farming and secondly; the promotion of environmentally friendly practices in organic cotton cultivation.

The main instrument of the initiative is the optimisation of common procurement practices amongst its members. This means enhancing farmer profitability and prosperity, contributing to environmental sustainability, and ultimately bolstering the integrity of the cotton sector. This cotton season of 2020/21, procurement projects led by partner brands cover around 23,000 farmers in five Indian states (Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha and Rajasthan). Building on the past successes of its programmes, OCA is currently developing its Strategy Plan for 2030 and planning to expand its geographic scope to other key-producing countries beyond India.

Further information about the vision and activities can be found at OCA´s website..

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New Guide to Supply Chain Transparency

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06.08.2020

New Guide to Supply Chain Transparency

Supply chain transparency is a prerequisite to fulfill basic due diligence requirements. Only if brands know where, how and by whom their garments and textiles are produced can they take concrete measures to effectively counter social, environmental and corruption risks in their supply chain.

The Textiles Partnership has now published a new guide that supports brands in gradually achieving more transparency in their supply chain. It provides them with the necessary information to be able to map the supply chain and the stakeholders involved, also beyond direct business partners and to create more transparency and disclose supply chain data to a broader public.

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New seminars and exchange formats from August to December 2020

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04.08.2020

New seminars and exchange formats from August to December 2020

In the upcoming months, the Partnership for Sustainable Textiles will again offer its members a range of support services and exchange formats. This year we have converted all seminars to online formats.

In the practical workshop series "Sustainable supply chain management in times of and after COVID-19" in August and September will deal, amongst others, with the following questions:

How can human rights implications be considered in business decisions even in difficult times?
How can monitoring be strengthened through greater worker involvement?
How can supply chain management be made more sustainable through cooperation within the company?

In addition, an accompanying programme about the conduct of the company's individual risk analysiswill start in October. Knowledge of the most important risks along the supply chain is the basis for the 2021 review process in the Textiles Partnership. On three dates, participants will be able to exchange information on the individual steps of the risk analysis and learn from each other.

In addition, two online seminars are held in cooperation with other partners: On 20 August, the BMZ Special Initiative on Training and Job Creation will present possibilities for sourcing textiles from Africa. And on 10 September the Fair Wear Foundation will give an introduction to its Labour Minute and Product Costing Calculators.

Further information can be found in the flyer. Participation is reserved for representatives of members of the Partnership for Sustainable Textiles and Grüner-Knopf certified companies.

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Companies write a letter to the Indian Government

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24.07.2020

Companies write a letter to the Indian Government

49 companies, which purchase in India, have approached the Indian government with a joint letter. In the letter, they request Prime Minister Narendra Modi to maintain international labour standards. 14 Members of the Textiles Partnership have also signed the letter.

The integration of international labour standards into national or local law is an important prerequisite for ensuring compliance with minimum standards such as working hours, trade union freedom or health and safety at work. Many Partnership members are thus concerned about current developments in some Indian states.

With the aim of increasing the competitiveness of the factories again after the long lockdown due to COVID-19, adjustments in labour law have been proposed there. These adjustments could result in the labour law no longer corresponding to what is set down in International Labour Organisation (ILO) conventions as well as in the Partnership's social objectives. .

49 companies which purchase in India - including 14 Partnership members - are thus now addressing the Indian Prime Minister in a joint letter. In the letter, they are asking the government to continue to legislatively enshrine the rights of workers.

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Partnership Initiative Wastewater starts

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01.07.2020

Partnership Initiative Wastewater starts

Today, the Partnership Initiative Wastewater starts with a planned term of two years. The Initiative continues the successfully completed Partnership Initiative Chemical and Environmental Management Despite the current challenges caused by COVID 19, 13 members of the Textiles Partnership have joined forces, including companies, associations and the Federal Government.

The common goal is to work on the establishment of a sustainable wastewater management within the textile supply chain. In the long term, this will reduce negative environmental impacts in the producing countries, lower the concentration of hazardous chemicals and prevent the use of harmful substances in textile production.

Detailed information, an overview of the modules and a factsheet on the new Partnership Initiative can be found on the detailed page.Please also find the press release on the launch of the new Partnership Initiative.

If you have any questions about the new Partnership Initiative Wastewater or would like to participate, please do not hesitate to contact Rahel Lemke.

These members are part of it:

ALDI Nord, ALDI SÜD, Bluesign Technologies, Brands Fashion, Bundesverband der Deutschen Sportartikel Industrie (BSI), EDEKA-Verbund, F3 Fashion Cube, German Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt - UBA), Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung - BMZ), KiK, Oeko-Tex, Takko, Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC).

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Purchasing Practices: Pre-COVID-19 self-assessment provides valuable insights

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9 June 2020

Purchasing Practices: Pre-COVID-19 self-assessment provides valuable insights

Joint report of AGT and PST based on tool developed by ACT underlines importance of responsible purchasing practices in times of crisis.

Through their collaboration with the ACT initiative (Action, Collaboration, Transformation) the Dutch Agreement on Sustainable Garments and Textile (AGT) and the German Partnership for Sustainable Textiles (PST) aim to jointly establish the conditions for responsible purchasing practices within the industry. The joint report released today shows the aggregate results of the Purchasing Practices Self-Assessment (PPSA) of 42 AGT and PST companies. This assessment took place prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The results provide a mixed picture: Whereas some responsible purchasing practices (such as ‘Changes to Orders’ and ‘Terms of Payment’) are already in place and effective, some areas (such as ‘Price Quotation’ and 'Incentives and Compliance Scoring') demand considerable improvement across the majority of companies. Likewise, some results indicate that companies’ handling of purchasing practices differs strongly.

These insights are very valuable, both at the individual as well as the collective level. Recognising that this was first and foremost an internal assessment, companies should now ask their suppliers for feedback on their own purchasing practices to get a more complete picture. At the same time, concrete action beyond this analysis is needed. Companies should use their leverage, continue dialogue with their suppliers and set ambitious goals to improve their purchasing practices. Read the full report.

Importance of purchasing practices

This report reflects the results of self-assessments of companies just before the corona crisis turned the world upside down. The crisis also had major effects on the garment and textile sector. Moreover, the crisis put the purchasing practices of AGT and PST companies to an extreme test.

Two interviewees respond to this new situation as follows: 'The crisis has drawn attention to the shortcomings of the industry’s purchasing practices. We therefore believe that this will remain a key topic for years to come. The PPSA can play a vital role in providing a basis for discussions and reflecting on improvement measures taken,' says Kathrin Raabe, Senior Manager Corporate Responsibility International, ALDI SÜD (represented by HOFER KG).

Daphne Zita van Esveld, Sustainability Coordinator of America Today adds: 'In order to maintain and advance good working conditions it is important to address our purchasing practices. Due to the Corona virus, vulnerabilities and risks on both sides of the supply chain have grown. This makes it even more important to have insights in your own purchasing practices. The PPSA tool helps to obtain these insights.'

About the tool

In summer 2019, PST launched an online tool for its member companies to assess their purchasing practices, based on the content of the Purchasing Practices Self-Assessment developed by ACT. Utilising this tool, a significant number of forward thinking AGT and PST companies have started to analyse their own purchasing practices, compare themselves with other companies, raise awareness internally, and discuss next steps in adapting purchasing practices by making them more sustainable and enabling progress.

Next steps

Industry-wide sustainable purchasing practices are necessary to enable suppliers to make progress towards decent working conditions and paying a living wage. AGT and PST will keep on supporting their signatories/members on this path: both initiatives will further intensify their already existing guidance and trainings, both at the company as well as the supplier level. Likewise, PST, AGT and ACT aim to continue their cooperation concerning tools and trainings on purchasing practices. AGT and PST also signed the joint statement on responding responsibly to the corona crisis, including protecting worker income and health.

Other paths to progress will also be continued. In 2019, PST and AGT started to collaborate with the Fair Wear Foundation to host trainings on living wages linked to purchasing practices. Trainings will be continued in various production countries across Asia and Eastern Europe.

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