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AE BETTER WORLD SUPPLY CHAIN OUR STRATEGY
Our Strategy
TRANSPARENCY
PARTNER WITH
STAKEHOLDERS
FACILITY TRAINING / IMPROVE
POLICIES, PROCEDURES & SYSTEMS
FACTORY INSPECTIONS
Our strategy to improve apparel factory working conditions starts
with factory inspections based on our Vendor Code of Conduct 33 . We
then focus on remediating the issues we find during those inspections,
which often includes additional factory training and capacity building
programs.
Unfortunately, we can’t solve all of the problems we find by working
alone, so we partner with other brands and retailers, multi-stakeholder
organizations, civil society groups, trade unions, governments, and others
to better understand and address what is happening in the factories and
countries where our clothes are made. Working together, we strive to
collectively develop more sustainable solutions to the problems we find.
Finally, we are committed to being transparent about how we are doing.
We know that reporting publicly on our efforts is one of the most effective
ways to ensure that we remain focused on our goals, disciplined in our
efforts, and accountable for our performance.
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