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PEOPLE
Keeping our employees
healthy
For our 48,000 employees around the
world, we strive to offer safe, healthy and
fair work environments and opportunities
to grow and develop with Gildan.
In our manufacturing facilities, we have
free onsite medical clinics staffed with
doctors and nurses who provide pre and
postnatal care, vaccinations, preventative
screenings and health education on topics
such as the Zika virus, HIV awareness
and heart health. As part of their overall
benefits, employees a e entitled to free
medication, subsidised meals and free
transportation to and from work.
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INTERNAL & EXTERNAL SOCIAL AUDITS
were performed in 2015 at our owned and third-party contractor facilities
Gildan provided nearly
1,000,000
MAN-HOURS OF TRAINING
in 2015
Our fully equipped MEDICAL CLINICS provided more than
142,700
instances of free medical care in 2015
Empowering through
education
We encourage and promote continued
education through an internal training
academy for technical professions,
high-school equivalency programmes
and university scholarships. We were a
founding member of the IPC in Honduras,
a school that offers technical
education to members of the community.
Since 2005, we have invested over $1.9
million dollars in supporting the development
of marketable skills for members of
the community to create a better life for
themselves and their families.
Conducting ongoing
audits
Gildan is committed to having all of its
own manufacturing facilities and contractors
comply with its strict internal code of
conduct, which encompasses local and
international laws, the code of conduct of
the Fair Labor Association
(FLA), the Worldwide Responsible Accredited
Production’s (WRAP) set of principles
and best practices in the industry.
To ensure that our Code of Conduct
principles are respected, we regularly
conduct internal and external audits.
Ultimately, Gildan’s goal is to visit 100%
of its manufacturing facilities annually,
including our third-party manufacturing
contractors.
This includes manufacturing facilities for
third-party contractors at least once in
an 18-month period. Each third-party
manufacturing contractor is assessed on
risk-based approach and audited at least
once in a 18-month period.
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