Apparel Online India Magazine October 1st Issue 2018 | Page 16

SUSTAINABILITY
New Zealand: Goodwear Limited found guilty
of violating safety rules
Safety is one of the most important
aspects in kids or childrenwear.
But, some companies still overlook
the matter, despite strict rules
and regulation in place. New
Zealand-based Goodwear Limited
is one such example. The company
has been found guilty of selling
clothes that didn’t have correct
fire warnings. The company that
imports apparels from China and
supplies them to outlets across
New Zealand will be charged in
November for 16 violations of the
Fair Trading Act.
According to the Commerce
Commission, all charges are
under the Fair Trading Act 1986,
relating to 22 different children
garments. Goodwear supplied or
offered to supply several hundred
units of these non-compliant
garments between 1 July 2016
and 30 October 2017. During
November 2016 and September
2017, the Commission staff
purchased 27 garments which
had been supplied by Goodwear
to two south Auckland retailers,
and the garments were sent
for testing by the New Zealand
Wool Testing Authority. There
were 22 garment types which
failed to comply with at least
one of the consumer information
standards, which include care
labelling, fibre content labelling,
and country of origin labelling
requirements, the Commerce
Commission said.
PVH Corp receives award for sustainable
operations in Ethiopia
PVH Corp, one of the world’s
largest apparel companies and
owner of iconic brands such as
Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, Van
Heusen, Speedo1, Warner’s and
IZOD, has recently received an
award for Corporate Excellence
from the US Secretary of State
in recognition of its role as a
lead investor in the apparel
manufacturing facility at Hawassa,
Ethiopia. The company is one
of the two winners of ACE 2018,
which acknowledges US firms
that maintain high standards of
responsible business conduct. PVH
has got the sustainable operations
award as a lead investor of best
apparel manufacturing facility in
Hawassa, Ethiopia. It has been
awarded for helping to contribute
to the growth and sustainable
development of the local economies
in which it operates.
In 2014, PVH approached some
of its top suppliers to share its
vision for Africa. The company
had implemented international
standards and practices in
building, fire and worker safety,
environmental sustainability,
and human rights so as to
establish a stable manufacturing
economy. The Hawassa Industrial
Park will collectively provide
60,000 jobs within a few years
“We are in a unique
position to make
positive impacts in
the places around the
world where we work
and live. One of those
places is Ethiopia,
where we set out
almost five years ago
to create a sustainable,
vertically integrated,
apparel manufacturing
industry.”
– Emanuel Chirico
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of time span and will feature
up-to-date machinery, primarily
focused on environmentally
advanced practices.
Moreover, the park has Zero
Liquid Discharge (ZLD) effluent
treatment facility that recycles
over 90 per cent of the wastewater
that is produced in the park.
This helps in preserving Lake
Hawassa which serves as the
community’s water supply and is
the heart of the local ecosystem.
Emanuel Chirico, Chairman and
CEO, PVH Corp said, “We are in a
unique position to make positive
impacts in the places around the
world where we work and live.
One of those places is Ethiopia,
where we set out almost five
years ago to create a sustainable,
vertically integrated, apparel
manufacturing industry. We are
seeing our vision come to life at
the Hawassa Industrial Park.”
He also added, “We are honoured
to receive this award and are
proud of the operation we have
established there.”