Some 3.124 cars on the road for a whole year, electricity to turn on 417.181 laptops for a year, 207 filled Olympic swimming pools, and 1.3 million USD in savings.
Productivity and worker well-being improvements are showing in the first of a group of factories to have graduated in the IDH apparel program in Vietnam: the Race to the Top.
Apparel program supports shift in how workers engage with factory management
Recently the first iteration of factories have graduated from the Race to the Top program, and a shift has been identified in how the factory’s supervisors treat the workers, how…
Protecting the environment from hazardous chemicals
The Race to the Top program of IDH in Vietnam (apparel) is working with the Vietnamese Government, through the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment, to contextualize the Zero…
Scaling a proven approach with the Apparel Impact Institute. The recently created Apparel Impact Institute (AII) is modeling its commitment to market led scaling of sustainable practices by jumping into…
Apparel program in Vietnam deepens local engagement
The Race to the Top program, one of the IDH programs in the apparel sector, makes good progress. Cooperation grows, and participating facilities show promising results. At a recent…
Apparel Impact Institute launches to accelerate environmental impacts in apparel and footwear industry
In an effort to stimulate collective action in the apparel and footwear industry, a group of industry leaders today launched the Apparel Impact Institute, which is designed to work with…
Last week was a good week for our Race to the Top program in Vietnam. First discussions on wastewater and chemical usage in the industry, the uptake of renewable energy,…
IDH and Fashion for Good partnering to bring back the good in Fashion
IDH is partnering with Fashion for Good by scoping a fund that catalyzes access to finance where this is required to shift at scale to more sustainable production methods.