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Goosecraft Sustainability Actions

Supply chain mapping

Within the scope of this project the companies: Increase transparency by mapping their supply chains. Use their leverage to motivate suppliers to participate in the project and improve their daily operations. Engage and collaborate actively with their suppliers. Improve their own policies and practices.

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Child labour project

A coalition of parties and companies worked together between 2017 and 2020 to combat child labour in supply chains in India and Bangladesh. This was the first collective project under the Agreement. It was coordinated by HIVOS and implemented by six companies in partnership with UNICEF, Arisa, SAVE, READ, CCR CSR, the Fair Labor Association, InRetail and the Agreement Secretariat.

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Children's rights in Turkey

Under the Dutch Agreement for Sustainable Garments and Textile, UNICEF started a collective project with clothing companies America Today, Company Fits and Zeeman to protect the rights of children in their Turkish supply chains. The parties execute an improvement plan in collaboration with all stakeholders to protect children's rights. The project starts with mapping the Turkish supply chain of the participating clothing brands.

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Working conditions in Tamil Nadu

The collective project 'Factory support programme: continuous improvement of labour conditions in Tamil Nadu, India' aims to improve working conditions in this southern Indian state by addressing social issues. The following themes are central to the project: discrimination & gender, child labour, forced labour, freedom of association, living wage, and health & safety in the workplace. The project began in September 2020 and will run for three years.

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AMPLIFY project

In the AMPLIFY project, Dutch trade union confederations FNV and CNV, working through their foundations FNV Mondiaal and CNV Internationaal, are supporting Dutch garment companies in promoting freedom of association and social dialogue between their suppliers and workers at production sites. The project involves the participating companies in a learning path in which they develop SMART goals and receive individual guidance as they pursue them in cooperation with their suppliers.

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Living wage project

The Signatories of the Dutch Agreement on Sustainable Garments and Textile have undertaken a collective project that addresses living wage, social dialogue and sustainable procurement practices. The project activities are being developed and carried out in cooperation with the Participating Parties and Supporters. They are seeking the necessary international cooperation and scaling-up opportunities with existing initiatives.

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Dye houses in China

The Dutch Agreement on Sustainable Garments and Textile started a new factory improvement project for dye houses in China, funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Consulate General in Shanghai). Engineering firm Arcadis helps us to implement this program to improve environmental and social performance in the Chinese wet processing industry. The project seeks to support a selection of Chinese dye houses in improving their sustainability.

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