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transparent supply chain Woven tops factory - Jiangdu City - Jiangsu Province
In order to ensure quality and compliance of environmental concern
standards, we regularly conduct factory evaluation
visits and conduct pre-production, inline and final We constantly review our packaging methods for
inspections of product (either by SFG personnel or all goods in order to reduce the use of polybags
and cartons.
an appointed agent).
Reduce, recycle, reuse is
SFG is authorised to access all our manufacturing our commitment to the
facilities as required. We require full disclosure from environment both locally
all vendors of all their manufacturing plants and and offshore.
subcontractors for audit approval.
SFG insists on a standardised carton size which
We have introduced a third party independent gives us efficient container loads and allows our
auditing committee to conduct audits in addition warehouses to reuse cartons.
We have re-engineered our carton markings to enable
to the internal audits we conduct ourselves. SFG to reuse cartons from origin and to deliver product
directly to store without the need to repack goods.
In one year we conducted We require all factories to have a strict adherence to
11,000 inspections and up waste management procedures and that the disposal of
to 300 audits. Our presence waste is not harmful to the environment.
in our factories is strong We encourage processes that reduce water
consumption. As part of our audit process we require
and consistent. that no toxic or harmful chemicals are dumped
into the environment.
We check the quality and compliance of factories by
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of our vendors. We also monitor that workers are fairly
paid and working hours adhere to the local laws.
