Swedish fashion retailer Lindex has set a number of new goals to create “fair and equal workplaces for women” across its value chain – including that its top suppliers work actively with a living wage programme, and show total supply chain transparency and commitment to improving working conditions.

The fashion chain has taken a number of steps in recent years to ensure gender equality and inclusiveness for women in its supply chain, including the launch of the ‘WE Women by Lindex’ initiative. And it last year pledged last year to donate 10% of its revenues during International Women’s Day (8 March) to the HERhealth project, which aims to improve health and lives of female textile workers.

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Its latest plans are to Empower women, Respect the planet, and Ensure human rights.

Goals to empower women include:

  • By 2021, all business partners are committed to Lindex’s new Code of Conduct that is progressive within gender equality; and
  • By 2025, Lindex suppliers who stand for 80% of its production have completed the Women Empowerment programme.

To respect the planet it wants to see:

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  • Climate neutral in Lindex own operations by 2023
  • 30% reduction of CO2 emissions in Lindex total value chain by 2030, with 2017 as baseline
  • And a circular business approach in which 100% of Lindex materials are recycled or sustainably sourced by 2025. By 2020 it intends to set goals on reducing material streams and sending zero waste to landfill; as well as goals on design for longevity.
  • The retailer also wants to be water efficient throughout the whole value chain, reduce the risk of water scarcity in areas connected to its operations, and provide access to water and sanitation in factories and nearby communities.
  • By 2025 it intends to have removed the release of all hazardous and toxic substances from the Lindex supply chain and promote transparency and more sustainable chemistry.

And in the area of ensure human rights, “we want to make sure our whole value chain is progressing within living wage and that its workplaces are safe and healthy, free from harassment and discrimination,” the company says. A selection of goals here include:

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  • By 2025, Lindex suppliers who stand for 80% of production show total supply chain transparency and commitment to improving working conditions;
  • By 2025, Lindex suppliers who stand for 80% of our production work actively with a living wage programme.

“Our new promise unites our ongoing sustainability work with the work we have ahead of us, now that we are raising the bar for ourselves,” says Anna-Karin Dahlberg, corporate sustainability manager at Lindex.

“Transparency and collaboration are key aspects for us to keep our promise. By working together as suppliers, partners, employees and customers, we can create a future for empowered and inspired women in a sustainable world.” 

In addition, instead of a full-scale sustainability report for 2018, Lindex has published a minor report that presents highlights for the past year. Among these is the expansion WE Women by Lindex to Myanmar. During 2018, a total of 35 factories in Bangladesh and Myanmar, and more than 75,000 workers were a part of the project, which sees Lindex take action for gender equality in the supply chain and work to create more equal and inclusive workplaces.

The retailer also hailed its work with US yarn manufacturer Unifi, which led to 16m PET bottles being recycled into polyester for Lindex garments in 2018; while 55% of its garments were made from more sustainable materials in the period.

Clich here to see the Lindex Sustainability Report 2018.