It ain't fashion, if it ain't sustainable

Sustainable Terms of Trade Initiative

PRESS RELEASE / Announcement

17 December 2024

3 minutes

Although a lot has been published about the risks of bad purchasing practices, and their potential impacts on human rights in supply chains - including excessive hours and low wages - relatively little has been shared and developed to show how this can be practically improved, with stories of companies making positive changes.

New Lessons on Purchasing Practices Uncovered, Valuable to Brands, Retailers and Manufacturers Alike

Zeist, Netherlands: After two years of work driving responsible purchasing practices, the Learning and Implementation Community (LIC) has come to an end. In a public meeting held on November 13th, the LIC shared rich lessons from its two-year term revealing key areas of improvement among brands as a result of their participation.

Although a lot has...

PRESS RELEASE / Event

5 March 2024

2 minutes

Together with its supply chain partners, the Sustainable Terms of Trade Initiative will continue to drive the improvement of purchasing practices in the apparel and textile industry.

Leveraging Due Diligence Legislation to Promote Responsible Purchasing Practices – A Discussion Across the Supply Chain

Paris, France: The 10th OECD Forum on Due Diligence in the Garment and Footwear Sector took place in Paris last week. Part of the Forum’s 3 day agenda was a closed door roundtable session, organised by the Sustainable Terms of Trade Initiative (STTI) and the OECD. The session convened key stakeholders, including policy makers, industry leaders from...

Supply Chains / Smart Flexibility

18 October 2023

2 minutes

IAF, ITC to Unveil Move Towards Full Supply Chain Profitability at World Fashion Convention

The ensuing World Fashion Convention will see the launch of a new initiative from the International Apparel Federation (IAF) and International Trade Centre (ITC) which seeks to boost full supply chain profitability for apparel manufacturers and brands.

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Sourcing Practices / Tracker

13 September 2023

3 minutes

Measures of commercial compliance were significantly and positively correlated, meaning that when buyers complied with one key recommendation, they were more likely to comply with many others.

Better Buying Institute Releases First Industry Score for Commercial Compliance

The first annual Better Buying Commercial Compliance Tracker provides a baseline measure of the extent buyer purchasing practices meet the definition of commercial compliance.

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Brand & Retailers / Higg Update

3 March 2023

4 minutes

Brands and retailers can use the Higg BRM to understand their performance in these areas: Environment: climate, water, waste, biodiversity and chemicals; Social: workers, employees, consumers and communities; Governance: structure and management, ethics and behaviour.

SAC, Higg Reorganise Module for Brands and Retailers; Add Biodiversity as Impact Area

The updated Higg Brand & Retail Module is now available for brands and retailers to measure and report on their ESG impacts to understand their progress and identify areas for improvement with clarity and transparency.

Staff Writer

Audit Fatigue / Industry Standards

14 February 2023

2 minutes

There are now 65 brands and retailers publicly committing to accept SLCP-verified data from their suppliers, and manufacturers are reporting concrete reduction of audits and reallocation of resources towards improvements.

SCI Issues Call for Convergence and Compatibility on Standards

Urging larger number of brands and retailers to hasten their switch to converged schemes, the Standard Convergence Initiative (SCI) has said that a lot more can be done to further reduce the burden on suppliers and manufacturers.

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PRESS RELEASE / Event

21 June 2022

2 minutes

This year's Global Fashion Summit was clearly focused on industry wide alliances and the STTI alliance among manufacturers was often referred to. At the same time, the summit also laid bare that despite the steps forward taken by the formation of alliances, much of the heavy lifting is still be done.

STTI Calls for Responsible Purchasing Practices and Global Standardisation on Due Diligence

STTI spokesperson and Vice President BGMEA Miran Ali called for a globally standardised approach to due diligence at the prestigious Global Fashion Summit last week.

Mr Ali was speaking at a panel focusing on the upcoming due diligence legislation, led by OECD due diligence head Tyler Gillard, alongside Maxine Bedat, founder and director of New...

PRESS RELEASE / Announcement

24 March 2022

2 minutes

STTI’s First In-Person Meeting Brings Commercial Compliance One Step Closer

The Sustainable Terms of Trade Initiative (STTI) held its first bi-annual in-person meeting on Monday March 14th in Istanbul, Turkey and announces spokespersons.

The event was hosted by IHKIB, one of the now 15 associations participating in STTI, and planned to coincide with the IAF-IHKIB seminar “Greening the Apparel Industry”, as well as the...