Our efforts to ensure that factories adhere to legal requirements, respect our standards and provide a safe and healthy work environment to all their factory workers go beyond factory monitoring and on-site audits. The ALDO Group encourage factories to take ownership of their sustainability performance by providing guidance, training manuals and facilitating workshops that address modern supply chain challenges.
The ALDO Group is a proud and active member of the Sustainable Apparel Coalition whose focus is building the Higg Index, a standardized supply chain measurement tool for apparel and footwear industry members to understand the environmental, social and labor impacts of making and selling products and services. By measuring sustainability performance, the ALDO Group wishes to address inefficiencies, resolve damaging practices, and achieve the environmental and social transparency demanded by consumers. By joining forces with the Sustainable Apparel Coalition, we can address the urgent, systemic challenges that are impossible to change alone.
The ALDO Group conducts regular audits of active factories based on the conditions outlined in our Code of Conduct and our vendor manual. These take place in the form of announced and unannounced on-site inspections, as well as on-site and off-site discussions with factory workers conducted by independent monitoring firms and our Social Compliance team. Any non-compliance is detailed in a corrective action plan.
