At SAI, our vision is of a world where workers, businesses, and communities thrive together. The COVID-19 pandemic has shown that there is still a long way to go to achieve this vision, exposing many vulnerabilities of the modern global Continue Reading...
Purchasing Practices
FairCapacity Program
Background In today’s global apparel industry, factory managers often have to sacrifice worker safety and wellbeing to fill orders and meet deadlines. Common measures include scheduling excessive overtime, non-payment of overtime wages, Continue Reading...
Buyer-Supplier Mutual Code of Conduct
Background The vast majority of supply chain codes of conduct focus exclusively on the requirements to be imposed on suppliers. This is the traditional ‘top-down’ approach - the buyer dictates their expectations to the Continue Reading...
Improving purchasing practices with help from new technology and a grant from the EU
We are excited to announce that SAI has received a €625,000 grant from the European Union to develop a technology that will incentivize good purchasing practices by brands and improve transparency in apparel supply chains. Even as brands Continue Reading...
