[Adastria Co., Ltd.] Adastria begins publishing its supplier list of 47 companies
*Adastria Co., Ltd.*
Press release: September 13, 2024
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Adastria begins publishing its supplier list of 47 companies *Aiming to build a supply chain that is positive for the environment, people, and region for the future of the fashion industry*
* “Good community co-creation company” with the mission of “Play fashion!” Adastria Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: 2-21-1 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, President and CEO: Kimura)
As part of its efforts to fulfill its corporate responsibility and improve the industry as a whole in response to social issues such as environmental considerations and human rights issues, the company announced on Friday, September 13, 2024 that ” will be released for the first time. *
The Adastria Group produces products in countries and regions around the world, mainly in China and ASEAN. There are a wide variety of processes involved before a product is produced and delivered to the customer, including raw material procurement, sewing, and
transportation. In this complex supply chain, we have positioned fair and ethical procurement activities as a key sustainability issue, and since 2016 we have been promoting our own “Group Procurement Policy” and procurement activities that are socially and environmentally conscious. We have formulated the Group Procurement Guidelines, which specify the human rights, social, environmental, and governance standards that must be observed in order to achieve this goal. Since then, we have been proceeding with the conclusion of partnership agreements with manufacturing factories through factory monitoring audits and on-site inspections based on the group procurement policy.
This disclosure of the supplier list fulfills Adastria’s corporate responsibility as it operates the apparel and textile industry, which is said to have a high environmental impact, and also aims to realize a better society and provide customers with safe and secure products. This is based on our corporate stance of continuing to do so. Going forward, one of our goals is to work with our business partners to increase the number of companies that agree with our management stance of increasing corporate value, and to work towards resolving issues throughout the supply chain.
The Adastria Group, which currently ranks third in sales in the domestic apparel industry, aims to make the future of the fashion industry sustainable by taking the initiative as an industry to address social issues that cannot be resolved by individual companies alone.
* ■* * Regarding the published supplier list *
At Adastria, “Integrated Report
In conjunction with the release of “2024,” we will be disclosing the company names, locations, and production types of the 47 companies that Adastria Group has certified as business partners as a supplier list.
The supplier list and Adastria Group procurement policy and guidelines can be found below.
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https://www.adastria.co.jp/sustainability/theme/community/supply-chain/
* ■Adastria’s sustainability priority themes and initiative goals * The Adastria Group has set the goal of “expanding partnerships with suppliers and promoting the visualization of production backgrounds” in order to achieve sustainable development in production regions under one of its key sustainability themes, “Growing with Local Communities.” I am. As a first step in our efforts to achieve this goal, we have published a list of 47 suppliers. In the future, we will continue to strive to expand and deepen the disclosure of our public list.
Source: Adastria corporate site
(https://www.adastria.co.jp/sustainability/theme/)
* ■About Adastria Co., Ltd. *
Adastria Co., Ltd. (Representative Director and President: Kimura Osamu) is a casual fashion specialty store chain with approximately 1,500 stores in Japan and overseas, carrying over 30 group brands such as Global Work, Nicoando, and Lawry’s Farm. Celebrating its 70th anniversary in 2023, Play
With our mission of “fashion!”, we aim to become a “good community co-creation company” that creates an open community where people and information can exchange and creates new value.
-Headquarters location- Shibuya Hikarie, 2-21-1 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-8510
-URL- https://www.adastria.co.jp/