H&M CEO Persson Won The Prestigious Award

At a recent dinner, the Washington based global fair Initiative (GFI) awarded the fifth annual awards to outstanding personalities dedicated to creating better working conditions for workers around the world.

GFI founder Karen Tramentano, who hurriedly passed the awards hall, said, "Karl-Johan Persson is very great," and said she has been concerned. textile industry For a long time, I am very glad that the industry has finally taken practical measures to improve the workers' condition.

　　 Karl-Johan Persson In an interview, I said, "I am very honored that our initiatives in the field of sustainable development can be recognized and praised by organizations that are well versed in these issues."

He took the opportunity to publish the first batch of assessment data from three "model factories" in Bangladesh and Kampuchea. H&M has already placed all the product orders in these factories, and has promised to continue to offer orders in the next five years.

Overtime time has been reduced. wages However, the dialogue between workers and management has also improved significantly. Karl-Johan Persson says the goal of H&M is to implement these initiatives in more supplier factories.

The specific data on wage increases are not yet open, and the impact of sustainable development initiatives on company profitability needs further consideration. The primary strategic priority of H&M is to cooperate with the fair wage network, so that 850000 workers can get higher wages. The second is to recycle fiber from old clothes in stores, and finally to implement a brand new label system.

Karl-Johan Persson said: "this label can show customers the impact of each garment on the sustainability of society and environment."

H&M is actively discussing the label plan with other producers, and has not yet decided on the details. It hopes that the exclusive label system can be successfully implemented in the fashion industry at a low cost.

The other two winners were Americans Robert Zoellick, who was the head of the world bank and held important positions in several Republican governments, and Indonesia Nani Zulminarni, who devoted herself to helping women in many years, especially in the field of armed conflict.

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