Climate Change Data

Null

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2017, 2017-2019)

Reporting Period: 2017

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

  • Human Rights
  • Social Performance

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

  • Lack of reliable, accessible information about the human rights track records of individual companies hinders risk management and advancement of social objectives.
  • Social measurement evaluates what is most convenient, not what is most meaningful.
  • Current approaches to disclosure are not likely to yield the information needed to identify social leaders.
  • Lack of consistent standards underpinning social measurement increases costs and creates confusing “noisiness” across the ESG industry.
  • Existing measurement does not equip investors to respond to rising demand for socially responsible investing strategies and products.
Mitigation Strategies
  • Measure companies’ real-world effects, not just their efforts.
  • Diversify the data – go beyond company disclosure.
  • Establish and rely upon clear standards for evaluating “S”.
  • Target investors as the primary audience.

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: GRI, SASB, UN Guiding Principles Reporting Framework

Reporting Period: 2017-2019

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:Not disclosed
Scope 1 Emissions:Not disclosed
Scope 2 Emissions:Not disclosed
Scope 3 Emissions:Not disclosed
Renewable Energy Share:Not disclosed
Total Energy Consumption:Not disclosed
Water Consumption:Not disclosed
Waste Generated:Not disclosed
Carbon Intensity:Not disclosed

ESG Focus Areas

  • Worker welfare
  • Economic development
  • Ethnic tensions
  • Supply chain development

Environmental Achievements

  • Not disclosed

Social Achievements

  • Creation of 25,000 jobs at Hawassa Industrial Park

Governance Achievements

  • Not disclosed

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Government's goal of $30 billion in apparel exports (though considered unrealistic by some).
Medium-term Goals:
  • Development of a domestic supply chain.
  • Improved worker housing and living conditions.
Short-term Goals:
  • Government aims to establish a minimum wage.
  • Manufacturers aim to improve factory efficiency.

Environmental Challenges

  • Extremely low wages ($26/month) leading to worker dissatisfaction and high attrition rates.
  • Low factory efficiency due to inadequate worker training and skills.
  • Lack of decent housing for workers.
  • Ethnic tensions and related labor unrest disrupting factory operations.
  • Absence of a local supply chain for raw materials.
  • Bureaucratic hurdles and inefficient customs processes.
Mitigation Strategies
  • Government considering a minimum wage increase.
  • Some manufacturers offering performance-based bonuses and allowances.
  • Government exploring subsidized housing initiatives (dorm construction).
  • Government efforts to address ethnic tensions.
  • Government plans to develop a domestic supply chain.
  • Government efforts to streamline infrastructure and administrative processes.

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Not disclosed

Responsible Procurement
  • Not disclosed

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks
  • Not disclosed
Transition Risks
  • Not disclosed
Opportunities
  • Not disclosed

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Null

Certifications: Null

Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed

UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
  • SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities

The report focuses on the challenges and opportunities related to creating decent work and reducing inequalities in the Ethiopian garment industry.

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Not disclosed

Awards & Recognition

  • Not disclosed