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PRODUCT GUIDE
7
BILLION
SHIRTS SOLD
TO DATE
We strongly believe
that operating responsibly,
treating our employees
with respect and dignity,
providing safe and ethical
work environments and
continuously pursuing
ways to reduce our impacts
is critical to our success
and future growth.
GILDAN
PRODUCTS ARE
SOLD IN OVER
55
COUNTRIES
$2.6
BILLION
IN 2016
ANNUAL SALES OF
SUSTAINABILITY
IS WOVEN INTO
EVERYTHING WE DO
Over the last 30 years, Gildan has
evolved into a very different apparel
company, with close to 90% of our
revenues being generated from products
manufactured in our company-owned
and operated factories. Our products
are basic, including t-shirts, fleece, sport
shirts, socks and underwear, but nothing
about our business is simple. We have
invested more than U.S. $1B since 2012
in new technology, innovation and
sustainable solutions. We are proud
of what we have accomplished but
challenge ourselves every day to find
new ways to improve and simply
Make Apparel Better.™
Controlling our own operations allows us
to be a positive contributor everywhere
we operate and the freedom to act as the
corporate citizen we aspire to be.
Our direct control over almost every
phase of the manufacturing process
allows us to uncover positive environ-
mental and social impacts that many
brands cannot even see. We also leverage
the accumulated expertise from our own
manufacturing operations to positively
influence the small percentage of
our products that are contract
manufactured with other parties.
Our Genuine Responsibility
™
programme,
developed over the last decade, now
leads the way in corporate, social and
environmental responsibility practices
across four key pillars:
PEOPLE
ENVIRONMENT
COMMUNITY
PRODUCT
This robust and transparent programme
provides the framework for all of the
company’s activities and is built into our
overall corporate strategy.
PEOP
OUR FULLY EQUIPPED
MEDICAL CLINICS PROVIDED
MORE THAN
144,000
INSTANCES OF FREE
MEDICAL CARE
IN 2016
KEEPING OUR
EMPLOYEES HEALTHY
For our 48,000 employees around the
world, we strive to offer safe, healthy
and ethical work environments and
opportunities to grow and develop with
Gildan. In our manufacturing facilities,
we have free onsite medical clinics, staffed
with doctors and nurses who provide pre
and postnatal care, vaccinations, preven-
tative screenings and health education
on topics such as the Zika virus, HIV
awareness and heart health. As part of
their overall benefits, employees are
provided free health care and medi-
cations, subsidized meals and close to
20,000 employees are provided with
free transportation every day.
INVESTING IN OUR
COMMUNITIES
We believe that our future success relies
on building strong communities where we
operate. Our investments in health care,
education and community engagement
LE
GILDAN PROVIDED CLOSE TO
800,000
MAN-HOURS
OF TRAINING
IN 2016
214
INTERNAL & EXTERNAL
SOCIAL AUDITS
WERE PERFORMED IN 2016
AT OUR OWNED AND
THIRD-PARTY CONTRACTOR
FACILITIES
programmes help create stronger and
more sustainable communities where
our employees live.
Our programmes deliver education and
training for our employees, their families
and the community, providing high school
equivalence and technical skills training as
well as university scholarships.
We were a founding member of the
IPC in Honduras, a school where
technical skills are taught to members
of the community. Since 2005 we have
invested more than $1.9 million dollars
supporting the technical development
and skills of students.
EMPOWERING OUR
PEOPLE
Gildan is committed to empowering its
people through training and development
programmes. In 2016 alone, we delivered
close to 800,000 man-hours of
training to our employees on subjects
including Women’s Empowerment,
Health and Safety, Gildan’s Code of
Conduct, technical development
programmes and many more.
Gildan’s Code of Conduct is strictly
adhered to everywhere our products
are manufactured and encompasses
the code elements of the Fair Labor
Association (FLA), the International
Labour Organization (ILO) and local and
international laws. In 2016 our facilities
and those of subcontractors underwent
214 audits conducted by internal and
external auditors.