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NOURISHING WORKFORCE

The program has been designed
to be carried out over a span of 14
months with an objective to improve
health-related knowledge of low-
income women and men workers,
increase the uptake of health services
and products as a positive behavior
change, and grow the capacity of
factory management to implement
effective trainings in the workplace
in areas including Nutrition, Maternal
Health, Birth Spacing, Aids &
Hepatitis, Drug Abuse & Diseases,
and Common Disease. It will also
enable the partner supplier to
demonstrate business benefits for or belief, color or nationality. It’s a
investing in workforce well-being. 21,000+ strong team with diverse Grievance Handling
Management Trainee FairTrade USA Improving Workers talent and over 15 nationalities across Standard Operating Procedures for
Officers Program Well-being Program Workers’ Right various locations. Grievance Handling are in place and
Ensuring sustainable livelihoods
for our workers has always been a to Freedom of special positions of Management
Every year, Interloop inducts fresh foremost priority for us. During the Interloop in consultation with its Interloop aims to provide all Representatives have been created at
graduates, 50% females, across reporting year, our Hosiery Division prestigious customer Stichd, initiated Association employees a safe and supportive all plants who are always accessible
various functions through the II received the Fair Trade USA the ‘Improving Workers Well-being’ work environment, free of to every employee for handling any
Management Trainee Officers certification, becoming the First Sock (IWWB) program’, in 2019, being Interloop respects the workers’ discrimination and harassment and grievance or complaint regarding
Program. The one-year working Facility in the world to be FTUSA run by Levi’s at its selected supplier right to freedom of association and equal opportunities to grow, learn work, working environment, welfare,
contract exposes MTOs to a variety certified. Fair Trade certification is a sites. HANDS with its CSO partner awareness sessions are carried out in and develop on merit. The policies, & discipline, etc. Management
of operational and strategic roles. further endorsement of our rigorous BSR/HER (Health Enables Return); a this reference as a general practice. procedures, and practices of the Representatives frequently visit shop
After final evaluation, successful standards for health and safety, global public-private partnership, is Worker’s Management Council is company have been formulated to floors and offices, encouraging
MTOs are offered permanent jobs as working conditions and fair wages, the implementing partner in Pakistan actively working at all Interloop plants. inculcate the culture of encouraging employees to identify any potential
per availability. During the year, 56 and scaling it to all Interloop plants will for the IWWB program which is being During the year, 93% of workers were and supporting women, transgender, barriers to a conducive working
fresh graduates have been inducted be a top priority for us. implemented at Plant 2 & 4, Interloop covered under collective bargaining and differently abled employees, environment. They are skilled
through Management Trainee Officers Industrial Park, Faisalabad. agreement. We also encourage our equally. During the year, no incident of communicators, helping employees
Program. suppliers to respect the workers’ non-discrimination was reported. excel in their professional & personal
right to freedom of association as lives.
Special Welfare Fund per applicable laws and conventions.
During the year, no supplier was
for Non-Executives identified where the workers’ right to
freedom of association was at risk.
Interloop has set-up an additional
welfare fund for non-executive Equality & Diversity
employees and is supporting them
for marriages, children scholarships,
critical illness or death, and any other Interloop is an equal opportunity
sudden requirements. employer and is committed to
promoting equality, diversity and fair
treatment in all areas of employment.
It provides an inclusive environment
where everyone feels valued and
respected, irrespective of age, gender,
race, marital status, disability, religion

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