HM-China-CSR-Facts


 * H&M general:**


 * Hennes & Mauritz AB


 * **Operates in 34 countries** and has **73,000 employees**:
 * Philosophy: to bring you **fashion and quality at the best price.**


 * Founded in **1947, 9 stores in China/Hong Kong total, 2 in 2007 in Shanghai**


 * **Profits rose $1.8 billion USD, growing at 13%/year**


 * **Activities in China – 3 production offices and 37 people working on CSR in China, mostly auditors**

At H&M, quality is about more than making sure that our products meet or exceed our customers' expectations. It also means that they have to be
 * **manufactured under good conditions** and that
 * **our customers must be satisfied with us as a company.**
 * **Taking responsibility for how our operations affect people and the environment** is also an essential prerequisite for H&M's continued profitability and growth.


 * People/Planet/Profit**

In June 2008 H&M endorsed the CEO Water Mandate, a voluntary initiative set up by the United Nations Global Compact. The CEO Water Mandate comprises a group of committed companies that work together to **address water sustainability issues.** As signatories of the CEO Water Mandate we commit ourselves to:
 * H&M and the CEO Water Mandate:**
 * make our direct operations more water efficient,
 * work with our suppliers to improve their water efficiency and the quality of treated waste water,
 * partner with other stakeholders to address water sustainability issues and report transparently on our progress.


 * H&M and WaterAid**

Imagine walking six hours a day to collect enough water to live. Imagine if that water was filthy and you had no choice but to give that water to your family. This is the reality for millions of people in the developing world, where 5,000 children die every day from water-related diseases. WaterAid enables the world’s poorest people to **gain access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene education.** These basic human rights underpin health, education and livelihoods and form the first, essential step in overcoming poverty. WaterAid works with local partners, who understand local issues, and provides them with the skills and support to help communities set up and manage practical and sustainable projects that meet their real needs. WaterAid also campaigns locally and internationally to change policy and practice and ensure water and sanitation’s vital role in reducing poverty is recognised. H&M **has collaborated with WaterAid since 2002 and has raised over £ 1 million for WaterAid.**. Each year H&M designs an exclusive bikini with a 10% contribution to WaterAid for each bikini sold. The money raised through the bikini is linked to water and sanitation projects in Bangladesh, where some of H&M's clothing is produced. In this way, H&M's support can have a direct impact on improving the lives of many of the women and children in the communities where it works. In 2007 H&M launched the fabulous H&M loves Kylie beachwear range, which raised funds for WaterAid's work in Tanzania, Mozambique and Madagascar Other CSR highlights: -collaboration with for “Fashion Against Aids” collection, HIV/AIDs
 * Water Statistics:**

Map: United Nations and World Resources Institute: []

Poll: Circle of Blue/GlobeScan and support from Molson Coors Brewing Company – among 15 countries and more than 15,000 respondents, including 1000 respondents in China: []

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 * World Water Week: -September 5-11, 2010** "The Water Quality Challenge - Prevention, Wise Use and Abatement"

All China Environment Federation: [] []
 * promote environmental protection and sustainable development in China and the world at large
 * supported by the government
 * objective is to serve as a bridge between the government and the public in implementing the sustainable development strategy, achieving national objectives on environment and development, and protecting the environmental rights of the public