The themes include STTI’s outreach to MSIs and brands and retailers to eventually establish plans of action on commercial compliance and hence the improvement of purchasing practices. The work on transparency on commercial compliance, led by project partner Better Buying and is aimed at developing a permanent survey mechanism for measuring progress by brands and retailers. ‘Supplier solutions’, which covers practical instruments that manufacturers may use to help improve the commercial compliance of their clients, including supplier contract clauses, training, and a complaints mechanism, STTI said in a press release.
The event was hosted by IHKIB, one of the now 15 associations participating in STTI, and planned to coincide with the IAF-IHKIB seminar “Greening the Apparel Industry'', as well as the Istanbul Fashion Week, which STTI associations attending the event were also able to attend. The meeting was characterized by discussions, illuminating country perspectives from the manufacturer associations, and a palpable sense of clarity and purpose.
“To achieve real impact in purchasing practices we finally need reciprocity in buyer-supplier relations and agreements. Only then can we move from win-lose to win-win,” Sanem Dikmen, co-chair of TCMA, said.
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