In 2017, our portfolio
increased by 46% since 2016.

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25

new initiatives were financed

across our four signature programmes:

Sustainable Cotton

4

Working Conditions

10

Forced and Child Labour

7

Circular Fashion

4

Where our grants 
went in total

€ 8.2 million committed to humanitarian and disaster risk reduction initiatives

€ 2.9 million committed to store giving programmes in European retail countries giving 142 grants to local communities in need

€ 3.1 million committed to supporting engagement and volunteering activities, where over 17,368 C&A colleagues took part

€ 2.3 million committed to supporting early childhood education programmes in Brazil, reaching around 517,000 children, adolescents, family and community members and educators in 2017

€ 4.6 million committed to other strategic grants supporting a range of initiatives dealing in gender justice and coalition building

€ 7.3 million committed to improving the lives and livelihoods of small cotton farmers through eight initiatives

€ 5.1 million committed to enabling just and dignified working conditions through 13 initiatives in 2017

€ 4.5 million committed to eradicating forced and child labour in the supply chain through 11 initiatives

€ 23.7 million to promote circular economy

€61.7m

total grants

€8.2m

€2.9m

€3.1m

€2.3m

€4.6m

€7.3m

€5.1m

€4.5m

€23.7m

175,952

beneficiaries since 2015 across three signature programmes: Sustainable Cotton, Forced and Child Labour and Working Conditions

0 million

beneficiaries in 2017 across our humanitarian and disaster risk reduction programmes 

€65.5m

in co-financing for our grants has been committed since 2015 by other donors leveraging our industry wide impact on Sustainable Cotton, Forced & Child Labour, Working Conditions, Circular Fashion and Strengthening Communities

Multi-stakeholder
initiatives
supported:

  • Textile Exchange
  • Organic Cotton Accelerator
  • Cotton 2040
  • Organic &Fair Trade 
  • Cotton Secretariat in Madhya Pradesh
  • Better Cotton Initiative
  • Sustainable Apparel Coalition
  • InPacto
  • Stichting ZDHC
  • Fashion for Good
  • European Clothing Action Plan
  • Circular Fibres Initiative
  • Sustainable Fashion Lab Brazil

Yearly grant size

Sustainable Cotton

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Working Conditions

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Forced and Child Labour

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Strengthening Communities

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Circular Fashion

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Yearly Commitment

Average Grant Size

We judge our progress toward results

In 2017, we rated all of those strategic initiatives that have been running for over a year.

65

Green:
Achievement of outputs/ outcomes. Conditions to support long-term impact. Barriers to long-term impact removed.

20

Amber:
Some evidence of achievement of outputs/outcomes. Progress towards long-term impact. Barriers to long-term impact not fully removed*

4

Red:
Little evidence of progress towards outputs/outcomes/ long-term impact*

*we work with partners on corrective actions to improve grant performance

Key performance indicators

Sustainable Cotton

Number of tons of sustainable cotton produced per year

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Number of hectares under sustainable cotton cultivation

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Percentage increase in net farming income by geography: India

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Percentage increase in net farming income by geography: Pakistan

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Working Conditions

Number of workers benefitting from improved working conditions and wages

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Number of disclosure and transparency mechanisms used by the industry

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Number of collective bargaining agreements

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Forced and Child Labour

Number of female and male survivors trained and employed with viable livelihoods

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Number of survivors and at-risk children enrolled at school

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Number of brands collaborating on initiatives to improve the protection of workers

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Strengthening Communities

Number of employees participating in IWD per year

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Number of employees volunteering per year

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Number of people reached/saved through humanitarian assistance per year

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Gender Justice

Number of women in farm leadership roles

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Number of women leading efforts to improve working conditions

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Number of female workers in rights and empowerment programmes

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Geographical distribution

Global

€3.2m

Sustainable Cotton

€1.2m

Forced and Child Labour

€3.6m

Working Conditions

€21.4m

Circular Fashion

€0.6m

Strengthening Communities

€3.9m

Other Strategic Grants

Africa

Africa

€0.3m

Strengthening Communities

Asia

Asia

€0.5m

Sustainable Cotton

€2.6m

Working Conditions

€0.3m

Strengthening Communities

€2.0m

Other Strategic Grants

Bangladesh

Bangladesh

€3.7m

Working Conditions

€0.2m

Other Strategic Grant

€2.1m

Strengthening Communities

Brazil

Brazil

€0.9m

Sustainable Cotton

€1.0m

Working Conditions

€1.3m

Forced and Child Labour

€0.8m

Other Strategic Grants

€0.2m

Strengthening Communities

€2.2m

Education

China

China

€3.4m

Sustainable Cotton

€0.9m

Strengthening Communities

Europe

Europe

€8.2m

Circular Fashion

€3.4m

Strengthening Communities

India

India

€12.4m

Sustainable Cotton

€1.1m

Working Conditions

€7.6m

Forced and Child Labour

€1.0m

Strengthening Communities

€0.5m

Other Strategic Grants

Mexico

Mexico

€0.9m

Working Conditions

€1.4m

Strengthening Communities

Pakistan

Pakistan

€1.5m

Sustainable Cotton

Turkey

Turkey

€0.5m

Working Conditions

€0.1m

Forced and Child Labour

Tanzania

Tanzania

€2.0m

Sustainable Cotton

Indonesia

Indonesia

€0.5m

Working Conditions

€0.03m

Strengthening Communities