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

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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.

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

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

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

*we work with partner s 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 impr oved 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 fem ale 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

€0.3m

Strengthening Communities

Asia

€0.5m	Sustainable Cotton
€2.6m	Working Conditions
€0.3m	Strengthening Communities
€2.0m	Other Strategic Grants

Bangladesh

€3.7m	Working Conditions
€0.2m	Other Strategic Grant
€2.1m	Strengthening Communities

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

€3.4m	Sustainable Cotton
€0.9m	Strengthening Communities

Europe

€8.2m	Circular Fashion
€3.4m	Strengthening Communities

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

€0.9m	Working Conditions
€1.4m	Strengthening Communities

Pakistan

€1.5m

Sustainable Cotton

Turkey

€0.5m	Working Conditions
€0.1m	Forced and Child Labour

Tanzania

€2.0m

Sustainable Cotton

Indonesia

€0.5m	Working Conditions
€0.03m	Strengthening Communities

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2017 Highlights

In 2017, our portfolioincreased by 46% since 2016.

Where our grants went in total

175,952

0 million

Multi-stakeholderinitiativessupported:

Yearly grant size

Sustainable Cotton

Working Conditions

Forced and Child Labour

Strengthening Communities

Circular Fashion

We judge our progress toward results

Key performance indicators

Sustainable Cotton

Working Conditions

Forced and Child Labour

Strengthening Communities

Gender Justice

Geographical distribution

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Strengthening Communities

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

Where our grants
went in total

Multi-stakeholder
initiatives
supported: