Choose and reward responsible partners

Choose & reward responsible partners

H&M does not own any of the factories that manufacture our products. Instead, production takes place at around 1,800 factories that are owned or subcontracted by almost 800 suppliers.

Garment production is often located in countries where human rights violations are a risk and environmental awareness is less developed. Respect for people and the environment is an essential part of H&M’s values. We use our influence to promote better working conditions and environmental consciousness throughout our value chain.

We focus on strengthening our suppliers’ ability to take ownership of their sustainability issues and on working towards greater involvement of the workers themselves. This contributes to stability in the producing countries and tends to translate into more efficient operations and higher quality products.

Our commitment is to choose and reward responsible partners who share our values and are willing to work with us to improve their social and environmental practices. Increasingly, to leverage similar sustainability and commercial benefits, we are also working to improve conditions in other parts of our value chain.

We have a set of policies in place that guide us in our daily work. Additionally, we have developed Conscious Actions through which we are working to fulfil this commitment.

Our Conscious Actions

Read here about some of the Conscious Actions through which we are working to fulfil this commitment. Read more.

Our supply chain

H&M does not own any factories. We use our influence to promote good practice. Learn more about our supply chain and the people involved.

Code of Conduct

Drawn up in 1997, our Code of Conduct builds the basis of our efforts to make our supply chain more sustainable. Read more.

Beyond monitoring

We believe that bringing about sustainable change for complex issues requires more than just monitoring. That’s why we go far beyond monitoring, for example by educating our suppliers and their workers. Read more.

Responsible purchasing practices

Demanding positive change from our suppliers is one thing, but we also need to consider how our own decisions affect our suppliers in their ability to meet our standards. Read more.

Partnerships & influencing public policy

Many of the challenges we face go far beyond the individual factory level and concern whole industries or require country-specific solutions. Read more.