Roy is currently Woven Material Managet at H&M focusing on the woven supply chain in China Region, including Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan, HK, Vietnam and Thailand. He has over 20 years experience in textiles and garment. Roy holds an EMBA in Fashion Marketing. Prior to H&M Roy was Merchandise Manager of Global Procurement at Walmart, Inc.
In this presentation, Roy will talk about some interesting materials that the company is currently trying their hands on.
10. WHY FOREFRONT ON SUSTAINABILITY?
Q: Do you actively
look for
environmentally
friendly clothing?
CHANGED CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR
From 2012 to 2030 the globe will need at least:
50 per cent more food
45 per cent more energy
30 per cent more water
RESOURCE SCARCITY
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES TALENT RETENTION & CORPORATE VALUES
RISKS OPPORTUNITIES
Yes
45%
12. Company strategy
VISION
H&M’s business operations aim to be run in a way that is
economically, socially and environmentally sustainable.
By sustainable, we mean that the needs of both present
and future generations must be fulfilled.
13. Conscious 2020: Where are we…
Internal information
2020
600,000 Tons of Cotton
60,000 Tons of Recycled
Cotton
16. H&M China
− Buying from suppliers in China since the 1970s.
− Opened the production office in China in 1993. Today, the offices in
China region employ more than 1000
− Today, about 80% of our products are sourced in Asia, and China is a very
important sourcing country in the region
− Many products are sourced in China from garments to shoes, cosmetics
and home
17. CHALLENGES
• Non- Clarity of the situation in China regarding the
regulation for collection, sorting and recycling.
• Non availability of good quality recycled fibers
after sorting and shreddding.
• Difficulties in extracting single material fiber from
the blends.
• Technical difficulties in producing fabrics with
more than 20% post-consumer recycled content.
• Technical difficulties in producing non-denim
fabrics using post-consumer recycled materials.
18. About the garment collecting project
• First company to launch a global garment collecting program
• Implemented on all our 59 markets
• More than 16 million kg of textiles collected since February 2013
• Collection volume equivalent to 80 million t-shirts
• H&M’s goal: reduce waste, save resources and close the loop on textiles
• Textiles from any brand – in any condition accepted
• We want to offer a solution that is easy to use and easy accessible
• We want to achive a change of mindset – make customers percieve old textiles
as a resource
20. FROM STORE TO RECYCLING PLANT
• Customers bring their end-of-life textiles to our stores
• The textiles are exchanged for a voucher
• When the containers are full they are collected from our stores by our
partner I:Collect(I:CO) and brought to the nearest sorting plant
• I:CO has sorting plants in Germany, The US and India
22. China CTL Supply Chain Mapping
China CTL kick off meeting hosted by CNTAC (China National Textile and Apparel Council) in Jun., 2015.
Work with CNTAC to find out qualified sorting centers.
There were six sorting centers been recommended by CNTAC.
CTL group meeting, sorting centers & spinner, took place at our HK office in Sep., 2015.
Completed 4 sorting centers and 1 spinner visits by 2016 CNY except Shanghai and Beijing sorting centers.
Conclusion was Shenzhen sorting center is the most organized and potential one to work with.
Aoyang applied for being a sorting center and spinner due to their recycled wool expertise in Jan., and
now their sorting center and spinner are ready.
We have developed 4 spinners for PCW (post consumer waste) by the end of May, 2016.
23.
24. Close the loop supply chain
Sorting used garment Shredding Opening
Spinning Weaving Dyeing & finishing
Garment making
28. Future Plan
Smart sorting with proper quality analysis.
No capacity concern – available yarns in the market.
Collaboration among sorting centers.
I:CO is trying to collaborate with local sorting centers
Price goes down to be lower than virgin cotton.
Smart sorting
Competition
Virgin cotton price goes up