Guidelines for Ethical Manufacturing and Sourcing

Guidelines for Ethical Manufacturing and Sourcing

We will try to help people to understand why ethical manufacturing practice is so necessary nowadays. Our goal at Bali Summer is to create a good, ethical and sustainable industrial environment.

What is Ethical Manufacturing and Sourcing?

Whether it’s due to the imminent environmental crisis, or a general shift towards becoming more conscious, kind and generous, there has been a very prominent shift in recent times towards people taking responsibility for their actions and making socially wise decisions.

Ethical practice in the fashion industry is not a new term. This should always be part of the moral responsibility of the business owner. Moreover, the concept of being ethical and having a fairer and transparent way of life has received a high response in recent times.

The demand for ethically sourced and produced fashion products is really popular now, with the emergence of more businesses that prioritize ethical and sustainable management, especially in the fashion and clothing business.

Ethical is no longer just a fancy add-on tag used as a marketing tool only but is now factored into production strategies and budgets. But what does it mean for a business to source fashion products ethically?

Ethical manufacturing or Ethical sourcing refers to the process of ensuring that fashion products and services are sourced through sustainable and socially responsible processes.

This implies paying fair wages that make products and ensuring that they are treated fairly according to their rights and obligations as workers. It also includes checking that the environment in which they work is clean, hygienic and safe, and all social, economic and environmental aspects are implemented.

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Why is Ethical Manufacturing and Sourcing Mandatory?

By taking ethical resolutions, planning ethical strategies, and adopting social and ethical methods of sourcing, fashion brands can feel more confident that they are not exploiting their workforce and practicing morally fair relationships with their suppliers.

Keeping ethical not only provides a clear conscience, but also offers consumers a medium of trust to put your brand on a higher ground, offering your brand with a different unique selling point.

Some ethically sourced materials and ethically produced fashion products made from sustainable materials such as renewable, organic or recycled materials usually have a very loyal customer base. If you can manage to align your products and services with customers who understand the importance of ethical business practices, you can increase the value of your brand.

Consumer awareness of the product life cycle and its impact to the planet continues to grow. Therefore building a brand that doesn’t negatively impact the people who make our products is indispensable to improving the customer experience.

Not only from a consumer perspective, having an ethical supply chain ensures good and comfortable relationships with suppliers, which in turn increases efficiency and reliability. A sustainable fashion production chain requires the efforts of manufacturers and brands together.

If you are thinking about doing this, it is important that you are very clear about what statements you are making to consumers. Be careful not to make claims that cannot be supported by evidence, as you could be criticised by your customers.

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Here at Bali Summer, we believe that sustainability and ethical practices should not just be a marketing gimmick or label on products, but should be a way of life.

Throughout our journey as an international swimwear manufacturer, we have faced many questions about ethical manufacturing and sourcing. Especially those brands that want to modify their initial production chain and want to know more about it. We also have lots of inquiries from large businesses aiming to approach an ethical lifestyle to ensure that their quality and price requirements are met while trying to conform to the newly accepted ethical direction.

At Bali Summer, finding and connecting with manufacturers, suppliers and workshops who believe in the same morals and ethics as us is our main goal. We have a large database of socially, environmentally and ethically compliant factories around Indonesia and some other countries.

We rely on factory and supplier personal audits by constantly visiting their sites and facilities and not just at the outset, along with checking factory conditions, and practices to help us understand better. Our field team audits the factory thoroughly to ensure that all ethical standards such as work environment, standards, conditions, timing, etc. are fair.

Our good relationships with our suppliers help us understand their needs and requirements more transparently, and therefore help us provide the best possible support with regards to ethical production.

The reason Bali Summer stands out from the rest is the fact that while we ensure the factory is treated ethically, we represent brands first, and always strive to provide the best options for all their specific and niche requirements.

We also understand that there is a conflict of interest with respect to the authenticity of the Certification. Our experience has shown us the other side of fashion production where we have found great ethical but uncertified factories, but on the other hand, also found certified factories that do not meet our standards.

While at Bali Summer we only believe in what we see with our own eyes and this is why we work from the ground up, we audit every factory personally, we have our own set of quality and ethical standards and qualifications. That’s the only way we can provide real guarantees and truly protect your brand. This does not mean we completely abandon the certification system.

Bali Summer can provide ethical and sustainable choices at every stage of your production process from design, technology package, material sourcing, production, packaging, and distribution. To find out more about our social, ethical and sustainable practices, contact us!

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