Inditex Membership
Inditex is one of the world's largest fashion retailers, with eight brands (Zara, Pull&Bear, Massimo Dutti, Bershka, Stradivarius, Oysho, Zara Home and Uterqe) selling in 202 markets through its online platform or its over 7,000 stores in 96 markets.
Inditex came a long way since 1963, with a small family business in a workshop making women's clothing.
By working closely together as a single company globally focused on the key elements of fashion production –design, manufacture, distribution and retail– Inditex brought customers closer than ever to the products they wanted at affordable prices.
The success of our first brand –Zara was followed by international expansion at the end of the 1980s and the successive launch of new brands, that now have an integrated model of stores and online.
For the implementation of Inditex, the following requirements need to be implemented;
- 1. No forced labour
- 2. No child labour
- 3. No discrimination
- 4. Respect for freedom of association and collective bargaining
- 5. No harsh or inhumane treatment
- 6. Safe and hygienic working conditions
- 7. Wages are paid
- 8. Working hours are not excessive
- 9. Regular employment
- 10. Traceability of production
- 11. Health and Safety of products
- 12. Environmental awareness
- 13. Confidentiality of information
- 14. Code implementation
- 15. Transparency
- 16. Reference to national legislation, Conventions and Agreements
- 17. Verification of compliance
- 18. Ethics Committee and Whistleblowing Channel
- Pre-assessment consists of a preliminary evaluation of potential suppliers and factories performed by internal or external auditors without prior notice. Only those meeting the requirements established by Inditex in its Code of Conduct can enter the supply chain. From that moment on, they are subject to the Code of Conduct and to the standards set out in the Inditex Minimum Requirements document.
- Social audits to verify the degree of compliance with the Code of Conduct and to establish Corrective Action Plans (CAPs) intended to ensure respect for fundamental labour rights. Social audits can take the form of initial or follow-up audits.
- Special audits consist of visits and inspections related to specific issues such as the health and safety of workers, and competence visits to ensure compliance with the Corrective Action Plans. These audits also include inspections of washing processes to ensure that practices banned by Inditex, such as sandblasting, are not in use.
- Traceability auditsare used to verify the traceability of the supply chain based on the analysis of information gathered via the Manufacturer Management System.
Punyam.com – Global Manager Group, an INDITEX CERTIFICATION Consultancy company is having vast experience in the implementation of INDITEX CERTIFICATION in chemical and textile industries. The stages of consultancy are followed as under for the Inditex Membership of the client, who has taken our services. The stages followed as are as under:
1. Micro–level survey for each and every department of the organization against the specific requirements of Inditex as well as requirements of ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001
2. Preparation of applicable documents required by INDITEX CERTIFICATION based on detail study of all activities of company.
3. Training to all levels of employees of Company for Inditex requirements,
4. Helps in effective implementation of system by periodic visit till assessment by Inditex,
5. Help during periodic assessment by Inditex
6. Help in closing of non-conformities issued during the assessment.
Followings are the major benefits of Inditex Membership;
1. Open market to supply materials to Inditex,
2. Internal benefit in terms of productivity and reduction in the wastage etc.
1. Review of product manufacturing data and providing input considering the environmental and occupational, health and safety related issues,
2. Establishment of facility to overcome the key environmental and occupational, health and safety related issues,
3. Helping in following major aspects;
- Guiding for compliance with all legal requirements.
- Establishing the facility inside the organization for safe working.
- Establishing the documents for the maintaining traceability etc.
4. Guiding in each and every process for effective implementation.