Collaborations & Analytical Tools

Worldfavor

is a sustainability management tool that collects and analyses data. Hultafors Group implemented Worldfavor in 2020 to improve traceability and transparency throughout the value chain. Today, our own thirty-two sites use the Worldfavor energy use tool to report emissions and waste management. Our target is to have 100% of our suppliers in the system contributing through self-assesment-questionnaires designed to increase sustainability knowledge and lower the risks.

The Swedish Chemicals Group

disseminates the latest knowledge and leading edge information related to chemical and environmental issues to member companies in the textile and electronics industry. Our membership provides access to external monitoring and networks, practical tools, updates on relevant legislation as well as news about innovation, risks and potential non-harmful alternatives in the area of chemicals. Wherever possible, we want to minimise and eliminate the presence of unwanted chemicals in products such as textiles, footwear and electric and electronic equipment.

We work closely with The Textile Importers, a trade association for any company dealing in textiles, leather goods, clothing or shoes. They provide an industry-specific service, helping us keep up to date with everything there is to know about trading these products.

Hultafors Group is a member of Leather Working Group (LWG). LWG is a non-profit organisation responsible for the world’s premiere leather manufacturing certification.

Since 2005, LWG has identified environmental best practices within the global leather industry and provided guidelines for immediate and ongoing improvement. LWG offers a suite of auditing tools to assess the environmental performance of leather manufacturing facilities, and to certify those that meet the standards. Hultafors Group sources increasingly from LWG certified suppliers to improve the product quality and to support the manufacturers that invest in the greening of the leather industry.

Hultafors Group is a signatory to the UN Global Compact, which supports companies in implementing sustainable strategies. The initiative is grounded in the Ten Principles, on human rights, labor, environment, and anti-corruption, based on international declarations and conventions.

Snickers Workwear through Hultafors Group, and Fristads, partner with Better Cotton to improve cotton farming globally. Better Cotton’s mission is to help cotton communities survive and thrive, while protecting and restoring the environment.

Better Cotton is sourced via a chain-of-custody model called mass balance. This means that Better Cotton is not physically traceable to end products, however, Better Cotton Farmers benefit from the demand for Better Cotton in equivalent volumes to those we source.

Snickers Workwear is committed to source 80% of their cotton as more sustainable cotton from 2023 – in other words cotton sourced as Better Cotton, organic cotton, or recycled cotton.

For more detailed information about brand commitments and claims, please visit Snickers Workwear and Fristads.