Inditex, world’s leading fashion group which operates over 7,000 stores in 88 markets and owns brands like Zara, Pull&Bear, Massimo Dutti, Bershka, Stradivarius, Oysho, Zara Home and Uterqüe, has published its list of global 404 direct and indirect suppliers of wet processing services (dyeing, washing, tanning and printing).
The India list of the company features 43 processing houses, like Pratibha Syntex, Chiripal Industries, Richa Industries, etc. As demand of transparency is increasing in the supply chain of brands, Inditex’s decision is being appreciated in the industry. The company have such suppliers in Turkey (106), China (81), Bangladesh (72), Spain (25), Portugal (44), Morocco (15), Italy (7), France (3), Cambodia (3), Tunisia (2), along with Argentina, Pakistan and Germany having one each. The list names those suppliers with whom Inditex holds a direct sourcing relationship.
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The company says, “As a result of the collaboration with our stakeholders and being committed to the Right to Know principle, which is defined as practices that allow members of the public access to environmental information, Inditex publishes its global direct and indirect suppliers list of wet processing (dyeing, washing, tanning and printing) declared by its suppliers.”
It also added that this list includes mills that have been contracted by company’s direct suppliers. Normally they perform manufacturing operations that the main suppliers are not capable of doing at their own facilities: the wet processes like dyeing, tanning, printing and washing. The accuracy of indirect suppliers list is heavily dependent on the disclosure provided to Inditex by its direct suppliers, who have the direct business relationship with these wet processes mills.
