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Levi’s joins with IFC to expand sustainability programme

07/09/2016
Global development institution, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, has partnered with Denim company Levi Strauss & Co to launch a programme aimed at ensuring environmental sustainability in the textile industry.

The programme expands on the IFC’s Bangladesh Partnership for Cleaner Textile (PaCT) initiative, which focuses on promoting sustainable production practices in over 165 textile factories in Bangladesh.

The partnership with Levi’s will see the initiative implemented outside of Bangladesh for the first time with a pilot phase planned in six facilities in Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka and Vietnam.

“We are pleased to be the first IFC partner to pilot its PaCT program in additional countries,” said Michael Kobori, vice president of sustainability at Levi’s. “Our goal is to scale the practices globally to achieve greater reductions in water, energy and chemical use across our supply chain.”

“We are delighted that IFC’s PaCT program focused on implementing water- and energy-efficiency best practices, is partnering with Levi Strauss & Co, to develop this global environmental sustainability program,” said Mohan Seneviratne, IFC Program Manager for PaCT.

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