IMPACT REPORT2019

2019 was another impactful yearat SAITEX

“This is the combination of the effort of 4200+ associates”

INCREASE IN SHIPMENTS COMPARED TO LAST YEAR

AND INCLUDE MORE PARTNERS WITH SIMILAR VALUES

Premium Amount

(List of projects selected from the1st Needs Assessment Survey)

have been received until now thanks to our partners.

more than 5 billion VND

LIST OF BRANDS

1 - Gifts for employees’ family in special occasions or national holidays

2 - Partner with existing kindergartens to make the tuition free or cheaper or employees’ children

3 - English classes for workers’ children

4 - Build a swimming pool

5 - Build kindergarten

6 - Do medical tests

SAITEX BECAME THE FIRST CERTIFIED FACTORY IN ASIA AND THE ONLY LARGE SCALE DENIM MANUFACTURER TO MEET THE STANDARDS SET FORTH BY B LAB WITH AN OUTSTANDING SCORE OF

Most ordinary businesses would score around 50 points

POINTS

B CORPFAIR TRADE

2019

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TS TO OPEN A FABRIC UPCYCLING FACILITY IN THAILAND IN COLLABORATION WITH SAI CYCLE

WHICH WILL HAVE THE CAPACITY OF UPCYCLING

12.000GARMENTS PER MONTH

TO JOIN THE THE ELLEN MCARTHUR FOUNDATION’S JEANS REDESIGN PROJECT

TO MANUFACTURE THE FIRST CRADLE TO CRADLE CERTIFIED JEANS IN COLLABORATION WITH G-STAR

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TREES

PLANTED TREES

IN THE INDUSTRIAL AREA ABSORBED MORE THAT

OF CO2 IN 2019120.000KG

ENERGY SOLAR PANELS

STEAM PRODUCEDWITH BIOMASS

100%

5,833,575KGOF FOSSIL FUEL AVOIDED

kWhOF ELECTRICITY PRODUCED THROUGH SOLAR PANELS

IN VIETNAM THEIMPACT OFENERGY IS KG CO2/kWh

KGSAVED THROUGH SOLAR IN 2019

WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ABSORB IN A YEAR

WHICH IS WHAT NEARLY 400 TREES

GARMENTS THAT ARE FULLY DRIED WITH A DRYER IN 2H HAVE AN IMPACT OF 0.5KG CO2/GARMENT

THANKS TO NATURAL LIGHTING WE HAVE SAVED 368.574 kWh WHICH IS ENOUGH TO POWER 9000 AVERAGE US HOUSEHOLDS FOR A DAY

ENERGY SAVINGS

85% OF THE ENERGY FOR DRYING

BY AIR DRYING WE SAVE

THEREFORE IN 2019 A TOTAL OF

2,248,771KG

5 NEW LASERS PURCHASED FORMORE WATER SAVINGS

WATERIN 2019 SAITEX HAS EXPANDED THE CAPACITY OF ITS EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT TO 1500 M3/DAY

TO RECYCLE

OF ALL THE WATER IT USES (2% EVAPORATED)

PLASTIC BOTTLES PER MONTH AVOIDED

WATER BOTTLES IN THE FACTORY SWITCHED TO GLASS

CHILDREN PROVIDED WITH SAFE DRINKING WATER ACROSS 2 ORPHANAGES AND 5 SCHOOLS

2.500STUDENTS BENEFIT FROM SAFE DRINKING WATER & REUSABLE WATER BOTTLES

AIM TO BE 4.400 BY MAY OF 2020

FUNDING

1 GREENHOUSE FOR TOMATOES, CUCUMBERS, MELONS,MINT, LEMON BALM

PEOPLE INVITED TO VISIT THE FARMS AND LEARN ABOUT CLEAN FOOD PRODUCTION AND HOW IT AFFECTS CLIMATE CHANGE

PRODUCTION PER MONTH HAS NOW REACHED MORE THAN 100 KG OF ORGANIC HYDROPONIC VEGETABLES

FARMING3 CONTAINERSFOR KALE, SWISS CHARD, LETTUCE, BASIL, OREGANO

TOWERS

PLANTS

PLANTS

OF HARVEST DONATED TO PREGNANT EMPLOYEES (APPROXIMATE 100) AND PEOPLE FROM DISADVANTAGED BACKGROUNDS

OF HARVEST SOLD INTERNALLY FOR SUBSIDISED PRICES, TO ALLOW EVERYONE TO EAT FRESH LOCAL PRODUCE WITHOUT EXCLUSION

PAPAYA55 PLANTS

MANGO26 PLANTS

LIME26 PLANTS

PASSION FRUIT10 PLANTS

GUAVA10 PLANTS

BANANA5 PLANTS

DRAGON FRUIT15 PLANTS

DRUMSTICK15 PLANTS

FREE MEALS BACKPACKS11118

SOCIAL4 ORPHANAGES AND CENTERS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES SUPPORTED WITH MONTHLY DONATIONS SINCE 2009 (BE THO + THIEN BINH + BINH HUNG + THI NGHE)

& ADULTS SUPPORTED THROUGH THE 4 CENTERS

TOTAL COST OF GOODS DONATED TO THE 4 CENTERS

CHILDREN

FROM BE THO ORPHANAGE

ASSOCIATESTRAINED & HIRED

GIVEN SUPPORTS, FOLLOWING THE EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

ASSOCIATES WITHMEDICAL DIFFICULTIES

FUNDING FUNDING

PARTNERSHIPS:

BENEFICIARIES FROM A NEW FUNDED DENTAL CARE CLINIC FOR THE SOCIAL CENTER IN DAK NONG

NEW SEWING MACHINES AND 1200 YARDS OF FABRICS DONATED

20 BENEFICIARIES FROM VOCATIONAL TRAINING

PROGRAM FOR TEENAGERS WITH HEARING LOSS

DESKTOPS

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PRINTER

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CPC (CHARITY PROJECT COMMITTEE)A VOLUNTEER GROUP OF 15 EMPLOYEE REPRESENTATIVES WHO ORGANIZE MONTHLY COMPANY CHARITY EVENTS

LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS SUPPORTED THROUGH

MONTHLY EVENT BY THE CPC

CIRCLE OF LIFE PRODUCTION LINE

ASSOCIATES FROM DISADVANTAGED BACKGROUNDS WITH VARIOUS PHYSICAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL ABILITIES

THIS BRINGS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ASSOCIATES WITH

DISABILITIES TO