Ingela Lind, Environmental supply chain

Short facts about Lindex One of the leading fashion chains in Europe. 470 stores. Online shop in 27 European countries. We offer inspiring affordable fashion Women’s wear, lingerie, kids’ wear, cosmetics. Turnover Euro 671 million in 2012. 5 000 employees Founded 1954 in Sweden. Head office in central Gothenburg, Sweden. Stockmann group since 2007. Production offices in China, Hong Kong, India, Turkey, Bangladesh and Pakistan. 230 suppliers. Estimated 135 000 people involved in production.

Sustainable fashion in a life cycle perspective 9 M sustainable garments Members of BCI BSCI - CoC all factories Cleaner and more resource effective processing Chemical control Supplier list on Lindex.com Increased safety in Bangladesh factories Pink Ribbon campaign against cancer

SWAR: Sustainable WAter Resource Management for Textile Industries A cooperation project between the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI), Swedish buying companies Indiska Magasinet AB, AB Lindex and KappAhl Sverige AB, and 39 of their suppliers in India. The project is co-financed by Swedish International Development Agency (Sida).

Aim of cooperation The overall aim of this cooperation project is to improve water management in textile production processes and to build capacity of textile company to work continuously with water management. This will result in benefits for participating companies, the environment, and for other water users.

Project in Jaipur Fabric dyeing sites processing for Indiska, and other buyers in a new textile park with 22 units sharing a common CETP Project in Delhi area KappAhl and Lindex garment suppliers and fabric dyeing sub-suppliers cKinetics is appointed consultant to implement the project

Delhi project Actions so far Initial assessments at all units Workshops Water and Energy meter installations Wastewater and sludge tests ZDHC test package of 11 chemical groups at 4 units ETP evaluation Shop-floor awareness sessions for all workers Support at site during implementations

Delhi project Examples of implemented recommendations Use RO rejected water for flushing Rain water harvesting Right first time (RTF) in dyeing Condensate recovery ETP optimisation Minimize boiler blow down Reuse washwater

Delhi project Project challenges : First project where we involve tier 2 suppliers – how motivate them? We have no impact on the dyeing units Our suppliers can select any dyers as long as they comply with our environmental code - variations in awareness and motivation to engage Our suppliers orders often quite small at the large dyeing units A pilot project - no examples on what the units could save in water, energy and costs How run business and influence our suppliers to keep long term relations with their sub suppliers

Why water projects like SWAR We want to decrease the environmental impact from production of our garments Cooperation with others to reach results Joint environmental code, similar social code Cleaner Production project in Bangladesh Members BCI, support better cotton farmers Gujarat SPICES project in India Members BSR, Global Compact, SFA, STWI, etc Also small and medium brands with limited resources can make changes if work together Hope we can inspire other companies