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Our Approach Strategy Caring for Our People Conserving the Environment Creating Stronger Communities Reporting Methodology & Assurance Appendices GRI Content Index
Genuine Responsibility TM

About include mass merchants, dollar stores, department stores, We also manufacture products for select leading global
athletic and lifestyle brands, and certain retail customers
national chains, sports specialty stores, craft stores,
Gildan food and drug retailers, and price clubs, all of which sell who market the products which we manufacture under
to consumers through their brick and mortar outlets.
their own brands. These customers have come to
trust Gildan as a strategic partner for several reasons,
Consumers also buy our products through our retail
customers’ e-commerce platforms and our own websites. including our large scale, strong commitment to
Gildan is one of the world’s largest vertically-integrated In addition to selling our products to retailers, we responsible and sustainable practices, manufacturing
manufacturers of everyday basic apparel, including manufacture for and sell to select leading global athletic expertise and underlying financial strength. We also sell
activewear, underwear, socks, hosiery, and legwear. Our and lifestyle consumer brand companies who distribute socks under the Under Armour ® brand through a sock
founding business model, of owning and operating the these products within the retail channel. licensing agreement providing exclusive distribution
manufacturing facilities that produce the vast majority rights in the United States and Canada.
of the products we sell, sets us apart from most major
global apparel companies. This direct control of almost A GLOBAL BUSINESS
the entire manufacturing process, from raw materials
Gildan directly employs more than 50,000 employees
to finished products, allows the Company to ensure
and currently operates 30 manufacturing facilities
that responsible and sustainable practices are deployed
throughout the complete value chain. globally – primarily located in Honduras and Nicaragua
in Central America; the Dominican Republic in the
Caribbean Basin; Canada, the U.S. and Mexico in North
Gildan’s vision statement, Making Apparel Better™, America; and Bangladesh in Asia. We also have offices TM/MC
We sell our activewear products primarily in “blank” or MAKINGMAKING
perfectly captures the essence of our Company
and distribution centers worldwide.
and the culture we have built over the last 35 years.
Across the full spectrum of our business, our founding
As a publicly-traded company, listed on both the New
entrepreneurial spirit drives us to pursue continuous
Product safety and quality
York Stock Exchange (NYSE- GIL) and the Toronto
improvements, constantly looking for better ways to
Stock Exchange (TSX-GIL.TO), we are held to the highest
operate and to create value for all our stakeholders.
We are committed to delivering high quality, value-
standards of corporate governance and reporting. Our
A
APPPA
based on international standards for quality management
and our global sales and marketing office is located in
undecorated form, without imprints or embellishment. corporate head office is located in Montreal, Canada, driven products. Our Global Quality System (GQS),
such as ISO 9001, ensures consistency in the quality
Activewear products are primarily sold to wholesale Barbados. An interactive map of our owned facilities can of our products as well as in the overall quality of our
distributors within the imprintables channel, who then be viewed on our corporate web site. ship to our customers. PAREL REL
processes. Our proactive and preventive approach
sell the blanks to screenprinters/embellishers who involves standards and quality controls for raw materials,
decorate the products with designs and logos, and in PRODUCTS manufacturing processes and the finished products we
Genuine Responsibility TM BETTER TM Quality KPIs are systematically monitored through
Caring for Our PeopleBETTER
turn sell the embellished/imprinted activewear into a
The products we produce and sell range across the full
highly diversified range of end-use markets in more than
TM
gamut of everyday family apparel, including t-shirts,
60 countries in North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and
sweatshirts, polo shirts, underwear, socks, panty
Latin America. In addition to socks and underwear for
all processes and reviewed on a monthly basis by
hose and other forms of legwear. These products are
men, ladies, and kids, as well as other hosiery products
top management, driving product improvements and
marketed and sold under one of our 13 Company-owned
such as pantyhose and leggings, we also sell our
specific action plans. Our dedicated facility-level Quality
activewear products to various retailers. These retailers
Reporting Methodology & Assurance
Appendices
GRI Content Index
Conserving the Environment
Our Approach
Strategy
Genuine Responsibility: 2018 Sustainability Report brands. Creating Stronger Communities Assurance teams ensure our Quality Policy and GQS 7
VERTICAL INTEGRATION
We pride ourselves in being a different
kind of apparel company. Our vertically-
integrated manufacturing model means we
have direct control over almost all of our
tier 1, 2 and 3 supply processes, enabling
us to uncover operational and resource
efficiencies that disconnected value chains
can rarely achieve.
Over 90% of our annual sales are generated
from products that are manufactured
within the Company’s owned and operated
manufacturing network.
COTTON YARN SPINNING TEXTILES SEWING DISTRIBUTION CONSUMERS
Gildan’s predominant Fibres are sent to our Yarn is knit into fabric, Gildan’s sewing Gildan’s company- Millions of consumers
fibre is cotton, specifically state-of-the-art yarn- dyed to color and cut operations employ the owned and contracted use our products every
U.S. cotton. Gildan is one spinning facilities in the to shape in some of largest percentage of distribution centres day, trusting us to
of the largest domestic U.S., where we produce the world’s largest our people. As the last leverage strategic deliver high quality,
consumers of U.S. cotton, enough yarn to circle and most efficient guardians of product placement and state- value driven apparel
sustainably grown and the globe every 150 textile facilities, located quality, these highly of-the-art technology made responsibly and
ethically harvested by seconds. in Honduras, the skilled and dedicated to service our global sustainably.
proud American farmers. Dominican Republic, employees are the heart customers.
Mexico and Bangladesh. and soul of our success.
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