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

GENUINE

RESPONSIBILITY™ CARING

FOR OUR PEOPLE
STRATEGY We believe that by providing employees with quality employment opportunities in safe

and rewarding work environments, we increase the prosperity of not only our employees,
but their families and communities as well.
MAK Our focus is on creating safe and healthy workplaces for our 50,000 employees through
SAFE AND ERGONOMIC WORKPLACES
investments in modern equipment and technology, rigorous health and safety programmes
as well as carefully engineered worker ergonomics, material handling and process design.
Our manufacturing employees have 24/7 access to free onsite medical clinics which
Genuine Responsibility™ is the overarching framework our business and operations is critical to our financial We have identified the top five most material issues as: provide primary care, free vaccinations and health awareness campaigns throughout
the year. In further support of reducing worker strain and potential injury, employees
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of programs, policies and practices that governs success, an important enabler of our future growth and a have access to onsite Schools for Back and Shoulder Health for exercise and
MAKINGING • Human and labour rights
Gildan’s operations and business in all areas related key component of the positive value we create for all our preventative awareness programmes.
to environmental stewardship, social impacts and stakeholders. • Occupational health and safety 181,075 free medical consultations provided in our 24/7 medical clinics
governance practices. Developed over the last 15+ • Operational water and wastewater management
years, this comprehensive framework serves to guide the Our Genuine Responsibility™ strategy has been • Chemical management FAIR WAGES
decisions we make, the actions we take and the future developed by focusing on the most material issues to • Energy and emissions management We believe that all employees should be fairly compensated with a MORE THAN US
we envision for our Company across three central pillars: our Company, with consideration to leveraging our wage that covers their basic needs and provides some discretionary $15.8M
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Caring for Our People, Conserving the Environment and strengths in support of the United Nation’s Sustainable We have also identified other important issues income. Our commitment to our employees goes well beyond
ensuring fair wages.
WAS INVESTED IN
Creating Stronger Communities. Development Goals. We have identified these issues which shall remain within the focus of our Genuine We strive to provide benefits that include primary medical care and SUBSIDISED MEALS
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IN 2017
Responsibility™ programs, such as Diversity and Inclusion,
through a formal materiality assessment (executed in
Our experience as a vertically-integrated manufacturer late 2017) which encompasses areas of concern to our Climate Change, and Traceability. For more details on the other wellness programmes, subsidised meals, financial assistance, free
transportation and access to training and development programmes
and large employer in the regions where we operate, stakeholders that are the most important to them and full results of our Materiality Assessment please see our that empower our employees both professionally and personally. We understand
has reinforced the fundamental principle that operating that have the biggest potential to impact our business. Genuine Responsibility website. that our comprehensive training and education programmes, high school education
responsibly and integrating sustainable solutions into equivalency programmes as well as scholarships for employees’ continued professional
development hold promise for a better future.
Genuine Responsibility: 2018 Sustainability Report 20 US $4.9M invested in free transportation for employees in 2017
2,192,312 man-hours of training provided
We manufacture everyday family apparel
for customers globally, guided by the belief
that caring for our people, conserving the
environment and creating stronger
communities are key factors in our success
and future growth.

Annual sales of 2.75 Billion in 2017
Gildan products are sold in over 60 countries

MAKING APPAREL BETTER™ GENUINE RESPONSIBILITY™
Gildan was founded on the basic principle that the best strategy was to Our Genuine Responsibility™ programme, launched more than 15 years ago,
own our manufacturing facilities, focus on our customers, embrace our incorporates comprehensive elements that govern everything we do in the areas
entrepreneurial spirit and treat everyone with respect and dignity. of corporate, social and environmental responsibility.
More than 30 years later, these same principles remain in place, continuing Going well beyond “doing the right thing,” Genuine Responsibility™ drives us to
to guide our business strategies and our vision of Making Apparel Better™. look for new and better ways to reduce our footprint and create positive impacts
for our people, their families and the communities where we operate.
Over 90% of our total revenues are generated from products we manufacture in
our own facilities. This direct control over the entire process, from raw
materials to finished garments, allows us to engineer and implement
programmes that keep our employees safe and healthy, reduce our environmental
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footprint and remain true to our vision of MAKING APPAREL BETTER.
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