HanesBrands Global Corporate Social Responsibility Achievements Earn Two Highly Recognized Awards for Work in Latin America
February 12 2020 - 10:12AM
Business Wire
Hanes receives its ninth consecutive honor from the Honduran
Foundation for Corporate Social Responsibility and seventh Mexican
Center for Philanthropy award for best practices in social
responsibility, environmental stewardship and workplace
standards
HanesBrands, a leading global marketer of everyday basic apparel
under world-class brands, has earned two of the most prestigious
awards in Central America and the Caribbean for best practices in
corporate social responsibility.
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The Mexican Center for Philanthropy
honored Hanes with its seventh CEMEFI award for the company’s focus
on promoting “a more equitable, supportive and prosperous society”
across Latin America. Hanes earned the award for its back-to-school
program, an initiative that has operated in the Dominican Republic
since 2008. The program distributes school kits to children of
employees and to those who attend public schools in communities
where the company operates. To date, the company has donated
106,000 kits, which include a backpack, notebooks and other needed
supplies, that help children be successful in school. (Photo:
Business Wire)
The company received a 2019 FUNDAHRSE Seal from the Honduran
Foundation for Corporate Social Responsibility for the ninth
consecutive year. This award recognizes Hanes’ efforts in seven key
areas: corporate governance, employee relations, environmental
sustainability, responsible marketing, supplier standards,
community relations and public policy. The company’s health
brigades that offer free care and its Honduran education
initiatives that provide adult continuing education and
extracurricular tutoring for children in public schools are among
the company’s longstanding flagship programs in the country cited
by the organization.
The Mexican Center for Philanthropy honored Hanes with its
seventh CEMEFI award for the company’s focus on promoting “a more
equitable, supportive and prosperous society” across Latin America.
Hanes earned the award for its back-to-school program, an
initiative that has operated in the Dominican Republic since 2008.
The program distributes school kits to children of employees and to
those who attend public schools in communities where the company
operates. To date, the company has donated 106,000 kits, which
include a backpack, notebooks and other needed supplies, that help
children be successful in school.
“All of the programs that our CSR and human resources teams
jointly create and manage are designed to provide our employees,
their families and the citizens of the communities in which we
operate the necessary tools to help elevate their quality of life,”
said Teddy Mendoza, HanesBrands senior manager of corporate social
responsibility for the Western Hemisphere. “It is a great honor to
be recognized for our efforts by these prestigious international
organizations.”
The FUNDAHRSE and CEMEFI awards highlighted initiatives that are
part of Hanes’ comprehensive global CSR program. Last year in the
Dominican Republic, Honduras and El Salvador alone:
- 9,100 people, including employees, contractors and members of
the community received free medical care, including life-changing
ear, nose and throat surgeries.
- 225 Hanes employees graduated high school, 41 completed a
college degree and 72 earned a master’s degree as part of the
company’s continuing education program.
- Nearly 2,000 children in public schools received
extracurricular tutoring from 250 Hanes employee volunteers as part
of the Community Youth Development Program in partnership with
nonprofit Glasswing International.
- More than 1,000 employee volunteers planted 8,000 trees and
supported Hanes’ ongoing environmental stewardship program focused
on reducing use of energy and water, lowering carbon emissions,
increasing use of renewable energy and eliminating waste to
landfills.
Hanes – unique in the apparel industry because it owns the
significant majority of its manufacturing operations – is an
international business leader in ethics, disclosure and social
compliance. The company is an accredited member of the Fair Labor
Association independent workers’ rights group, has earned a
superior A grade for supply chain and labor practices from
Free2Work and received an A grade from As You Sow, an environmental
and social corporate responsibility advocacy group.
For more information about the company’s award-winning corporate
social responsibility program, visit Hanes for Good.
HanesBrands
HanesBrands (NYSE: HBI) is a socially responsible leading
marketer of everyday basic innerwear and activewear apparel in the
Americas, Europe, Australia and Asia-Pacific. The company markets
T-shirts, bras, panties, shapewear, underwear, socks, hosiery, and
activewear under some of the world’s strongest apparel brands,
including Hanes, Champion, Bonds, Maidenform, DIM, Bali, Playtex,
Bras N Things, Nur Die/Nur Der, Alternative, L’eggs, JMS/Just My
Size, Lovable, Wonderbra, Berlei, and Gear for Sports. More
information about the company and its award-winning corporate
social responsibility initiatives may be found at
www.Hanes.com/corporate. Visit our newsroom at
https://newsroom.hanesbrands.com/. Connect with the company via
social media: Twitter (@hanesbrands), Facebook
(www.facebook.com/hanesbrandsinc), Instagram (@hanesbrands), and
LinkedIn (@Hanesbrandsinc).
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Carole Crosslin, 336-671-3704 (cell) or
carole.crosslin@hanes.com
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