SUPPORTING OUR SUPPLIERS &
BUYING RESPONSIBLY
COMMITMENT N°9
2021
Recycled materials compulsory in public procurement
Decree no. 2021-254, published in the French Journal Officiel on 9 March 2021, on the obligation to acquire, through public procurement, goods resulting from reuse or integration of recycled materials implements the provisions of Article 58 of Act No. 2020-105 of 10 February 2020 on the fight against waste and the circular economy, which came into effect on 1st January 2021. This Decree obliges to increase the share of circular economy purchases in public procurement and to reinforce the principle that public procurement takes into account the environmental performance of products. As such, the proportion of recycled materials from the reuse, recycling or re-employment sectors must represent at least 20% of all textile products ordered by local authorities and parapublic companies. CEPOVETT has already proposed several solutions to this end in recent years, in particular recycled polyester from recycled plastic bottles and post-consumer recycled cotton. This new regulation reinforces the State's responsible purchasing policy.
2020
Secure sourcing
The recent Covid-19 epidemic was a wakeup call to the textile industry, which has been penalised for using mainly Asian suppliers. This health crisis underlines the need to diversify supply networks by favouring more local sources, especially in the Maghreb and Madagascar. To this end, the purchasing teams are re-balancing and securing their supplier portfolio, while taking CSR aspects into account. CEPOVETT relies on a supplier support programme called "FabLab CEPOVETT", based on a collaborative approach with its garment workshops. The aim of this approach is to identify, through a multi-year 360° CSR action plan, a certain number of good practices in terms of technical, economic, social and societal innovation. The company is also committed to guaranteeing production site transparency and supply chain security by carrying out SMETA-type social and environmental audits.
2019
ISO14001 certification for the Epsilon CEPOVETT workshop
ISO 14001 is the most widely used of the international standards for environmental management. It’s based on the principle of continuous improvement of environmental performance by verifying and measuring the impacts of the company’s activities. ISO 14001 refers to a standard that concerns environmental management, designed to reassure the most demanding, environmentally conscious customers. EPSILON’s environmental and talent management will be enhanced over time with new tools for dialogue and cost control, but above all for rallying employees.2018
"CEPOVETT Group Fablab, a lever for innovation in France and abroad
CEPOVETT Group relies on an ambitious programme to support its suppliers. The "CEPOVETT Group FabLab" programme is based on a voluntary and collaborative approach with its clothing workshops in its main production areas in the world (Eastern Europe, Asia and North Africa). Its aim is to develop, through experimentation and a multi-year 360° CSR action plan, best practices in technical, economic, social, societal and environmental innovation, in order to improve overall performance.In 2017, CEPOVETT Group's CSR policy was also reflected in the deployment of its responsible purchasing charter. This charter makes it possible to secure and evaluate the good practices of each supplier. Its ambition is to make each production workshop progress in its CSR practices. The Ukrainian textile company Siluet is an example of successful integration of disability in a professional textile environment.
