Supply chain
Chargeurs, Shanghai, Mainland China
Narrow & deep relationships
icebreaker has maintained its transparency by developing a business based on close, long term relationships. We know exactly where our garments are being made. We do not use agents or outsourcing. We take responsibility for the whole ecosystem.
We're in a long term relationship.
30% of our suppliers have worked alongside us for 10+ years.
"We enjoy mutual trust with icebreaker. The relationship is more than only the supplier and a buyer, we’re a family."
Karen Chen
VP of Sales and Marketing, SCT
Workers voice
Worker voice is a central part of monitoring our performance on human rights issues. Within the VF Facility Guidelines, grievance mechanisms in facilities are not only required, but "must be accessible, predictable, reasonable, transparent, confidential, and based on engagement and dialogue."
VF Ethics Helpline
The VF Helpline is available 24/7 for our people, our consumers and third parties to anonymously report issues. You can do this by phone or internet and in 150 languages.
Visit: https://secure.ethicspoint.com/domain/media/en/gui/34722/index.html
People
at the center
Human rights
It is our responsibility to make sure that everybody who works on an icebreaker product, wherever they are, does so in a fair, safe, non-discriminatory and empowering workplace.
icebreaker will not tolerate abuse of human rights anywhere in our business or supply chain.
Human rights are fully embedded in our business model, our decision-making and the way we create and share value. It’s one of the key areas in which icebreaker is constantly looking for dialogue and improvement.
Sustainability isn’t just a feature of our products, it’s in the values and design of our business.
Read our transparency report
