HanesBrands Global Corporate Social Responsibility Achievements Earn Two Highly Recognized Awards for Work in Latin America
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
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., February 12, 2020 /3BL Media/ – 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.
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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