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.positiveOur vision is to become the most responsible workwear brand.
The Bisley.POSITIVE commitment touches on the positive steps that we can take as a
company to honour the key pillars of our business:
people, planet, product and prosperity.
We are on a mission to become leaders, fulfilling our responsibility
to positively transform our industry, and get the job done, so you can do yours.
Bisley have been shaping the Australian workwear industry for over 60 years.
We pride ourselves on being a big company, built on small company values. As we work to formalise our strategy and roadmap for Bisley.POSITIVE, we have outlined the steps that we have taken to date, to positively transform our business operations to be more responsible.
As a global apparel company, we understand our responsibility to our value-chain partners. We pride ourselves on having long standing and well established relationships our Tier 1 partners and our values and standards are built on these foundations as well as, acknowledged within our signed agreements.
As a result of our dedication, we have joined a number of organisations to improve all aspects of our value supply. We support the UN Sustainable Development Goals and have aligned our business activities and partnerships to the relevant global goals. We have formed a dedicated ESST and we are razor focused on Bisley.POSITIVE Goals. This team actively works towards finding more sustainable solutions and advancements to our value chain.
2022 is a critical year for engagement on sustainability because we can no longer ignore the environmental impact created by the apparel industry, in terms of both production and end- of- life. Our garment production is transitioning towards recycled fabrics, buttons, trims, and threads to reduce Bisley’s environmental impact on the planet. However, the most critical issue that we face as a business is a large-scale sustainable end-of-life solution for workwear and uniform programs.
We are hoping that by working with Australian businesses, Bisley can highlight this issue and collectively find commercial solutions.
The aim is to drive product stewardship within the workwear industry, and commercialise circular solutions.
Bisley.POSITIVE is our commitment to becoming the most responsible workwear company. And we are focused on getting our job done, so you can do yours.
David Gazal
Managing Director
As a responsible brand on a collective impact journey, we have aligned ourselves to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
Each strategic step is aligned iwth a specific goal, and provides us with a unified framework for reporting.
With this environmental improvement we also gain knowledge and transparency of our hanger manufacturer. Currently our suppliers source their own hangers, and we have no visibility of the suppliers manufacturing procedures. Arch and Hook is B Corp registered.
As a world leader in Ethical and Sustainable practices, suppling to some of the World’s most recognisable brands, Bisley has confidence that we are making an impact on workers quality of living as well as the environment.
The conservative estimate over 2 years, is converting 38 tonnes of ocean pollution to Bisley hangers. The result of this is 38 tonne of Virgin plastic being saved from production.Bisley has also partnered with Arch and Hook to produce our buttons manufactured from Marine Waste, again using communities in the poorest nations to assist with lifting them out of poverty. Bisley currently uses over 38 million buttons per year.
The impact of us transitioning to Marine waste recycled buttons is approximately 5.8 tonnes of pollution out of the ocean, resulting in Bisley using 7.26 tonnes less Virgin Plastic every year.
Both the hanger and button programmes clean the world’s oceans and rivers of pollution. Additionally it provides quality of life improvements for the communities working with Arch and Hook.
In 2022 we will begin rolling out garment packaging made from 100% Marine and post-consumer plastics-
Better Packaging Company.
Plastic Pollution and Poverty are inextricably linked. Better Packaging supports and employs communities in the world’s poorest and most polluted coastal regions to clean up their beaches and rivers. As a result, the communities are lifted out of poverty and provided with a living wage to collect the plastic.
This has a two fold impact of higher standard of living and cleaner environments for the communities. Better Packaging is block chain verified, B corporation Certified, Certified Carbon free and the programme meets UN Global Sustainable Development goals.
As a signatory of the WWF Business call for a UN treaty on plastic pollution Bisley is committed to removing all virgin plastics in our supply chain, packaging, trims, buttons, hangers, zippers, swing tag kimbles and more converting to recycled and sustainable options.
We are working with our suppliers to convert our warehouse pallet wrapping, satchels and tape to biodegradable plastics to further reduce our consumption of virgin plastics.
We anticipate this roll out in late 2022.
You can read more about THE BUSINESS CALL FOR A UN TREATY ON PLASTIC POLLUTION here: plasticpollutiontreaty.org
In 2021 Bisley introduced a recycled polyester fabrication to our sustainability journey.
Single-use plastic bottles are collected, keeping them out of our oceans.
They are shredded then melted and spun into yarn.
We use this up cycled yarn to make our durable workwear.
Using recycled polyester lessens our dependence on fossil fuels and keeps plastic bottles out of landfill.
Shop the Recycle range here
Textile Exchange is a global nonprofit that creates leaders in the preferred fiber and materials industry. Textile Exchange develop, manage, and promote a suite of leading industry standards, as well as collect and publish critical industry data and insights that enable brands and retailers to measure, manage, and track their use of preferred fiber and materials.
With a robust membership representing leading brands, retailers, and suppliers, Textile Exchange is positively impacting the climate through accelerating the use of preferred fibers across the global textile industry.
We actively participate on the Hub with industry leaders to gain knowledge to assist us to improve our practices.
By benchmarking the industry and providing actionable tools for improvement, Textile Exchange is driving a race to the top.
By using the Higg BRM, conscientious businesses can track, measure, and share their sustainability progress with value chain partners, consumers, investors, and other key stakeholders.
Developed by the industry, this trusted assessment helps brands and retailers establish and maintain strong corporate social responsibility strategies and practices that promote the well-being of workers and the planet.
Bisley joined the Higg Index in September 2021 to monitor, track and improve our supply chain Environmental and Social impacts.
EcoVadis ratings are evidence-based and are validated by a team of experts. EcoVadis assist Bisley to monitor and improve the sustainability performance in our supply chain. Covering four sustainability themes, Environment, Labour and human rights, Ethics and Sustainable Procurement.
We have submitted a Modern Slavery statement to the Australian Federal Government. We recognise that as a global apparel company, we are responsible for our supply chain and partners working in an Ethical, Legal and Sustainable way.
We have long standing, well established relationships with our supply partners. As a result, we believe that we can work collaboratively with them to ensure that Bisley's values and stipulated standards are not only shared with but also, agreed to by our supply partners.
Bisley has a strong commitment to continually improve the lives of the people who manufacture our products. Our commitment to the Modern Slavery Act throughout our supply chain and domestic operations is a priority for Bisley. We have spent the last 12 months reviewing and recalibrating how to a address modern slave in our supply chain, and auditing.
In addition, we have joined a number of ethically based and environmentally focused NGO's and organisations as part of our ongoing commitments.
This is the most comprehensive social auditing methodology currently in practice. We work with our independent auditor Intertek to conduct the audits to ensure we have full transparency and assurance of authenticity. We share this information with our customers and suppliers who are members of Sedex.
As our manufacturing supply partners are Sedex members, joining Sedex has elevated their factory practices, improved Business Ethics, and better conditions of the factory workers as a result.
Bisley can provide access to our customers to view and assess our supply chain via the Sedex platform for transparency and compliance of Modern Slavery and Ethical sourcing assurance.
In addition, we partner with Sedex Consultancy to assist us with navigating international legislation. Sedex Consultancy has helped us frame, understand and write our Australian Modern Slavery Statement.
Our strong partnership is international in scope and we are working collectively to improve our sustainability profile.
Sedex is a membership organisation that provides one of the world’s leading online platforms for companies to manage and improve working conditions in global supply chains. We provide practical tools, services, and a community network to help companies improve their responsible and sustainable business practices, and source responsibly https://www.sedex.com/
Intertek are an approved affiliate auditor of Sedex, which means that they have gone through rigorous training to ensure SMETA audits are carried out to the highest standard. We have chosen to work with Intertek to ensure that the audits we request are consistent in quality and approach, and that the results and corrective action plans (CAPs) we receive are independently verified. Intertek encourage the use of SMETA audit methodology – which Bisley adopted – to ensure that all audits are as thorough as possible.
To ensure that our business practices are world standard, we offer elective training programmes providing all staff with the skills to elevate their career opportunities in the future.
The Bisley senior management team identified that we need ongoing and consistent training programmes in our business.
Our training platform will educate our team members on business ethics- such as price fixing, corruption, modern slavery, collusion and fraud- as well as, acceptable workplace behaviour, anti-bullying, sexual harassment, diversity and age inclusion.
The Business Council for Sustainable Development Australia (BCSD Australia) is the national peak body representing forward-thinking companies and organisations that are working towards the transition to a sustainable Australia. The BCSD’s mission is to accelerate this transition by making sustainable business more successful.
BCSD Australia are the Australian partner of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD).
Members believe that by integrating social and environmental impacts with financial results, business lowers its risk profile, makes better decisions, and creates the solutions needed to meet the Sustainable Development Goals.
Bisley is an active member and participates in multiple working groups to improve our environmental practices. BCSD Australia provide essential and critical knowledge and guidance on an ongoing basis.
