Through e-mail PAKISTAN HOSIERY MANUFACTURERS & EXPORTERS
ASSOCIATION Ref. No. PHMA/Cir-052/2021 To: All Members of the Association (Southern Zone
& Northern Zone) SUSTAINABLE TERMS OF TRADE INITIATIVE (STTI) SURVEY
FORM AND DATA COLLECTION
Pakistan Hosiery Manufacturers &
Exporters Association is inviting you to participate in a survey conducted by
the Sustainable Terms of Trade Initiative (STTI) that evaluates buyers’
adherence to commercial compliance. Commercial compliance is defined as ‘purchasing
practices that do not cause obvious and avoidable harm to manufacturers’. The Sustainable Terms of Trade Initiative
is a unique, manufacturer-led initiative set up by the STAR Network of nine
Asian producer associations, Pakistan Hosiery Manufacturers & exporters
Association is a founding member], and supported by GIZ-FABRIC, the
International Apparel Federation, and Better Buying Institute. Its aim is to
create fairer purchasing practices in the industry, and a more balanced
relationship between manufacturers and buyers. Phase 1 of STTI established a number of
key recommendations for improved purchasing practices, based on the input
gathered from global textile and garment manufacturers and industry
associations. Now, in Phase 2, we are inviting you to
evaluate each of your buyers’ commercial compliance in relation to these
recommendations. With this baseline data, the industry associations
participating in STTI will be able to identify key areas of non-compliance, and
to better understand which interventions and research are most needed to
improve commercial compliance across the industry. The survey will be conducted by Better Buying Institute, whose well established and secured
operating procedures allow manufacturers to anonymously rate the purchasing
practices of the customers that buy their products. Your responses will be
grouped with those from other suppliers, and your anonymity maintained at all
times. Better Buying Institute will publish a report of the findings early in
2022, which will be shared with you in full, and which will form the basis of
dialogue with brands and MSIs, in order to accelerate change in buyers’
purchasing practices. Please follow this link to complete the
survey: https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/6620739/STTI-GWG-Phase-2-Baseline-Survey, starting with the
buyer that accounts for the largest percentage of your business, then
proceeding to other buyers with whom you have an active business relationship. Completing the survey takes less than 10
minutes. Please complete the survey as soon
as possible; the deadline to submit the survey is January 7th. We thank you in advance for completing
the survey and ensuring the voices of our members are represented in the STTI. Sincerely, PHMA |