Workshop on Think Green Initiative & Workplace Conditions Assessment

Institute of Apparel Management (IAM) along with Intertek had organized workshop on "Think Green Initiative & Workplace Conditions Assessment" on 30th Aug.'10 at Lynx 1 & 2, Apparel House. Consumers, governments and communities alike are concerned with how the manufacturing of consumer products impacts the environment. Similarly Brands and international buyers are demanding more effective measures for evaluating suppliers ‘workplace conditions. Factories are also becoming more proactive in finding ways to benchmark themselves and track progress against competitors and national standards.

Mr. Somesh Singh, JD (IAM) had started the session & talk about IAM intitiative on social compliance for the apparel industry.Mr. Dilip Gianchandani,Regional Director ( Intertek ) introduced The global Services by Intertek to the industry as well as Speaker of the evening, Mr. David Horlock,Vice President, Global Inspection & Auditing ( HK )who talk about WCA and TGI services of Intertek

Workplace Conditions Assessment (WCA) program provides a powerful, cost-effective solution for companies and facilities seeking to improve workplace condition efficiently and in accordance with widely accepted industry standards and best practices.WCA benefits the business by enabling:

Improved work conditions for a more content, healthier & productive workforce.
Better decision-making support based on real-time data & knowledge Management.
Good corporate governance & preferred supplier status for implemening a program that is in full accordance with industry best practices.
Improved confidence in partnerships with suppliers through greater transparency & trust.
Reduction in excessive auditing & duplication.
Suppliers to showcase progress with a ' Record of Achivement ' Award.

Think Green Initiative (TGI) has emerged as perfect tool for evaluating, reviewing and monitoring factories’ environmental performance and ultimately assuring improved performance.

Provides assessment & reporting tools for benchmarking environmental performance against industry peers, identify gaps, accelerating improvement efforts & showcasing progress.
Provides access to a network of experts that can assist with continuous improvement efforts.
Produce win-win results i.e. less environmental impact & reduce operational costs.
Offers a comprehensive environmental performance management solutions.

Photo Gallery of the Event

VISION

The long-term vision for IAM is to position itself as a Multi-varsity to meet the requirements for trained managers and design professionals, with a broad base of applied management skills, competencies, and knowledge typical of the dynamic Apparel Business in a global context.

MISSION

IAM offers as an institute a distinct bridge between the export and domestic sectors of the Indian textile and apparel industry.

The multi-varsity offers a “bouquet” of programs/ courses under twinning/validation from select premier international/ national institutes apart from offering its own certificate/ diploma programmes. With its strong ties with the core Fashion/Apparel industries and ownership of the industry, the institute is able to continually draw upon the industry for both faculty resources and training inputs, thereby making its teaching programmes unique, vocationally apt, industry focused and covering the entire “fibre-to-fashion”, “concept to consumer” chain.

FUTURE CAREERS

IAM is focused on shaping industry-ready professionals who are ready to hit the ground and run in this fiercely competitive industry.

IAM is focused on shaping industry-ready professionals who are ready to hit the ground and run in this fiercely competitive industry. Envisioned growth of the Indian Apparel industry will need over one million merchandisers, marketing and design professionals, strategic design managers, product development experts, production managers and technologists with more in-depth knowledge & skills in the next 5 years and IAM is poised to fill this gap for competent professionals in the textile, fashion and lifestyle industry while working closely with the training arm of AEPC, the network of ATDC’s across the country for industry-driven solutions.