Anvil Knitwear presentation

1. AAPNMiami2010
Earth-friendly sportswear from a company you can believe in.

2. Anvil Sustainable Manufacturing
Anvil’s Mission Statement:
•Anvil is a vertically integrated manufacturer
•Constant innovation
from textile knitting •Excellence in customer service
•Outstanding products at
•We manufacture under our own labels and affordable prices
•Social responsibility
for private label •Fiscal soundness
•Environmental stewardship
•We recognize that our operations have an
effect on the local, regional and global environments and
all its stakeholders. As a consequence of this, we are
committed to environmentally sustainable growth and
socially responsible principles.
•We’ve been around for over a century and we believe that
the only way to ensure we’re still here for another 100 years
is by managing our resources wisely

3. Anvil Corporate Responsibility Goals
… making a difference one t-shirt at a time
Environment Social Product Economic Innovation
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to reduce to Promote to make to continuously
the impact Employee earth- demonstrate innovate and
educate our
we have on Wellbeing friendly a valuable customers and
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4. Policies
Mission Statement
Guiding Principles
Vendor Guidelines and Best Practices
Restricted Substance Lists
Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Program

5. What is an environmentally
preferable product?
A product that has a lesser Purchasing
or reduced negative Environmentally Preferable Purchasing
effect on human health (EPP)
and the environment
•Anvil gives preference to environmentally friendly
when compared to products whose quality, function, and cost are equal
competing products that or superior to more traditional products.
serve the same purpose •Anvil is committed to actions designed to conserve
(this comparison may natural resources and protect the environment, and
consider raw materials will continue to implement those actions whenever
acquisition, production, possible and economically feasible.
•Anvil favors suppliers that provide environmentally
manufacturing, packaging,
friendly products, systems, technology and services
distribution, reuse, or suppliers that are environmentally sensitive in
operation, maintenance, their daily operations or have established
and disposal of the product) environmental management programs as well.

6. Product Life Cycle Comparison
Product Development and
Raw Materials
• Designing sustainability into a product from inception can lead to both product
innovation and cost savings
• By conducting product life cycle assessments, you can evaluate opportunities
for savings
• Do you know where do your raw materials come from? Why is this
recommended?
– Risk assessment
– Suppliers that care about their product’s integrity are more likely to care about
quality, delivery times, etc.

7. Anvil Sustainable Manufacturing
Anvil’s Textile Plant (recently WRAPe certified)
represents the largest source of our emissions
Why does this matter? Carbon = Energy = Cost
What have we done about it?
•Use Biomass boiler for steam generation
•Use steam generated as by product from electrical cogeneration plant
•Recover heat from waste water
•Use low liquor ratio dye machines
•Reuse cooling water from jets as process water
•Recycle 80% of our solid waste
•Modified dye processes to reduce water consumption
•Modified dye processes to reduce temperature levels
•Installed automatic moisture control on dryers to reduce steam consumption
•Installed automatic shut off valves and pressure reducing valves on pads to lower water
consumption
What are our results?
•We have saved over $900,000 in savings per annum (conservatively)

8. Dyes, Chemicals, Sundry
Suppliers
• Work with your suppliers to improve
environmental profile of materials
• Review your processes for
opportunities to reduce or reuse
• Check compliance with applicable
restricted substance list(s) and
evolving laws in both the country of
manufacture and sale

9. Cut & Sew Operations
• Improve material utilization
• Recycling saves money and eliminates
waste
– printing cartridges
– sewing needles
– cutting knives
– plastic thread cones
– fabric waste
– plastic bags
– plastic wrap from fabric
– cartons
• Conduct regular energy audits
– Turn on/off A/C units 30 minutes after we
start and 30 minutes before we close

10. Packaging
• Evaluate opportunities in case
size, container size, packaging
material
• Evaluate opportunities for
recycled content in packaging

11. Transportation &
Logistics
• Reduce your transportation
footprint and realize immediate
savings
-Evaluate new shipping routes
and alternate forms of
transportation/transportation
providers (e.g., match up in and
out bound containers, evaluate
new ports of entry, use rail, etc.)

12. How Sustainability can
Benefit your Business
• Opportunity to align with your customer’s
philosophy
• Distinct market position, brand
differentiation
• Risk management
• Sustainable business model –
sustainability can reveal real cost savings
• It’s the right thing to do!