About us
ICS now includes 43 active multinational members !
ICS is an international sectoral initiative with the aim to enhance working conditions along global supply chains of its member retailers and brands.
ICS is composed of 43 multinational retailers and brands, mainly French, but not limited to, in the sectors of textile, retail, footwear, electronics and furniture.
ICS members collaborate with common tools, to mutualize audits, contributing to the reduction of the ‘audit fatigue’ and share knowledge and best practices.
Shared
Database
ICS members share thousands of factories and audits on the ICS database. ICS members only have access to the production sites they work with to ensure confidentiality.
Handbook
for factories
The Handbook for factories is part of the ICS recent development of supporting tools and guidance for its members’ supplying factories and partners with the aim to sustainably enhance compliance.
Corrective action
plan online
This feature allows audited factories and related actors to upload documents on identified non-compliances after the audit (e.g. renewed permit, non-discrimination policy etc.) on the ICS database.
News
ICS proposes with its partner AQM two sessions of Environmental awareness training in Dhaka, Bangladesh. After the training, the trainees…
We are pleased to announce that ICS becomes Initiative for Compliance and Sustainability ! ICS original name, Initiative Clause Sociale,…
The International Trade Centre (ITC) has partnered with ICS, which is representing a number of European textile retailers, to strengthen competitiveness and climate resilience in the Moroccan textile value chain. The launch of the…