Artistic Garment Industries Pvt. Ltd. ( AGI Denim)
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, United Kingdom
May 2022
Textiles
Manufacturing
Pakistan,
United Kingdom
AGI Denim is vertically integrated and one of Pakistan's top ten exporters of Jeans and premium denim. AGI Denim is on the journey of redefining how the industry approaches social, environmental and good governance standards. Leading by example, AGI Denim is the first company in Pakistan to achieve B-Corp Certification by adhering to the best global practices of social and environmental impact transparency. With this certification, AGI Denim has joined the global movement for an inclusive, equitable environment for the people, communities, and the planet while addressing the business's negative impacts and still being on a growth trajectory. In reducing negative impact on environment, we have made three of our facilities LEED-certified starting from Spinning all the way to garment manufacturing. With considerable investments in wastewater recycling, we have reduced our freshwater consumption by 40%. 1.85 MW of our total energy requirements are met with renewable solar energy. We make products through resource-efficient manufacturing processes using sustainably resourced fibres, including cotton, recycled cotton and Hemp. AGI Denim is a proud participant of The United Nations Global Compact network and is a signatory of UNFCCC and UN Women's Empowerment Principles.
Overall B Impact Score
Governance 6.6
Governance evaluates a company's overall mission, engagement around its social/environmental impact, ethics, and transparency. This section also evaluates the ability of a company to protect their mission and formally consider stakeholders in decision making through their corporate structure (e.g. benefit corporation) or corporate governing documents.
What is this? A company with an Impact Business Model is intentionally designed to create a specific positive outcome for one of its stakeholders - such as workers, community, environment, or customers.
Governance 6.6
Governance evaluates a company's overall mission, engagement around its social/environmental impact, ethics, and transparency. This section also evaluates the ability of a company to protect their mission and formally consider stakeholders in decision making through their corporate structure (e.g. benefit corporation) or corporate governing documents.
What is this? A company with an Impact Business Model is intentionally designed to create a specific positive outcome for one of its stakeholders - such as workers, community, environment, or customers.
Workers 24.9
Workers evaluates a company’s contributions to its employees’ financial security, health & safety, wellness, career development, and engagement & satisfaction. In addition, this section recognizes business models designed to benefit workers, such as companies that are at least 40% owned by non-executive employees and those that have workforce development programs to support individuals with barriers to employment.
Community 18.7
Community evaluates a company’s engagement with and impact on the communities in which it operates, hires from, and sources from. Topics include diversity, equity & inclusion, economic impact, civic engagement, charitable giving, and supply chain management. In addition, this section recognizes business models that are designed to address specific community-oriented problems, such as poverty alleviation through fair trade sourcing or distribution via microenterprises, producer cooperative models, locally focused economic development, and formal charitable giving commitments.
Environment 40.1
Environment evaluates a company’s overall environmental management practices as well as its impact on the air, climate, water, land, and biodiversity. This includes the direct impact of a company’s operations and, when applicable its supply chain and distribution channels. This section also recognizes companies with environmentally innovative production processes and those that sell products or services that have a positive environmental impact. Some examples might include products and services that create renewable energy, reduce consumption or waste, conserve land or wildlife, provide less toxic alternatives to the market, or educate people about environmental problems.
What is this? A company with an Impact Business Model is intentionally designed to create a specific positive outcome for one of its stakeholders - such as workers, community, environment, or customers.
Customers 0.9
Customers evaluates a company’s stewardship of its customers through the quality of its products and services, ethical marketing, data privacy and security, and feedback channels. In addition, this section recognizes products or services that are designed to address a particular social problem for or through its customers, such as health or educational products, arts & media products, serving underserved customers/clients, and services that improve the social impact of other businesses or organizations.