The seven-part documentary follows three North Carolina State
University students through HanesBrands’ supply chain – giving them
full access to its facilities, people and processes
In the fifth episode of filmmaker Rod Murphy’s “Crop to Campus”
minidocumentary on apparel sustainability, college students explore
the benefits of ethical manufacturing on the communities where
plants are located.
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North Carolina State University student
Mamie Trigg visits a HanesBrands biomass power generating plant in
El Salvador that helps the company reduce carbon emissions. Trigg
is featured in "Crop to Campus," a documentary exploring the making
of a responsible T-shirt. (Photo: Business Wire)
In the episode that dropped today on www.CropToCampus.com, the
three students of North Carolina State University Wilson College of
Textiles traveled to El Salvador to get a firsthand look at
environmental and social responsibility in the communities where
HanesBrands operates and its employees live.
The students – Mamie Trigg of Austin, Texas, Katy Powers of
Charlotte, North Carolina, and Sydney Parker of Raleigh, North
Carolina – reviewed the company’s Green for Good program that funds
employee volunteer projects to improve the quality of life in their
communities. The company generates the savings for community
investment through energy conservation and recycling of materials
once destined for landfills.
Since 2010, HanesBrands employees have donated more than 420,000
volunteer hours to complete nearly 70 distinct community projects
supported by $2.5 million in company funding. These projects
include school and hospital improvements, establishing medical
clinics, clean water programs, tree plantings and beach cleanups,
among others.
The students also learned about the company’s responsible
workplace initiatives, including its continuing education program,
which has allowed nearly 3,000 employees to receive high school
degrees. The company’s Future Mom’s Club offers education and
support during associates’ pregnancies.
“The Green for Good program enables us to achieve significant
results by combining the power of environmental, workplace and
community responsibility,” said Chris Fox, HanesBrands’ vice
president of corporate social responsibility. “The program has been
an incredible success and has allowed our employees and company to
support community projects and disaster relief in neighborhoods
throughout Honduras, El Salvador and the Dominican Republic.”
While in El Salvador, the students also visited HanesBrands’
biomass-fueled heat and energy plant that helps the company reduce
carbon emissions and conserve nonrenewable energy sources. The
system supplies the company with an environmentally responsible
source of energy for steam production that reduces approximately
20,000 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions per year, equivalent
to taking 4,000 cars off the road or planting 330,000 trees.
In previous “Crop to Campus” episodes, the students discussed
the importance of sustainability and visited a cotton farm in
eastern North Carolina, a yarn-spinning facility in Tennessee, and
HanesBrands’ cut, sew and dye facilities in El Salvador – all part
of responsibly making Hanes ComfortWash T-shirts.
Murphy, a filmmaker from Asheville, North Carolina, was
commissioned by HanesBrands to make the documentary to assess how
well the company’s corporate social responsibility efforts resonate
with the expectations of millennials and Generation-Z youth.
In the final two episodes of the documentary, the students head
back to campus to design and print T-shirts for consumer use and
share their insights about their experiences with HanesBrands
senior leadership.
Episodes of the seven-part documentary commissioned by
HanesBrands drop every Tuesday on www.CropToCampus.com. The release
dates for the final two episodes are:
- Oct. 13: “Back to Campus: Tee Party”
- Oct. 20: “Takeaways: How important is responsible
manufacturing?”
Visit www.CropToCampus.com to learn more about the documentary
series, or www.HBISustains.com for more information about the
company’s responsible business practices.
HanesBrands
HanesBrands (NYSE:HBI), based in Winston-Salem, N.C., is a
socially responsible leading marketer of everyday basic innerwear
and activewear apparel in the Americas, Europe, Australia and
Asia-Pacific. The company sells its products under some of the
world’s strongest apparel brands, including Hanes, Champion, Bonds,
DIM, Maidenform, Bali, Playtex, Lovable, Bras N Things, Nur Die/Nur
Der, Alternative, L’eggs, JMS/Just My Size, Wonderbra, Berlei, and
Gear for Sports. The company sells T-shirts, bras, panties,
shapewear, underwear, socks, hosiery, and activewear produced in
the company’s low-cost global supply chain. A Fortune 500 company
and member of the S&P 500 stock index (NYSE: HBI), Hanes has
approximately 63,000 employees in more than 40 countries. For more
information, visit the company’s corporate website at
www.Hanes.com/corporate and newsroom at
https://newsroom.hanesbrands.com/. Connect with the company via
social media: Twitter (@hanesbrands), Facebook
(www.facebook.com/hanesbrandsinc), Instagram
(@hanesbrands_careers), and LinkedIn (@Hanesbrandsinc).
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Matt Hall: (336) 251-3689 (M) or matt.hall@hanes.com
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