The Questionnaire format is designed to collect basic data on Sustainability in factory where

students from BFT/ MFT are doing Apparel Internship ( Apparel manufacturing Units only).

Company Profile:

1. Is the company an Apparel Manufacturing company -Yes/ No

2. Does is manufacture for Domestic / Export/ Both
3. Is it vertically integrated Unit Yes/ No
4. Is is located in SEZ Yes/ No
5. Product category ( Woven, Knits, Seamless etc.)_____________
6. Does it deal in Sustainable clothing -Yes/ No
7. Does the company have any CAD software-Yes/ No
8. What is the Marker efficiency in general ___________%
9. What is the percentage Fabric waste___________
10. Is it waste from Marker planning Yes/ No
11. How do you deal with the waste fabric - Sell it to recyclers, Incinerate, have own recycling plant (
explain if required _______________________________)
12. What is the volume of production ( in units/ numbers) _______
13. What is the Cut to Ship Ratio ________%__
14. What is the AQL followed _________
15. What is Quality Reject Percentage ____
16. Does the company use any IT/ Software tool for Quantifying sustainability in the Unit
17. Which Software do you use for Quantifying sustainability in the Unit (eg Higg index etc)
______________________or any Life Cycle analysis software ( eg. Gabi etc.)_______________
Block chain technology (if any)____________________ERP software with a module on
sustainability ( name)______________ others ______________________
18. What certifications does the company have :

a) Better Cotton Initiative

b) GOTS, Global Organic Textile standard

c) Organic Content Standard (OCS)

d) Sustainable Apparel Coalition

e) Higg Index

f) EU Ecolabel

g) Global Recycle Standard

h) Recycled Claim Standard (RCS)

i) Cradle to Cradle

j) Good Weave
k) SAAS, Social Accountability Accreditation Services/ SAI

l) Fair Trade

m) Fair Labor Association

n) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design

o) Others_____
 19. Does the company follow any Indian Sustainability standards. -Yes/ No.

Genuinity/ Authenticity
Ecomark genuinity , protect India V http://
consumer interest www.silkmarki
& promotion ndia.com/

Silkmark Purity of silk India V http://

www.silkmark
india.com/

Handloom Home protection India V https://

Mark/ ( prevent piracy), textilescommi
Handloom genuinity, ttee.nic.in/
origin certification-0
certificate

Indian Handloom products India https://

Handloom with Zero defect www.nhdc.org
Brand Zero Effect ( people .in/
aspect of internal.aspx?
sustainability) but menuid=2&Ca
not Quality tID=64
assurance
Craftmark Authentication/ India https://
genuinity, www.craft
consumer mark.org/
awareness. home
Handmade in India

20. Are these legally binding/ Voluntary

21. Are these done at Teir1/ Tier 2/ Tier 3 ( primary, secondary/ Tertiary)
22. Is the factory building LEED certified -Yes/ No
23. If yes _ silver/ gold/ platinum
24. Does the factory have ETP, Effluent Treatment Plant
25. Does the factory have Solar panels -Yes/ No
26. If Yes what is percentage power generated through Solar energy_______% and what is it used for
27. Does the factory use Diesel/ any fossil fuel -Yes/ No
28. If yes what percentage ________________%
29. Does the Unit have Rain water harvesting-Yes/ No
30. what percentage of the factory is Green Cover________%
31. Does the Company have CSR policy -Yes/ No
32. What is the CSR policy of
comany________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
33. Does the company have employees on Daily wages/ salaried or others __________
34. What percentage of workforce is women___________________________%
35. Describe the work conditions, safety conditions, safety protocols etc of the
company_______________________________________________________
36. Are there any rejected shipments -Yes/ No
37. How do you deal with the rejected garments - Sell it to recyclers ( only if permissible), Incinerate,
have own recycling plant ( explain if required _______________________________), Second
hand clothing market/ flea market, Others if any __________________________