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Due Diligence ensures companies are actively monitoring their supply chains and is a vital process in stopping forced labor. The new UFLPA law requires due diligence like YESS - read more here to see how the two align!
https://www.sourcingnetwork.org/blog/uflpa-alignment-with-yess

Due Diligence ensures companies are actively monitoring their supply chains and is a vital process in stopping forced labor. The new UFLPA law requires due diligence like YESS - read more here to see how the two align!
https://www.sourcingnetwork.org/blog/uflpa-alignment-with-yess

Version two of YESS Standard for Spinning Mills is out now! For more information go to: https://www.sourcingnetwork.org/yess-standard

RSN just released our NEW YESS Standard for Spinning Mills! For more information go to:

YESS Standards — Responsible Sourcing Network The Introduction document along with the two YESS standards: YESS Standard for Fabric Mills (v1.0) and YESS Standard for Spinning Mills (v2.0) provide the foundation for the YESS initiative. They are a specific, practical framework to assess the operations and sourcing procedures of cotton yarn spin

Please join us for a release webinar of the YESS Standard for Fabric Mills and the updated YESS Standard for Spinning Mills on September 14 at 11:00 a.m. EST.
Click this link to register:

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: YESS Standards Release Webinar. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Please join RSN for the webinar release of the standards for our initiative YESS: Yarn Ethically & Sustainably Sourced. We will be releasing our new YESS Standard for Fabric Mills: Weaving and Knitting Operations Only, and our updated (V2.0) YESS Standard for Spinning Mills. Come learn about the sta...

Please join us for a release webinar of the YESS Standard for Fabric Mills and the updated YESS Standard for Spinning Mills on September 14 at 11:00 a.m. EST.
Click this link to register: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_4rdrZhzWSsigFJ0fSNBTZw

RSN has had an exciting few weeks! Read our latest blog post to catch up on the most recent YESS announcements.

Progress with YESS: Pilot Project Completed, Pilot Report Issued, & Textile Standard Open for Consultation — Responsible Sourcing Network Upon completion of the year-long pilot for its flagship initiative, YESS: Yarn Ethically & Sustainably Sourced, RSN issued a press release about its pilot findings . The pilot project , which included virtual training and in-person assessments in India, Pakistan, and Malaysia, demonstrat

The first draft of the YESS Standard for Textile Mills is complete and open for public consultation. Those who would like to contribute should submit comments (below) by May 27, 2022. More information below:

YESS Textile Standard for Public Consultation — Responsible Sourcing Network YESS - yarn ethically and sustainably sourced - Forced labor - Modern slavery - Ethical sourcing - Responsible sourcing - Due diligence - Multi-stakeholder engagement - Corporate accountability - Social responsibility - Cotton - Sustainable apparel - Sustainable cotton - Ethical cotton - Uzbekistan

Responsible Sourcing Network (RSN) is pleased to announce the release of our pilot findings from our flagship initiative YESS: Yarn Ethically & Sustainably Sourced. The main conclusions are that yarn spinners and textile mills (knitting and weaving manufacturers) can be conformant with the YESS Standards, but there needs to be support and training for these companies to implement a risk-based due diligence approach. Read the report here.

YESS: Pilot Project — Responsible Sourcing Network YESS - yarn ethically and sustainably sourced - Forced labor - Modern slavery - Ethical sourcing - Responsible sourcing - Due diligence - Multi-stakeholder engagement - Corporate accountability - Social responsibility - Cotton - Sustainable apparel - Sustainable cotton - Ethical cotton - Uzbekistan

Thank you to The Economist for featuring the lifting of the in their most recent podcast. Listen here.
https://bit.ly/3xx2FIS

The Intelligence from The Economist - A stretch and a run: Brazil’s ex-president returns Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva left office with a sky-high approval rating, having raised millions from poverty—but was then convicted of corruption. Now he wants his old job back. Forced labour in Uzbekistan’s cotton fields, once widespread, is swiftly vanishing. And an old hypothesis confirmed: bi...

Responsible Sourcing Network is excited to announce that, after 12 transformational years, the Cotton Campaign has decided to lift the pledge against sourcing cotton from Uzbekistan. Read more at our latest blog post:

Cotton Campaign Ends its Call for a Global Boycott of Cotton from Uzbekistan — Responsible Sourcing Network Global Coalition Encourages Responsible Sourcing that Protects Workers’ Rights

We are so excited to see you next week at RSN's side session for the 2022 OECD Forum on Due Diligence in the Garment and Footwear Sector, featuring RSN's founder and CEO Patricia Jurewicz, along with representatives of Pakistani textile mills, and Due Diligence experts managing the YESS Pilot. You don't want to miss it! Register below.

2022 RSN Side Session: OECD Forum on Due Diligence in the Garment and Footwear Sector — Responsible Sourcing Network YESS - yarn ethically and sustainably sourced - Forced labor - Modern slavery - Ethical sourcing - Responsible sourcing - Due diligence - Multi-stakeholder engagement - Corporate accountability - Social responsibility - Cotton - Sustainable apparel - Sustainable cotton - Ethical cotton - Uzbekistan