The global commitment to social sustainability offers a profound opportunity to foster structural and operational innovation to uplift the quality of life for people, and the communities where they live. Leading this effort, EPIC Group and ELEVATE have entered into a strategic collaboration to build on the EPIC Group’s prominent position in ethical manufacturing, sustainability, and value creation for customers. Together, EPIC Group and ELEVATE are building a world class social responsibility program to lead the industry.

 

Since 1984, EPIC Group has been at the forefront of the garment manufacturing industry, leading with engineering and operational speed, efficiency, technology, design and innovation to deliver high quality product to global brands and retailers. The group conducts its business with an uncompromising commitment to the social wellbeing of its employees. Headquartered in Hong Kong, EPIC Group operates manufacturing facilities in 11 locations in South & Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Africa, and oversees presently the quality and welfare of 25,000 workers who produce nearly 90 million garments annually.

 

EPIC Group has called on ELEVATE, the leading supply chain responsibility and sustainability solutions provider, to realize its ambitions. ELEVATE is the only supply chain sustainability service provider with global reach and local expertise, which capitalizes on an improvement operating model that is founded on exceptional proficiency in the sustainability of supply chains and unique insights from its data analytics.

 

EPIC Group’s Founder, CEO and Chairman Ranjan Mahtani, said “While being in the business of manufacturing apparel, we discovered that we could improve and touch lives across our versatile demographics. Our collaboration with ELEVATE is a testament to our forward-thinking in becoming industry leaders in the area of social sustainability and, most importantly create a transparent, safe, and harmonious environment throughout our manufacturing space”.

 

“ELEVATE is excited to work closely with EPIC Group to take EPIC’s social responsibility program and industry leadership to the next level”, said Ian Spaulding, CEO, ELEVATE. “The EPIC organization demonstrates a mindset that embraces supplier responsibility beyond audit and recognizes its value to society.”

 

The collaboration to accelerate EPIC Group’s industry leadership in social responsibility launched in November 2019.