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Discloses Quantity of Pre-Production Waste Generated
Does the company disclose the quantity of pre-production waste generated annually (e.g. offcuts, scraps, threads, end of roll fabrics)?
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About the data

Around one quarter of the industry’s resources are wasted as leftovers of textile and garment production every year. This is why it is useful for understanding what a company is doing to reduce pre-consumer waste.

In this question you are being asked to identify whether the company publicly discloses the quantity of pre-production waste generated annually (e.g. offcuts, scraps, threads, end of roll fabrics).

Where to look for this information:
- Corporate Social Responsibility report
- Company documents
- Company policies
- Company websites
- Company code of conduct
- Parent company documents (only if the parent company is linked to from the brands website)
- Parent company policies (only if the parent company is linked to from the brands website)
- Parent company websites (only if the parent company is linked to from the brands website)
- Parent company code of conduct (only if the parent company is linked to from the brands website)

Good keywords for your searches include:
- Textile
- Product
- Waste
- Pre-consumer
- Off-cuts
- Unsold and defective stock
- Samples
- Circularity

Things to keep in mind:
- Pre-consumer waste/surplus includes off-cuts, unsold and defective stock, production samples.