Evaluation of H&M's CSR Policy and Philanthropic Activities

This case study evaluates H&M's CSR policy and philanthropic activities, including their impact on human rights, range of philanthropic activities, and challenges faced in meeting environmental and sustainability ambitions.

H&M case study

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Evaluation of H&M policy to have the identification and prevented potential impact on
human right.............................................................................................................................3
H&M’s range of Philanthropic activities ..............................................................................4
H&M’s CSR policy................................................................................................................5
Challenges faced by H&M in meeting its environmental and sustainability ambitions. .....7
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Corporate social responsibility is considered about needs for business developments
which is considered to be parts of good corporate citizens. This makes clear sense of
involvement over different parts which is beyond the laws requirements in sense of protection of
environments along with development of social welfare. This is considered as worldwide
accepted obligation for the business in modern terms. H&M company is the Swedish
multinational company which is well known for fast fashion clothing for men, women along with
teenagers and children (Song, Wang and Zhu, 2018). The company considered to have the
responsibility to corporate sense of brand images. The company has effective development of
sustainable policy in order to meet up several commitments. In this report, the will be clear
discussion for the case study with reference to the H&M company along with sustainable
corporate responsibility.
MAIN BODY
Evaluation of H&M policy to have the identification and prevented potential impact on human
right.
As per the notation of the corporate responsibility, there is the consideration of three different
approaches which is been used to accomplish the need of confronted managements. The three
theoretical approaches to these new responsibilities:
1.Corporate social responsibility (CSR)
2.The triple bottom line
3.Stakeholder theory
This corporation have emphasis of both responsibility that is to make money along with
interacts ethical manner. The corporate social responsibility have the specific conceptions to
profit while playing in broader for considerations of community welfare.
The for obligation are such as -
Economic responsibility
The economic responsibility have obligation towards the business version of survival
instinct. As the firm is having the proper valuation's of the vast majority of operations, it terms to
have appropriate level of profits. Without them, there’s no business and no business ethics.
Human rights have the clear approach over companies to have respects for all human rights
which is considered to be the framework. This framework is universally recognized along with

people center approach to companies social and environmentalist aspects. There company have
clearly implemented the policy with respective full disclose among the respective supply chain.
The company has the 1.56 million people who are working as suppliers along with
manufacturing facility. The supplier are considered to be frequently monitors which is twice in
years. The index code of conduct is being used to have measurement of sustainability
performance.
The company have believer that the large suppliers will be helpful in placing large orders
by ensuring the better level of sustainability (DUWADI and et.al., 2019). The company has the
analysis of new market against the human right ventilation before the way of entering in
production and sales at respective way.
The company is responsible to take the following action in order to became socially responsible
are such as -
 Head audit which is helpful in identifying the issues along with challenges.
 System analysis which will be helpful in identifying the respective cause roots.
 Capacity budgeting which will be helpful in remedy root causes along with solving any
respective issues.
Follow up audits is considered to verifying progress of H&M cooperator with the
internationals labor organization. This is extended to the devised code of conducts which clearly
contains the employee rights, anti corruption and anti discrimination rules which have promotion
of equality and respective fights against the different cases of harassment.
The company has the total level of control over the price as it pays to the suppliers by allowing
them to pay fair livings along with ages to their respective employees.
H&M’s range of Philanthropic activities
Philanthropic responsibility .
This approach has the contribution to society projects have when they considered to be
Independent's in more way to have accomplished for there respective business.
The company has proper corporation with governments of government which are such as
the Bangladesh, Cambodia, Myanmar and Ethiopia in order to make stronger frameworks which
is regarding the minimum frameworks. There is also enforcement for the right to freedom (DAI,
2018).

The H&M have proper conduct of training of management systems or employees called
GROW. In this there are educations of employee through educations courses or the additional
learning. The company also have the bet of employee diversity which is major contribution of
76% are females.
The corporate in continuously seeking in to have the new ways in order to build better
place to live in. The company is creating better level of opportunities for the employment as it
cooperated with UNICEF in the project all for children which is projected in India and
Bangladesh. These efforts as about the chance to children to have right for educations about 1.7
million children as the schooling before the age of eight is especially important for the child and
for the community.
The next is company have organizing of the different course for the cotton farmers in
order to have greater understanding on how to grow cotton with smaller environment impacts. In
addition to that there is vocational training for the whom in poor countries towards their own
business (Park and et.al., 2019.).
The company also provides one-off money donations through H&M Conscious
Foundation, for instance to Save the Children or to Rana Plaza Donors Trust Fund. In addition to
that the company runs in stores campaign which have involvement of customer which will have
donation of their purchase towards the good amount. For example H&M have safe water access
to Bangladesh for protection Syria refugee along with donation respective clothes.
H&M’s CSR policy
Ethical responsibility
This is the theory averse consideration of key stone obligation which is considered to e
dependents of coherent corporates cultural that view the respective subsensible as the cistern of
the jocosity.
The H&M is turn to be the players who have the clear working in fast fashion industry business
as the development of CSR activities play a major role in formation of image in more perfect
manner ( Księżak, 2016).
The firm have established the report regarding the social responsibility aspects with name of
“Conscious Actions Sustainability Report” which is having around 170 employees are meant to
have accurate deal in core development.

The company has the CSR policy have clear level of dependence along with commitments at 7
count that is provided fashion for conscious customers;
 Choose and reward responsible partners;
 Be ethical
 Be climate-smart
 Reduce, reuse, recycle
 Use natural resources responsibly
 Strengthen communities
The company has the clear considerations over the stakeholders in sights which have
inclusion of the customers, colleagues, communities, suppliers and their employees, industry
peers, media, NGOs, IGOs, policymakers and investors. From the year 2020, company have the
plan to use the kind of sustainable cotton or clothes which will be also known as the recycle
fashion. The garments will be acceptableness into any commuter in exchange of some reweds to
customers.
The CSR steps have the circular loop which will end the product life cycles as the
concept have clears assumption in terms design, raw materiel along with fabric and yarn
production, garment production, transport and sales.
With next to that another environmental friendly innovation which have take place into
the H&M is replacing polyurethane, known as vegan leather, with a water-based substitute. The
research and development dept. have continuous testing over the longevity and the durability of
fabric as the company is considering itself proud through have proper level of elimination of the
hazardous chemical form the respective supply chains.
Moreover, this also have major contribution in more way for promoting the responsible
behavior in terms of whole industry aspects. The company is considered to be the multinational
company which is currently operating in many other counter signature along with involvement of
the large community. Hence, it CSR activities can be seen all over the globes (Eliasson, 2018 ).
The company have tended to be advised that terr it distention nor produce only the garments but
also make a clears assurances over the values which is needed to be accepted and respected
throughout the whole supply chains. The firm have the clear chance of implementations the
different level of CSR activities in terms of products and process innovation which have the
proper generations of earnings along with saving the planets.

Challenges faced by H&M in meeting its environmental and sustainability ambitions.
Legal responsibility
This is regarding the adheres to have respective rules and regulations which is considered to be a
controversialist parts of attainment the subsensible in perfect aspects.
The company approval corporation have deeply engaged in the environment protections as the
company have faced the challenges such as
1. The fashion model business is considered to be obstacle in being suitableness as it have
the clear inclusion of resources usage that is such as like water, energy ans the oil in astounding
amount. The company has mitigated the challenge through having proper level of evaluation of
climate impacts through the value chain.
2. The company have also encountered the problem with collecting clothing as the
product have proper containing the maximum of 20% of the recycles' fabric without hawing
proper lessening the quality and durability. H&M can be able to solve this setback through the
involvement of technological innovation which is managed to have achievements in 55%
decrease in use of water by 56% decrease in energy. That is the reason why the firm wants to
have the proper level of mitigation regarding monitoring the second tier suppliers along with
trying to communicate a respective responsible behavior for consumers.
CONCLUSION
From the above file it can be concluded that firm have the clear chance of
implementations the different level of CSR activities in terms of products and process
innovation. This is having inclusion of proper generations of earnings along with saving the
planets (Attas and et.al., 2017). Environmental friendly innovation which have take place into
the H&M is replacing polyurethane, known as vegan leather, with a water-based substitute. The
research and development dept. have continuous testing over the longevity and the durability of
fabric. The company has the CSR policy have clear level of dependence along with
commitments at 7 count that is provided fashion for conscious customers. For example H&M
have safe water access to Bangladesh for protection Syria refugee along with donation respective
clothes.
The company is creating better level of opportunities for the employment as it cooperated
with UNICEF in the project all for children which is projected in India and Bangladesh. This is
extended to the devised code of conducts which clearly contains the employee rights, anti

corruption and anti discrimination rules which have promotion of equality and respective fights
against the different cases of harassment. Follow up audits is considered to verifying progress of
H&M cooperator The company has the analysis of new market against the human right
ventilation before the way of entering in production and sales at respective way. The company
considered to have the responsibility to corporate sense as it images. Beyond the laws
requirements in sense of protection the environments along with development of social welfare
as needs for the business developments.

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