Orbit Criteria Assessment
Orbit Implements a 5-Stage Methodology:
- Evaluates the current situation of the customer according to “Orbit Criteria”.
- Identifies customer needs and determines road map.
- Creates goals and performance criteria.
- Implements consultancy and training services.
- Reports impact measurement and targeted performance results.
Sustainability Management
Sustainability management is the intersection of business and sustainability. It is the practice of managing a firm’s impact on the three bottom lines — people, planet, and profit — so that all three can prosper in the future. Sustainability needs to be positioned as a company culture. It is important to invest in people and make employee welfare a priority. The Sustainability Management criteria title evaluates the initiatives that are performed in this direction.
Social Compliance
Social Compliance processes are a set of initiatives, evaluations and progresses performed in order to comply with the ethical trade business principles of the textile sector which are widely accepted for many years. The companies are being assessed and evaluated in terms of workplace safety, employee rights and basic working principles. This section and its questions are set in the light of international and local standards, that would examine the company within social compliance requirements..
Green Facility
Green Business is the heart of production. It is unlikely to facilitate on sustainable basis without having a green production approach. This section covers the Green Business Principles comprehensively; It evaluates the performance on the titles of Water, Air, Energy, Waste, Chemical and Main Principles and acts to understand the baseline of the company in this regard. These questions, which can provide a starting point to decide on improvement areas are also useful in understanding the current situation and expanding the options of the business in terms of financing.
Raw Materials
Raw material selection is the top priority and the most important area for improvement opportunities. In this area great changes can be achieved by choosing materials produced with recycling, organic and sustainable basis. Sourcing eco-friendly fibers will play a big role. Raw materials related questions, serve great understanding and reveal the company’s initiatives in raw material selection process. They aim to determine the steps that can be taken in a transparent way and to create a road map.
Supply chain management
In the textile industry, where transparency and traceability plays a big role, companies that can present their supply map today can make a huge difference. The methods that will be develop with the sub-contractors for mapping and tracking will bring common earnings and can provide good results in this direction. This issue requires a more advanced commitment and progress.These questions can be used as a tool to understand the whole picture and enable to set the strategy.
Digitalization
Digitalization, which is the most important subject of our era and described as a new industrial revolution, plays a big role in textile industry and provides opportunities for fundamental changes and progress improvements. In this aspect, where some old methods can become more efficient with digitalization, new products and business approaches can also be implemented. Digitization related questions will guide us to examine the current situation of the company and how digital transformation can be applied from easy to difficult processes.
