ZDHC has implemented the facility identifier (ID) of the Open Apparel Registry (OAR) into the ZDHC Gateway platform via an API connection. This will facilitate verification of a facility’s name and address and register this data onto a unique OAR ID. As more organisations use the single OAR ID, the accuracy of data about a production site gets enhanced.
Integration of the Open Apparel Registry (OAR) Facility identifier (ID) into the ZDHC Gateway leads to improved insights about facilities, expediting collaboration between brands and facilities. This means efficient collaboration at the facility level while a reduction in audit fatigue for both facilities and brands.ZDHC has implemented the facility identifier (ID) of the Open Apparel Registry (OAR) into the ZDHC Gateway platform via an API connection. This will facilitate verification of a facility's name and address and register this data onto a unique OAR ID. As more organisations use the single OAR ID, the accuracy of data about a production site gets enhanced. #
“Integrating OAR IDs into the (ZDHC) Gateway is an important step toward understanding our shared supply chain and aggregating information across platforms. This integration will enable more efficient and effective collaboration between brands and other important stakeholders, and we look forward to how this can accelerate progress toward our shared goals,” John Stokes, head of global sustainability, New Balance Athletics, said in a press release.
The Open Apparel Registry (OAR) is a neutral, open-source tool that maps garment facilities worldwide and assigns unique facility IDs. The OAR IDs allocated to each facility are a unique identifier for the industry, enabling interoperability between systems, such as data sharing. Any user of the OAR can see the range of connections of each facility in the database to brands, civil society organisations, multi-stakeholder initiatives or factory groups. The OAR is a go-to source for identifying all global apparel facilities and their connections. Users of the OAR are able to make use of the OAR IDs to increase efficiencies and enable collaboration.
“Arvind has been closely engaging with OAR since the early days of development of this unique platform. Collaboration with ZDHC further enhances the value for manufacturers and supply chain partners and also validates the utility of the platform. The collaboration will drive the OAR and ZDHC's vision of radical transparency towards reality,” Abhishek Bansal, head of sustainability, Arvind Limited, said.
ZDHC has already updated and added OAR IDs to 42 per cent of supplier records currently in the Gateway with exact matching names and addresses in the OAR.
Sharing data openly through platforms like the OAR is building a future in which increased transparency within the supply chain enables progression towards more sustainable chemistry.
The vision for the OAR integration on the ZDHC Gateway is to continue to add shared supplier profile data to provide accurate context to metrics developed through the ZDHC Roadmap to Zero Programme.
“As supply chain data is key to implementing sustainability strategies, the OAR provides the enabling technology by providing a single, unique ID for all businesses linked to the fashion industry. By embedding OAR Facility IDs in our Gateway, ZDHC supports these developments and shared ambition to improve sustainability data, enable greater collaboration, transparency, and accountability across the global value chain,” Frank Michel, executive director, ZDHC Foundation, said in the release.
Fibre2Fashion News Desk (SV)
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