Showcasing Trinity Group’s sustainability journey
Trinity aimed to develop a standalone report to demonstrate its longstanding commitment to sustainability and compliance with new regulations
Challenge
Trinity Group has made a mark as one of China’s largest menswear retail networks. The Group manages four international menswear brands, namely Gieves & Hawkes, Kent & Curwen, Cerruti 1881 and D’URBAN.
In 2016, Trinity sought to develop a standalone report to demonstrate its longstanding commitment to sustainability and to comply with newly issued regulations from the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong governing environmental, social and governance disclosures.
Solution
The Purpose Business worked with the management team at Trinity to identify the environmental and social impacts of their operations and sales activities in Greater China and Europe, as well as their approaches to brand management and supply chain management. This analysis formed the basis for Trinity’s first Environmental, Social Governance Report, in which each of the main sections of the report focused on the Group’s four corporate values of being ethical, being a good corporate citizen, respecting the environment and respecting communities.
TPB designed a reporting framework to help guide Trinity to demonstrate goal progress in the years to come and also provided training for ESG data collection and KPI calculations for the Group’s key departments.
Following the 2016 report, TPB was invited and commissioned to write the 2017 report.
Impact
The release of Trinity’s 2016 and 2017 standalone ESG reports has helped to strengthen sustainability stewardship within the organisation. During 2017, Trinity enhanced its system of environmental data collection and implemented a number of sustainability initiatives including, among others, establishing an Animal Welfare Policy to ensure the humane treatment of animals in its supply chain.
Trinity believes in Operating with Integrity and is working to integrate sustainability initiatives throughout its business, including into its Code of Conduct that serves as a comprehensive policy and guide for day-to-day business conduct to serve customers and suppliers.
“We recognise that our customers and other stakeholders have increasing expectations about the environmental and social performance of our business. Within our own operations, we are strengthening our data collection systems to better understand and manage our environmental and social impacts.”
