Responsibility Brochure - Flipbook - Page 3
Introduction
Sudbury Silk Mills is a family owned and operated textile weaving mill based in the heart of Suffolk. It
combines a 300-year heritage of artisan skills with investment in progressive and innovative technology,
to custom weave contemporary and historic luxury fabrics. Three creative companies weave their fabrics
in the mill, each with their own unique offering. While customer activity and fabric development are
managed independently by each specialist business team, non-commercial activities such as
sustainability and social responsibility are managed more cooperatively.
Recognising the importance of sustainable textile production and the scale of the commitment involved,
Sudbury Silk Mills has adopted a structured and systematic approach to address the challenges in this area.
A steering group provides overall strategic direction to a network of project teams or working groups. To
improve our environmental management and environmental performance, to enhance our responsibility.
Membership to these groups is open to all members of staff
throughout the business, based solely on merit. Drawing
together colleagues with the passion, skills, and capability from
all areas. Benefitting from this wide depth of knowledge and
experience, to deliver significant improvements in the
sustainability of the company. Sustainability that protects our
natural environment, human and ecological health, while driving
innovation and delivering a positive benefit to our way of life.
We recognise the value a certification or accreditation such as OEKO-TEX® STeP can add and there is a
myriad of competing, branded and often subscription-based choices. We actively encourage a more
holistic approach, to make progress as an industry in line with global commitments.
As such we have also made a commitment to becoming a Future Fit Business. This benchmark provides a
self-regulated framework in which to operate, navigated through methodology guides, break even goals
and positive pursuits. The framework is open source and guides strategic management and decision
making at every level of the business. The framework aligns with the 17 United Nations Sustainable
Development Goals (UN SDG9s) which all countries have committed to reaching by 2030.
Julius Walters,
Managing Director
https://futurefitbusiness.org/
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https://sdgs.un.org/goals
