Production traceability is the first step within the supply chain management strategy, and comprises various programmes to promote fundamental labour rights, product health and safety, and environmental protection with a shared objective: a stable and sustainable supply chain.

At Inditex, we develop tools that ensure the traceability of orders, guaranteeing that each product is manufactured with maximum compliance with labour, environmental, and product health and safety legislation. The factories used by our suppliers form part of our supply chain and are subject to all of our programmes and standards concerning quality, manufacturing, product health and safety, and environment. They are also subject to all of the labour and social principles set out in Inditex’s Code of Conduct for Manufacturers and Suppliers.

We work together with all our suppliers and factories, whether on the first tier of suppliers that have a direct commercial relationship with Inditex or on other tiers of manufacturing such as factories working with raw materials, in garment sewing, printing, or any other process required in the production of our products.

With a view to ensuring the correct and efficient management of production traceability, Inditex employs a system in which suppliers disclose all factories used for manufacturing the orders, including all processes and tiers of the manufacturing process.Moreover, continual training and awareness-raising is carried out with purchasing teams and suppliers concerning good practices, in order to ensure that these are responsible for their own supply chain.