Levi Strauss and Announce
Ban on Sandblasting
As a commitment to the health and safety of workers across the apparel industry, Levi Strauss & Co. and Hennes & Mauritz AB (H&M) announced plans to implement a global ban on sandblasting in all of their future product lines. The two companies are encouraging others to join this ban in a move toward eliminating sandblasting as an industry practice
Sandblasting is one of a number of finishing techniques used to create a worn look for denim and other apparel. When sandblasting is performed, proper safeguards, such as those used by Levi Strauss & Co. and H&M suppliers, must be in place to protect workers from potentially serious harm resulting from exposure to crystalline silica (a compound found in sand). But there are some factories in the apparel industry-often linked to counterfeit operations-which do not apply the same safeguards, putting workers' health at risk.
At Levi Strauss & Co.,
we've
rigorous implemented standards for
sandblasting in our own
supply chain but we
decided that the best way
to help ensure no
worker-in any garment
factory-faces the risks
associated with exposure
to crystalline silica is to
move to end sandblasting
industry-wide, said David Love, Senior Vice President and Chief Supply Chain Officer at Levi Strauss & Co. We're proud to join with H&M in a commitment to apparel workers world-wide and we urge other companies to join us in ending this practice.
“H&M has had health and safety requirements for sandblasting for several years. Like all other Code of Conduct requirements, monitoring of sandblasting practices has been part of our extensive Full Audit Programme. At the same time, securing that these standards are being observed by all of our suppliers and their subcontractors has proven too difficult.
In
order to make certain that no worker producing denim garments for H&M risks his or her health, we have decided to quit purchasing and retailing sandblasted produc ts,” said Karl Gunnar Fagerlin, Production Manager at H&M.
Effective immediately, Levi Strauss & Co. and H&M will not place any new orders for sandblasted product and as of December 31, 2010, Levi Strauss & Co. and H&M will no longer have any active production that uses this finishing technique. The ban includes, but is not limited to, the use of aluminum oxide, aluminum silicate, silicon carbide, copper slag and garnet for abrasive blasting.
翻译：
李维·史特劳斯和Hennes & Mauritz （瑞典连锁服饰品牌）
宣布禁止对服装喷砂技术的使用
作为对整个服装行业工人的健康和安全的承诺，利维斯特劳斯公司和Hennes ＆Mauritz （H ＆M ）的公司宣布计划实施一个全球性的计划———对其未来的所有产品禁止使用晶体硅喷砂。这两家公司正在鼓励其他公司加入他们的这个计划即将禁止使用晶体硅喷砂作为这个行业的惯例。
喷砂是服装后处理技术中的其中一种使牛仔裤或者其他服饰外观看
起来比较破旧的一种技术。当进行喷砂的时候，如利维斯特劳斯公司和H ＆M 公司对工人的保护措施必须到位。以防止工人接触晶体硅（含在沙里的一种化合物）后所造成的潜在严重健康危害。但是一些仿冒Levi 和H&M服装的服装厂商并不能对工人做到同样的安全保障进而威胁到工人的身体健康。
在利维斯特劳斯公司，我们对喷砂对工人造成的安全隐患已经实现严格的安全保障措施，但是我们觉得对所有服装工厂的工人实现安全保障以避免晶体硅对其造成的伤害的最好办法是结束这种喷砂技术的使用以使这种安全隐患从整个服装行业消失。维斯特劳斯公司高级副总裁兼首席官如是说。我们很荣幸能与H ＆M 公司合作并给世界各地的服装工人这个承诺，我们将敦促其他公司一起加入我们这个计划以结束这一安全危害。
“H ＆M 公司对喷砂的安全和健康保障的要求已经有好多年了，像所有的行为准则规范要求一样，喷砂安全监测是我们详细审查的一部分。但与此同时，事实证明确保我们所有的供应厂商都严格遵守这个行业标准规定非常难。为了确保为H ＆M 公司生产牛仔类服装的工人免于受到健康的危害，我们已经决定停止采购及零售喷砂类服装产品。H ＆M 公司的生产经理卡尔如是说。
利维斯特劳斯公司和H ＆M 公司承诺不会对喷砂类服饰产品下任何新订单，此条效令2010年12月31号即时生效。利维斯特劳斯公司和H ＆M 公司将不会对任何生产使用晶体硅喷砂整理技术。但这条禁令不包括氧化铝，铝硅酸盐，碳化硅，铜渣和石榴石喷砂的使用。
Levi Strauss and Announce
Ban on Sandblasting
As a commitment to the health and safety of workers across the apparel industry, Levi Strauss & Co. and Hennes & Mauritz AB (H&M) announced plans to implement a global ban on sandblasting in all of their future product lines. The two companies are encouraging others to join this ban in a move toward eliminating sandblasting as an industry practice
Sandblasting is one of a number of finishing techniques used to create a worn look for denim and other apparel. When sandblasting is performed, proper safeguards, such as those used by Levi Strauss & Co. and H&M suppliers, must be in place to protect workers from potentially serious harm resulting from exposure to crystalline silica (a compound found in sand). But there are some factories in the apparel industry-often linked to counterfeit operations-which do not apply the same safeguards, putting workers' health at risk.
At Levi Strauss & Co.,
we've
rigorous implemented standards for
sandblasting in our own
supply chain but we
decided that the best way
to help ensure no
worker-in any garment
factory-faces the risks
associated with exposure
to crystalline silica is to
move to end sandblasting
industry-wide, said David Love, Senior Vice President and Chief Supply Chain Officer at Levi Strauss & Co. We're proud to join with H&M in a commitment to apparel workers world-wide and we urge other companies to join us in ending this practice.
“H&M has had health and safety requirements for sandblasting for several years. Like all other Code of Conduct requirements, monitoring of sandblasting practices has been part of our extensive Full Audit Programme. At the same time, securing that these standards are being observed by all of our suppliers and their subcontractors has proven too difficult.
In
order to make certain that no worker producing denim garments for H&M risks his or her health, we have decided to quit purchasing and retailing sandblasted produc ts,” said Karl Gunnar Fagerlin, Production Manager at H&M.
Effective immediately, Levi Strauss & Co. and H&M will not place any new orders for sandblasted product and as of December 31, 2010, Levi Strauss & Co. and H&M will no longer have any active production that uses this finishing technique. The ban includes, but is not limited to, the use of aluminum oxide, aluminum silicate, silicon carbide, copper slag and garnet for abrasive blasting.
翻译：
李维·史特劳斯和Hennes & Mauritz （瑞典连锁服饰品牌）
宣布禁止对服装喷砂技术的使用
作为对整个服装行业工人的健康和安全的承诺，利维斯特劳斯公司和Hennes ＆Mauritz （H ＆M ）的公司宣布计划实施一个全球性的计划———对其未来的所有产品禁止使用晶体硅喷砂。这两家公司正在鼓励其他公司加入他们的这个计划即将禁止使用晶体硅喷砂作为这个行业的惯例。
喷砂是服装后处理技术中的其中一种使牛仔裤或者其他服饰外观看
起来比较破旧的一种技术。当进行喷砂的时候，如利维斯特劳斯公司和H ＆M 公司对工人的保护措施必须到位。以防止工人接触晶体硅（含在沙里的一种化合物）后所造成的潜在严重健康危害。但是一些仿冒Levi 和H&M服装的服装厂商并不能对工人做到同样的安全保障进而威胁到工人的身体健康。
在利维斯特劳斯公司，我们对喷砂对工人造成的安全隐患已经实现严格的安全保障措施，但是我们觉得对所有服装工厂的工人实现安全保障以避免晶体硅对其造成的伤害的最好办法是结束这种喷砂技术的使用以使这种安全隐患从整个服装行业消失。维斯特劳斯公司高级副总裁兼首席官如是说。我们很荣幸能与H ＆M 公司合作并给世界各地的服装工人这个承诺，我们将敦促其他公司一起加入我们这个计划以结束这一安全危害。
“H ＆M 公司对喷砂的安全和健康保障的要求已经有好多年了，像所有的行为准则规范要求一样，喷砂安全监测是我们详细审查的一部分。但与此同时，事实证明确保我们所有的供应厂商都严格遵守这个行业标准规定非常难。为了确保为H ＆M 公司生产牛仔类服装的工人免于受到健康的危害，我们已经决定停止采购及零售喷砂类服装产品。H ＆M 公司的生产经理卡尔如是说。
利维斯特劳斯公司和H ＆M 公司承诺不会对喷砂类服饰产品下任何新订单，此条效令2010年12月31号即时生效。利维斯特劳斯公司和H ＆M 公司将不会对任何生产使用晶体硅喷砂整理技术。但这条禁令不包括氧化铝，铝硅酸盐，碳化硅，铜渣和石榴石喷砂的使用。