The transparent organisation of supply chains is an essential component on the path towards an ecological, social and corruption-free transformation of the textile industry. Companies that know and understand their supply chains comprehensively create an essential basis and core prerequisite for the implementation of their corporate due diligence obligations. Transparent, publicly accessible and interoperable supply chain data is needed in order to effectively identify and address risks. In addition, transparent supply chains open up opportunities for cooperation between companies and the utilisation of synergies, which contributes to long-term improvements for people and the environment in the supply chain.  

Since 2020, the Textiles Partnership has been cooperating with the Open Supply Hub, an open-source platform that brings together production sites from different sectors and actors in a central, independent and publicly accessible database.

Since then, the Partnership has published an aggregated list on the platform every year. Since 2023, the disclosure of Tier 1 suppliers of all member companies has been mandatory, and from 2025 on, the aggregated list will be expanded to include Tier 2 suppliers.

In 2024, the list contained a total of 8107 production sites from 61 Partnership companies.

• Production sites in 86 different countries were included
• 770 operations disclosed data from deeper tiers of the supply chain beyond Tier 1 (compared to 7 in 2023)
• 12 companies reported directly to the Open Supply Hub

The list not only helps to increase transparency in the supply chains but also serves as a basis for the development of targeted measures by Partnership members in the most relevant countries. Based on the data collected, projects can be precisely selected, planned and implemented. Incidents in garment factories are recorded in the incident list and the aggregated list is used to inform members who purchase goods from the factories concerned. In addition, synergies and opportunities for cooperation are actively utilised: Fair Wear, amfori and the Textiles Partnership work closely together as part of the so-called Collaboration Protocols in the event of serious complaints, provided there are overlaps in the supply chains of the respective member companies.

The full aggregated list can be found on the Textiles Partnership website: Supply chain transparency – Partnership for Sustainable Textiles