Responsible Sourcing Network

12/14/2022

Due Diligence ensures companies are actively monitoring their supply chains and is a vital process in stopping forced labor. The new UFLPA law requires due diligence like YESS - read more here to see how the two align!
https://www.sourcingnetwork.org/blog/uflpa-alignment-with-yess

11/30/2022

Due Diligence ensures companies are actively monitoring their supply chains and is a vital process in stopping forced labor. The new UFLPA law requires due diligence like YESS - read more here to see how the two align!
https://www.sourcingnetwork.org/blog/uflpa-alignment-with-yess

09/14/2022

Version two of YESS Standard for Spinning Mills is out now! For more information go to: https://www.sourcingnetwork.org/yess-standard

09/14/2022

RSN just released our NEW YESS Standard for Spinning Mills! For more information go to:

The Introduction document along with the two YESS standards: YESS Standard for Fabric Mills (v1.0) and YESS Standard for Spinning Mills (v2.0) provide the foundation for the YESS initiative. They are a specific, practical framework to assess the operations and sourcing procedures of cotton yarn spin

09/12/2022

Please join us for a release webinar of the YESS Standard for Fabric Mills and the updated YESS Standard for Spinning Mills on September 14 at 11:00 a.m. EST.
Click this link to register:

Please join RSN for the webinar release of the standards for our initiative YESS: Yarn Ethically & Sustainably Sourced. We will be releasing our new YESS Standard for Fabric Mills: Weaving and Knitting Operations Only, and our updated (V2.0) YESS Standard for Spinning Mills. Come learn about the sta...

09/12/2022

Please join us for a release webinar of the YESS Standard for Fabric Mills and the updated YESS Standard for Spinning Mills on September 14 at 11:00 a.m. EST.
Click this link to register: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_4rdrZhzWSsigFJ0fSNBTZw

05/04/2022

RSN has had an exciting few weeks! Read our latest blog post to catch up on the most recent YESS announcements.

Upon completion of the year-long pilot for its flagship initiative, YESS: Yarn Ethically & Sustainably Sourced, RSN issued a press release about its pilot findings . The pilot project , which included virtual training and in-person assessments in India, Pakistan, and Malaysia, demonstrat

05/02/2022

The first draft of the YESS Standard for Textile Mills is complete and open for public consultation. Those who would like to contribute should submit comments (below) by May 27, 2022. More information below:

YESS - yarn ethically and sustainably sourced - Forced labor - Modern slavery - Ethical sourcing - Responsible sourcing - Due diligence - Multi-stakeholder engagement - Corporate accountability - Social responsibility - Cotton - Sustainable apparel - Sustainable cotton - Ethical cotton - Uzbekistan

04/28/2022

Responsible Sourcing Network (RSN) is pleased to announce the release of our pilot findings from our flagship initiative YESS: Yarn Ethically & Sustainably Sourced. The main conclusions are that yarn spinners and textile mills (knitting and weaving manufacturers) can be conformant with the YESS Standards, but there needs to be support and training for these companies to implement a risk-based due diligence approach. Read the report here.

YESS - yarn ethically and sustainably sourced - Forced labor - Modern slavery - Ethical sourcing - Responsible sourcing - Due diligence - Multi-stakeholder engagement - Corporate accountability - Social responsibility - Cotton - Sustainable apparel - Sustainable cotton - Ethical cotton - Uzbekistan

04/14/2022

Thank you to The Economist for featuring the lifting of the in their most recent podcast. Listen here.
https://bit.ly/3xx2FIS

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva left office with a sky-high approval rating, having raised millions from poverty—but was then convicted of corruption. Now he wants his old job back. Forced labour in Uzbekistan’s cotton fields, once widespread, is swiftly vanishing. And an old hypothesis confirmed: bi...

03/10/2022

Responsible Sourcing Network is excited to announce that, after 12 transformational years, the Cotton Campaign has decided to lift the pledge against sourcing cotton from Uzbekistan. Read more at our latest blog post:

Global Coalition Encourages Responsible Sourcing that Protects Workers’ Rights

02/14/2022

We are so excited to see you next week at RSN's side session for the 2022 OECD Forum on Due Diligence in the Garment and Footwear Sector, featuring RSN's founder and CEO Patricia Jurewicz, along with representatives of Pakistani textile mills, and Due Diligence experts managing the YESS Pilot. You don't want to miss it! Register below.

YESS - yarn ethically and sustainably sourced - Forced labor - Modern slavery - Ethical sourcing - Responsible sourcing - Due diligence - Multi-stakeholder engagement - Corporate accountability - Social responsibility - Cotton - Sustainable apparel - Sustainable cotton - Ethical cotton - Uzbekistan