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TAL Apparel is the manufacturing arm of TAL Group, a global company that offers a range of innovative products and services across various stages of the apparel supply chain.

TAL Apparel’s headquarters is located in Hong Kong and operates nine factories in five countries including: Thailand, China, Vietnam, Malaysia and Ethiopia.

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The brief

We were engaged to work on the copyediting and design of TAL Apparel’s fifth biennial sustainability report for the period 2017-2018.

The brief was to work within TAL’s brand guidelines to create an interactive 78 page PDF report that was clean, modern and easily accessible to stakeholders.

See the digital report here.

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How is this ethical?

TAL Apparel is a global leader in the garment industry when it comes to a commitment to sustainability practices and product innovation. TAL strives to minimise impact on the environment at every point in the supply chain while positively contributing to the communities in which they operate.

The sustainability report showcases their continued effort and impressive leadership in an industry that has a reputation for poor social and environmental practices. They’re a wonderful example of why big players in the garment industry have absolutely no argument for operating in this unethical way.

EDCo. supports TAL’s triple bottom-line sustainability framework (“People, Planet, Profit”) from a values-based perspective and look forward to a continued relationship with them.

Our sustainability strategy 

To ensure the Sustainability Report was produced with sustainability in mind we adhered to the strategy outlined below:

  1. Environment: Make sure the document is not too ink-heavy, just in case some people decide to print some pages of the report.
  2. Accessibility: Remain conscious of readers who may not have great eyesight. Choose clean fonts and ensure text isn’t too small. Include alt tags on images within digital PDF so that screen readers can pick up image content.
  3. Social awareness: Ensure all copy, images and messaging within the report is non-discriminatory and does not marginalise people or groups of people.

Check out Caitlin’s article on how you can green the production of your annual report here.

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