B Impact Report

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Arch Textiles Manufacture Corp.

Textile Manufacturing
Certified Since: February, 2021
Location: Shanghai, Shanghai, China
Sector: Manufacturing

Overall B Impact Scoreinfo_outline

81.4

The B Impact Scores are being compared against all businesses that have completed the B Impact Assessment

archtextiles.com

Established over a decade ago in Shanghai, China, Arch is committed to creating a better future through sustainable textile innovation. They produce high-performance fabrics for a wide variety of users, including fashion, outdoor, athleisure, and activewear users. Their proprietary technology infuses fabrics with active particles to create permanent attributes such as antimicrobial, cooling, and UV protection. The Magnif-Eco® Recycled Fibers can be analyzed and confirmed by third-party verifiers, and their SavMor® Colored Yarn technology enables them to reduce their water consumption by 70%, gas by 40% and electricity by 25%.

Arch's goal is to establish a global reputation as a socially responsible company at the cutting edge of sustainable textile innovation. Their state-of-the-art facilities provide safe and healthy working conditions for all their employees.Their factory labor standards are consistent with global workplace norms, and they work with several third-party certification groups to improve transparency, including Bluesign, OEKO-Tex, GRS, GOTS.

Arch's commitment to making the world a better place begins at home.They empower community members and help the local economy through the Small Business Support Program, which shares their managerial strengths and innovation.

Impact Area Scoresinfo_outline

info_outlineOverall B Impact Score

To certify as a B Corp, a company must achieve a minimum verified score of 80 points on the B Impact Assessment. The B Impact Assessment asks questions about how the day-to-day operations of a company create positive impact for the company’s workers, community, and environment. Additionally, companies can earn further points if their overall business model can be shown to create positive social and environmental impact as well, qualifying the company for specific Impact Business Model points.

Scores for Certified B Corporations are verified by the non-profit B Lab.

info_outlineImpact Area Scores

The questions in the B Impact Assessment are organized into five Impact Areas: Governance, Workers, Community, Environment, and Customers. Click into a Impact Area to see topics covered in each. Topics in blue are Impact Business Models associated with that Impact Area where the company has earned additional credit. Due to rounding, displayed totals may not add up exactly.

The B Impact Assessment is customized to a company's size, sector, and geographic market.  However, within those parameters, there are still questions included in the B Impact Assessment that might not be relevant to a particular company. In cases where a question is not applicable, the potential points available for that question are instead earned based on the performance of the company on the other topics relevant to the stakeholder and summed up as "N/A points." Likewise, a score of N/A for Workers means that the company is a sole proprietor or partnership with no full-time staff, and a score of 0 or N/A for Customers means that the company does not have a specific Customer-focused Impact Business Model.

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Each year, B Lab releases lists honoring the top-performing Certified B Corps in each Impact Area and overall, broken down by size, on the annual Best for the World lists.

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B Lab may determine that a company should make additional material beyond their B Impact Report transparent in order for the public to be able to evaluate the company’s overall impact. This additional transparency may cover participation in a controversial industry, information shared on the company’s Disclosure Questionnaire, or simply a company’s relationship to a larger complex entity. Public companies and wholly-owned subsidiaries are required to make their full B Impact Assessments transparent to achieve B Corp Certification.