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Sustainability

Financial Stability

Our initiatives to promote financial competence and responsibility allows us to economically empower our workers, and educate them to save and invest their money prudently.

Our Financial Stability plan involves:

  • Implementation of an Awareness Program on Money Management in collaboration with banks and financial institutions
  • Educating workers on using the banking system
  • Encouraging and educating workers on saving money in a sensible manner
  • Taking the initiative of creating bank accounts for workers so that their salaries are remitted in a secure manner

Health & Family Wellbeing

Healthy and engaged employees make for a stronger and united team! By integrating programs to promote health and well-being amongst our employees, we are able to ensure our workers remain mentally and physically fit for the work they perform. Our responsibilities do not end here! At Rizvi Fashions, we ensure our employees families are looked after as well through a number of benefits that can be availed.

Our Health & Family Well-being plan involves:

  • Focus programs to create awareness on topics related to HIV/AIDS/Reproductive health.
  • Increasing women’s health awareness through the adoption of BSR’s HER project designed with female factory workers in mind
  • Advocating good nutrition amongst our employees through our free breakfast and subsidized lunch program by constantly reviewing menus to ensure the nutritious aspect of food is retained during preparation

Safe & Healthy Work Environment

Ensuring the health and safety of our workers and employees is a responsibility we don’t take lightly. All Rizvi Fashionsfacilities have established comprehensive safety programs to ensure safety practices come into effect during normal business hours and emergency situations. Our LEED Gold certifications go one step further in improving the working conditions of our facilities thereby promoting a healthy and productive environment for our people.

We are also committed to:

  • Communicating our goals on sustainability both internally and externally and incorporating them in the training and education of our employees
  • Promoting the concept of a cleaner and greener environment amongst our workers

Educational & Professional Development

Our complete commitment towards educational and professional development of our employees signifies the importance we place on an individual’s continuous improvement. It is what continues us to remain at the top of the industry and ahead of the learning curve.

Our Educational & Professional Development plan involves:

  • Implementation of Personal & Life Skills development programs across all units.
  • Implementation of orientation & training programs to enhance the knowledge of our workers
  • Research is presently ongoing in embarking on an educational project extended to our workers families based on the educational background of their children

Equality & Acceptance

Greater diversity in a workplace encourages innovative problem solving and creativity. We at Rizvi Fashions, actively promote diversity and equality, and in no way discriminate in terms of Religion, Ethnicity or Gender when it comes to recruiting new employees. We are strong advocates of freedom in employment and implement strict procedures to ensure that forced labor and child labor in particular is prevented at all of our units.

As a professionally managed business entity, Rizvi Fashions implements set rules and regulations in line with BEPZA and country laws. We have a written policy and grievance addressing protocol that is upheld with the highest level of integrity.

Best Practices

Our best practices encompass a wide array of initiatives designed with our workers in mind.

  • We hire Some buses daily to provide FREE transportation to our workers
  • We provide medicine and medical checkups FREE for all workers, with access to a full-time doctor and gynecologist
  • We invest over $30,000 in a yearly cultural program and recreational activities for all workers
  • We reward our employees for their performance and achievements even extending towards innovation and best attendance
  • Our corporate discount schemes ensure our employees are able to benefit from subsidized rates in medical facilities, hospitality and recreational activities
  • We implement special programs to ensure our differently abled employees are able to perform at their highest potential with their health being our utmost priority
  • Implementation of motivational awards programs such as “0” day & “1” day absent rewards, best performed line etc.