Richa Global Exports, a leading Indian apparel exporter received Responsible Leadership 2018 Award from the Ascena Group Inc. for outstanding performance in the CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) programmes vis-à-vis Herhealth Project, Herfinance Project, and energy management & saving programmes.
Notably, Ascena retail group is an American retailer of women’s clothing that owns the Maurices, Justice, Lane Bryant, and Catherines clothing store brands and it is also the parent company of Ann Inc., operator of Ann Taylor and Loft stores. The company recently held an annual CSR event at Seoul, South Korea where the award was presented.
The Ascena Group Inc. has been working for women empowerment across the globe and has achieved a global target of covering 1,00,000 women workers in their various women-oriented CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) programmes. Richa Global Exports is leading in this initiative by offering training to over 6000 workers on health and financial literacy programmes.
Dinesh Mehra, GM- Finance, and Administration of the company received this award from the CSR team of The Ascena Group Inc. Dinesh told Apparel Resources that it is really a proud moment for us as, from India, only Richa Global was selected for the award and the company remained on top in elite Global Vendor Group of 17 top vendors of The Ascena Group Inc. From India, there are 5 such vendors in this group.
“Despite having won this industry accolade, Richa Global has absolutely no intention of resting on its laurels,” said Dinesh. He further added that from the last few years, Richa Global has been rated as top vendor of this group for the year 2018 in Responsible Leadership in CSR segment as the company has shown consistent and sustainable performance in supplier CSR ownership, social compliance of active & pre-sourcing facilities and environment conservation.
Established in 1991, Richa Global Exports is continuously moving forward under the leadership of its Chairman Virender Uppal. The company is home to around 10,000 workers in its various factories across Gurgaon, Delhi, Noida and Bangalore.
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