Ann Taylor

Ann Inc. is an American specialty apparel retail chain stores for women, headquartered in New
York City. The stores offer classic styled suits, separates, dresses, shoes and accessories. Richard
Liebeskind, the founder of Ann Taylor, opened his first Ann Taylor store in New Haven,
Connecticut in 1954. Back then, Ann Taylor represented a best-selling dress style that had
been gifted to the storeowner by his father. The Ann Taylor design embodied the welldressed woman, and the legacy was born. By 1983, Ann Taylor had grown from a regional
brand to a national brand with 47 stores across the United States.
ANN INC. is the parent Company of Ann Taylor and LOFT, two of the leading womens specialty
retail fashion brands in North America. The Company operated 1,025 Ann Taylor, Ann Taylor
Factory, LOFT and LOFT Outlet stores in 47 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and
Canada as of February 1,2014.Ann Taylor and LOFT brands are also available in more than 100
countries worldwide online at AnnTaylor.com and LOFT.com.
Founder- Richard Liebeskind Founded In 1954

Revenue - US$ 248.8 Million

CSR
ANN INC launched their Global Supplier Principles and Guidelines. CSR program began with a
specific focus on monitoring Suppliers, and has now evolved to coordinating social and
environmental policies, practices and programs throughout the organization.

ANN INC. is a member of the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC), an industry-wide group of
leading apparel and footwear brands, retailers, suppliers, nonprofits and NGOs working to
reduce the environmental and social impacts of apparel and footwear products around the
world. Company is a member of BSR, a network of more than 250 companies taking action on
corporate responsibility issues.

Women
ANN INC. participates in the HERproject (HER stands for Health Enables Returns), a program
that provides in-factory womens health education Through the HERproject, they are funding
health education for over 13,000 women.
Supporting women also involves helping them to support their families. One of their Suppliers,
Shahi, provides these women with a free, state of the art daycare center to bring their
preschool children. The women at this factory benefit by knowing that their children are
receiving schooling, proper nutrition, and regular health checkups while they are at work.
Community
At ANN INC. they are dedicated to women and the causes that matter to them most. They are
active in the fight against breast cancer through our support of The Breast Cancer Research
Foundation. Children
At ANN INC. they are committed to finding cures and saving children with cancer and other
deadly diseases through partnership with St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital.
Environment
Minimizing waste is important to our clients and associates. At ANN INC., we work to reduce
waste wherever possible, whether its decreasing the amount of packaging that our product is
shipped in, or reducing the amount of waste we generate at our offices.

Progress
Reduced Carbon Foot Print
Since 2008, Ann Inc have reduced our carbon footprint by 27% per square foot.
They are still committed to our goal of reducing our footprint by 30% per square foot by 2015
(over a 2008 baseline).
Enhancing Performance with Top 15 suppliers
At ANN INC is deeply committed to Supplier development and have worked tirelessly to build
strong Supplier relationships to drive compliance. Through AT CONNECT, program for top 15
apparel Suppliers, theye have worked with strategic Suppliers to share best-in-class practices
targeted at some of their biggest challenges.
Reviewing 96% Suppliers
Through their program, ANN INC review the social compliance performance of the vast majority
of active factories that produce branded apparel products for them by using unannounced and
independent third-party audits, in-factory training programs, regular progress reporting, and

visits from global CSR team.

23% Collaborative auditing
To reduce the burden on Suppliers, committed to increasing joint brand collaboration for
factory reviews. By working with other brands and retailers, they offer an opportunity for
Suppliers to reduce audits and duplicative remediation requests. This past year, the percentage
of factories reviewed with other brands shifted from 26% to 23%.

Measuring of suppliers Performance

AT SCALE, compliance rating system, is used to communicate compliance performance to
Suppliers and within organization. The rating scale provides guidance to Sourcing and assists
them in driving business with Suppliers that achieve better compliance levels and reducing
business with poor performers.
Key ideas

Compliance with ANN INC.s Global Supplier Principles & Guidelines

Every Supplier working with ANN must sign Global Supplier Principles and
Guidelines and allow unannounced monitoring by their third-party representatives.

Supplier Ownership of Compliance

Suppliers are strongly encouraged to appoint a dedicated Compliance Officer within their
organization. Finally, they engage directly with Supplier management when addressing
compliance issues to further build their accountability.

Transparency
Transparency, including accurate wage and working hour records, is fundamental to mutual
trust between Company and our Suppliers. ANN require their Suppliers to disclose facilities
and sub-contractors that will be used to make products, and ANN consider use of unapproved
facilities to be a significant violation of our Global Supplier Principles and Guidelines.

Continous Improvement
When facilities experience compliance issues, ANN work with them to address the problems
and expect them to commit to implementing long-term solutions.