People & Planet

Responsible by design.

We believe how a garment is made matters as much as the garment itself.

People → Planet → Product
A woman inspecting a finished throw at the Plot 180 checking table

Women Empowerment

Powered by women.

70% Our women workforce goal for FY 2027–28
10% Where we are today

A garment factory runs on skilled hands, and we want most of the skilled hands at Vertex to belong to women. Stable factory earnings bring financial independence; structured training builds skills that outlast any single order. At our shirt and fine-knit plant — Plot 83 — we are moving toward a workforce that is 70% women by FY 2027–28.

This is not a programme on the side — it is how the factory grows. A defined pathway takes an operator to supervisor and on to line leadership, so the women who make the product also run the floor.

Safe Workplace & Anti-Harassment Committee

A formally constituted internal committee, with safe and confidential channels for raising any concern.

Skill Training

Structured, paid training on machines and processes — from first stitch to multi-operation competence.

Leadership Pathways

A defined route from operator to supervisor and line leadership, with promotion from the floor.

Equal Pay

Equal pay for equal work — across every grade, department and shift.

Health & Welfare

Healthcare support, clean facilities and welfare provisions on every floor.

Operators finishing throws on the stitching floor at Plot 180
The Stitching Floor
The packing floor at Plot 773
The Packing Floor

Environmental Responsibility

Nothing leaves but product.

Commissioning

We are setting up an Effluent Treatment Plant with Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) for our shirt manufacturing unit. Process water is collected, treated and recovered — then returned to production. Nothing leaves the plant as liquid effluent.

The Zero Liquid Discharge process Wastewater from processing flows to a multi-stage treatment plant, then to recovery through reverse osmosis and evaporation, and the water is reused in production. A return loop carries the reused water back to the start of the cycle. Nothing is discharged. 01 02 03 04 Wastewater from processing Treatment multi-stage ETP Recovery RO & evaporation Water reused back into production nothing discharged
50,000 Litres treated a day
100% Water recovered
2027 Commissioning

Ethical Workplace & Compliance

Standards, not statements.

The same commitments hold on every line and every shift — written in policy, checked by audit.

  1. No child or forced labour
  2. Fair wages, paid on time
  3. Safe working conditions
  4. Freedom of association
  5. Regular internal & buyer audits

Certifications & Audits

Our Plot 83 apparel facility — flat knit, fine knit and shirts — is SMETA 4-Pillar audited through Sedex: labour standards, health & safety, environment and business ethics.

Sedex — SMETA 4-Pillar Plot 83 — Apparel Mfg.

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