Case Study: Exploratory Assessment of Sustainability Capability of Textile and Apparel Corporations in China

Corporate sustainability goals and structures to achieve them

Of the 66 "perfect duty" companies, only 23 (34.8%) expressed clear sustainability goals in their reports, thus most (65.2%) did not. When examining whether "perfect duty" companies provided clear evidence of the firms having well-defined structures to achieve the sustainability goals, the researcher found that only 20 (30.3%) out of 66 did so, thus most (69.7%) did not. These results indicate a huge gap of numbers between companies viewing sustainability as a perfect duty and those having clear goals and structures toward it. For "imperfect duty" companies, all 11 companies expressed their goals and structures in at least one area.