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How to be NICE

The NICE manual is a comprehensive guide for the Textile Industry, which is meant to assist you in upholding the 13 principles that constitute the Code of Conduct.

The manual refers to the principles and to the appendixes of the NICE Code of Conduct, but the manual is more specific than the principles. It gives you some guidelines of how to ensure continuous improvement towards ethical, responsible and sustainable manufacturing – in relation to specific challenges and dilemmas for that industry. Thus
the manual digs deeper into the questions of what it is to act NICE, why it is important to act NICE and how to act NICE – the latter through a sample of checkpoints.

The manual does not cover every aspect of how to operate ethically in the manufacturing industry, nor does it cover every legal requirement of your country. You should
ensure to always follow local rules and regulations in the production country. Please inform us if you become aware of additional aspects, challenges or new ways of
responding to these that we should include in the NICE manual, either by contacting us or by posting your findings on our open blog-area.

The Code of Conduct is meant as a tool, not as an instrument for compliance. Since the first ten principles are based on the UN Global Compact, but are more speficially related to the textile industry, we hope you find them useful. The last three principles are related to animal welfare, community engagement and monitoring and evaluation.

Down-load the NICE Code of Conduct here.