OUR MISSION
Our mission is to positively shape a more sustainable future for Australia, together with our partners, customers, and the community. By responsibly reshaping our culture and operations, we are committed to working right across our value chain to improve transparency, eliminate modern slavery, reduce emissions, grow circularity, and help create safe, thriving communities.
We aspire to be Australia’s first choice for high-quality workwear, personal protective equipment (PPE), and site/civil safety equipment. Our reputation is built on exceptional service, deep in-house expertise, and a steadfast commitment to safety standards. We understand that in high-stakes environments, the gear and solutions we provide can make all the difference in ensuring safety and efficiency. Therefore, we continually innovate and adapt our offerings to meet the evolving needs of our customers while upholding the highest industry standards.
To achieve these ambitious goals, we are excited to introduce SAYKA SUSTAIN - our three-year Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) plan. This initiative will guide our efforts in promoting sustainable practices across our 4 key pillars: PEOPLE, ENVIRONMENT, PRODUCT, and COMMUNITY.
As part of this plan, we are developing a robust communications strategy to effectively share our ESG commitments with all stakeholders.
By sharing our progress, we aim to foster a culture of transparency and collaboration, inspiring collective action. Additionally, we are committed to reviewing our sustainability strategy with our core team every six months. This will allow us to assess our impact, identify areas for improvement, and stay aligned with our vision of creating a sustainable future.
OUR IMPACT TODAY
Our commitment to sustainability starts with our people and extends to communities, customers, partners and the planet.
In FY24, we have adopted an ethos of continuous improvement. We know change takes time and we know that it takes a collective effort to achieve our shared goal of creating a sustainable future. We are proud to share the progress we are making as a team in actively supporting communities in need, growing indigenous engagement, supporting mental health advocacy, and taking action to protect the environment.
As we grow, we seek out innovative sourcing, supply and circular solutions that enable us to help create a sustainable future, together.
Making SAYKA an even better place to work
- Policies in place for employee benefits, wellbeing, and inclusion (IMS plus reviews).
- Ergonomic, best-in-class workstations for all employees.
- Mapping of key business processes.
- Review of operations, finance, and legal.
Recycling Solutions
- Waste onsite is separated by stream and recycled for paper, cardboard, bottles and cans.
- Actively reduced quantity of packaging on products and soft plastics transition to recyclable materials.
- Proudly partnering with Upparel to offer our customers a circular solution for customer workwear, footwear and PPE with 100% diversion from landfill.
- Supplier recycling solutions in place across Blundstone, Bisley, Greentex.
Emissions Reduction - transition to green energy
- 100% of electricity usage is generated through 100KW solar installation.
- Installation of LED lighting throughout facilities and lighting movement sensors in low traffic areas and bathrooms.
- Electric forklifts/vehicles in warehouse - 4 out of 5 (80%) with plans to transition to 100% electric at end of life.
Responsible Business
- Modern Slavery Agreement in place. 3rd party certified and audited, end 2023.
- ISO Certification achieved for Integrated Management System: EMS, WH&S, QMS.
- Adopted a higher standard of ethical manufacturing, (1) ensuring supplier compliance (2) Global Total Quality Assurance (to be undertaken).
- Quality and Safety Assurance - fabric testing, chromality, reflectivity and vibrance, AS Certification and compliance.
- Completed Discovery Roadmap process to review business rhythm and develop 3 year growth plans, including ESG commitments.
Community Impact and Indigenous Engagement
- Positive social impact, supporting those in need donating $41,250-00 in FY24 to RRT, Breast Cancer, Black Dog, Veterans Affairs, etc.
- Luke Penrith clothing range with donation to support indigenous communities.
- Engaged NSW ICC to explore Indigenous partnership opportunities.
OUR FUTURE IMPACT
Our team is focused on taking positive steps towards creating a more sustainable future.
This year, we have significantly reduced our scope 1 and 2 emissions, achieved IMS certification, supported those in need, and built our foundations for ethical sourcing through engaging partners, facilitating training and research and development.
As we go forward, we will make SAYKA an even greater place to work, support local and indigenous communities, and actively partner across our value chain to unlock lower impact solutions across our products, services, and operations.
Looking ahead:
- Wider sharing of SAYKA SUSTAIN with our people, key partners, customers, and industry to further our progress and ignite action
- Setting sustainability targets, measuring and reporting on our impact
- Progress workplace diversity, wellbeing and awareness through staff engagement, training, cultural and volunteer days
- Take important steps to elevate our Indigenous participation through contribution, product offerings and customer partnerships
- Explore and develop innovative, high-performance products using recycled base materials and circular solutions
- Expand Upparel partnership to offer our customers end-of-life solutions for workwear, footwear and PPE - enabling zero waste to landfill
- Mapping our product range - workwear, PPE and safety solutions - identifying resource intensive products and trialling lower impact, circular solutions
- Continue to reduce virgin soft plastics and expand recyclable and recycled product for labelling, swing tags, and packaging
- Actively partner Tier 1 suppliers to progress our efforts in creating a transparent supply chain and lean into their end-of-life product stewardship programs