Research and lessons
We commission and support research and science-based reports to support policy discussions and the adoption of new models, tools and solutions by business and industry. We are also committed to share lessons based on active and past partnerships.
What incentivises sustainable fashion: Lessons from entrepreneurs
- Research
- June 2018
An estimated 75 million people are now employed by the apparel industry. It's a number that has almost quadrupled in the last 15 years. With this exponential growth, the not-so-hidden costs of fashion too have increased. But while critics say that changing company behaviour simply isn't profitable, social innovators are proving that there are imaginative and practical ways to get factories and brands on board.
C&A Foundation Better Mills Initiative Evaluation
- Lesson notes
- February 2018
External Evaluation of the Global Humanitarian Partnership between C&A Foundation, C&A and Save the Children
- Lesson notes
- January 2018
Cami
- Lesson notes
- December 2017
Missão Paz
- Lesson notes
- December 2017
Social, Economic & Environmental Impact Assessment of Cotton Farming in Madhya Pradesh
- Research
- December 2017
This combined report is the result of two studies commissioned by C&A Foundation on cotton farming in Madhya Pradesh, India. The American Institutes for Research (AIR) and its partner Outline India designed and conducted a social impact assessment, while Thinkstep India focused on an environmental impact assessment.
C&A Store Giving Programme
- Lesson notes
- September 2017
Center for Effective Philanthropy analysis and benchmark
- Lesson notes
- August 2017
Yo Quiero, Yo Puedo, Mexico
- Lesson notes
- June 2017
Employee Volunteering Programme, Brazil
- Lesson notes
- March 2017
Networks and Alliances Programme, Brazil
- Lesson notes
- March 2017
From Boycott to Boom? A Socio-Environmental Map of Myanmar’s Garment Industry in 2016
- Lesson notes
- January 2017