We maintain a governance framework that supports responsible leadership oversight, regulatory compliance and effective management of labour-related risks. Through structured governance mechanisms, leadership review processes and compliance monitoring systems, the organisation ensures that sustainability commitments are implemented responsibly while maintaining transparency and accountability across its operations.
Leadership Training and Capability
MAS continues to strengthen leadership capability on emerging sustainability standards and regulatory developments. Directors and senior leadership receive ongoing training from subject matter experts and institutions such as the Centre for Creative Leadership, ensuring they remain equipped with up-to-date knowledge to guide sustainability-related decision-making.
Leadership Review and Independent Oversight
Senior leadership is actively involved in reviewing sustainability disclosures and commitments. The CEOs personally review and assess key sustainability reports, including MAS’ Communication on Progress (CoP) submitted to the UN Global Compact, as well as the organisation’s annual sustainability report, which provides stakeholders with a comprehensive view of how MAS manages sustainability impacts, risks and opportunities.
Leadership Oversight and Capability
Senior leadership plays a key role in guiding sustainability performance and disclosures. This includes strengthening leadership capability on emerging sustainability standards, supporting governance processes that enable effective oversight, and reinforcing accountability in reporting.
Board Performance Evaluation
Specific details of the Board evaluation process and ESG-related assessments are kept confidential and handled anonymously to support an independent and impartial evaluation of leadership effectiveness.
- CSRD / CSDDD training
- IFRS sustainability standards training
- GRI Textile and Apparel Sector Standard training
- ESPR – EU Eco-Design for Sustainable Products (from 2027)
- California EPR Law (2026–2028)
- France Fast Fashion Tax
- Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) Regulation
HR Compliance and Labour Governance
MAS maintains structured processes to monitor compliance with applicable laws and regulations while ensuring that labour-related concerns and stakeholder feedback are escalated through appropriate governance channels.
The Director – Group Human Resources plays a key role in linking stakeholder feedback and labour compliance matters across governance levels. As a member of both the Sustainability Advisory Council (SAC) and the Apparel Board, the Director – Group HR helps ensure that stakeholder concerns, queries and labour-related issues identified across operations are escalated to senior leadership.
Through this role, the Director – Group HR is able to inform the CEOs of critical matters where leadership attention or intervention is required, strengthening the organisation’s ability to respond effectively to stakeholder concerns.
MAS has established processes to identify and address labour-related compliance issues across its operations. Compliance teams at plant and Strategic Business Unit (SBU) level conduct reviews to identify potential violations and ensure appropriate corrective actions are taken where necessary.
- Compliance reviews conducted at plant and SBU level
- Violations identified through internal audits, regulatory inspections and customer audits
- Divisional Compliance Teams develop corrective action plans
- Significant issues escalated to the Director – Group HR
During the reporting year, no significant labour compliance violations were reported, including incidents of child labour or forced or compulsory labour within company operations.
MAS periodically reviews applicable legal requirements across the jurisdictions in which it operates and maintains internal processes to monitor compliance with regulatory and statutory requirements. Outcomes of compliance monitoring are reported through governance structures to the Audit Committee and the Board.
The framework is supported by robust policies, standardised procedures and integrated KPIs, which are cascaded across operations to support consistent governance and compliance oversight.
Governance Mechanisms
- Periodic review of applicable regulatory requirements
- Internal monitoring of legal and regulatory compliance
- Compliance evaluation outcomes reported to the Board
- Governance supported by policies, procedures and integrated KPIs