industrial textile factory safe working conditions

Let’s work together to implement fair and humane working conditions.

If your company is a brand or manufacturer that sources or produces consumer goods in factories around the world and is interested in building or strengthening an ethical global supply chain you’ll get support in:

  • Developing systems.

  • Implementing internationally-recognized good workplace practices.

  • Addressing the root causes of persistent issues in factories that severely undermine workers’ safety and wellbeing. 

I leverage both my extensive technical expertise and my diverse mindset-shifting tools and skills to facilitate sustainable positive change in manufacturing and sourcing practices and factory working conditions.

Who I work with:

  • Companies that are committed but don’t have the in-house knowledge to execute: Consumer goods brands and manufacturers that are committed to ethical supply chains but don’t know how to tackle implementing international workplace standards and meeting regulatory and legislative requirements in a systematic, strategic, and systemic way.

  • Brands that want to lead in changing the status quo: Brands whose top management and workforce are willing to uplevel the prevailing risk- and financial gain-driven approach to social responsibility. They understand that in a thriving supply chain, what’s good for workers is also good for the company’s future.

  • Companies that want to build on progress: Brands and manufacturers that have made progress on operationalizing ethical sourcing standards and want to build on that progress by prioritizing deeper impact, both in terms of outcomes and through an upstream focus in the supply chain.

  • Manufacturers that want a human-centered, thriving company: Manufacturers that want thriving workplaces and understand that treating workers well is essential to achieving that goal.

workers in production facility seen from above

Brands and manufacturers often struggle with:

  • Lack of in-house knowledge and systems to adopt and execute robust social compliance standards.

  • Implementation, capacity building, or training that fails to achieve the desired outcomes because context, culture, or intended audience is not sufficiently considered or even ignored. 

  • Lack of cohesion in decision-making by internal teams, resulting in teams working at cross purposes and undermining company commitment to social responsibility.

  • Well-worded policies and procedures that are not fully implemented in practice.

  • Individuals and teams feeling intimidated and frustrated by supply chain complexity, insufficient visibility, and incomplete understanding.

  • Mindsets that don’t honor the humanity of workers and the value they co-create.

How I help:

Building the capability of brands and manufacturers to translate their commitment to manufacturing and sourcing ethically into practical reality, on the ground in factories around the world. I accomplish this through:

  • Strategic thinking and planning

  • Step-by-step guidance

  • Learner-focused training

  • Collaboration with individuals and teams throughout the company

Using an integrated approach, I catalyze positive change in decisions and behaviors that result in negative impacts on workers and working conditions in global supply chains. I leverage mindset-shifting tools for interrupting and rewiring established patterns of behavior and decision-making that are detrimental to workers and are often at cross-purposes with stated company commitments to ethical sourcing and manufacturing.

Get support on all levels:

At Heeral Coleman Consulting, receive comprehensive support for advancing social responsibility goals, ranging from CEO consultations for reinforcing commitment and strategic clarity to operational-level labor standards implementation and systemic design for long-term impact, including mindset shifts and a worker-oriented approach.

Commitment Level

• Consultation with CEO and top management for a realistic understanding of what’s needed to achieve social responsibility goals

• Buy-in of employees throughout the company

Operations Level

• Systematic, step-by-step implementation of labor standards for brands and manufacturers

• Design and facilitation of experiential training sessions, workshops, and stakeholder dialogue

Systems Level

• Big-picture thinking about and guidance on designing and implementing systems that advance social responsibility

Mindset Level

• Mindset shifts

• Humanizing workers

  • Heeral is a brilliant facilitator... everyone left feeling energized and deeply connected both professionally and personally.

    Sharon Waxman, Former President & CEO, Fair Labor Association

  • Life-Changing! In six weeks, I went from a skeptic to a true believer of the transformative power of the Positive Intelligence (PI) program.

    Carole Henmi, Executive Coach, Facilitator, Consultant

  • Heeral provided me with breakthrough clarity, deep moments of connection to self and others, and a lot of joy and laughter as well!

    Anna Huckabee Tull, Life Coach and Author