On 1 March 2019, Azgard9 held a cheque distribution ceremony for its workers. The CEO personally handed over grants to deserving workers to help with their children's education, with marriages, and as death grants for families who had lost a loved one.
The ceremony is one part of a broader programme recorded in Azgard9's 2019 CSR report. More than 2,000 trees had been planted at company sites and in the local community as part of the Green Pakistan effort. A blood donation camp is held every year with NGOs, for thalassemia patients and others who need regular transfusions. And because clean drinking water was a long-standing need near the factory, Azgard9 installed the area's first water filtration plant: it has a capacity of 500 litres per hour, runs 24 hours a day and serves a community of more than 2,000 people.
All of this sits on a base of certified social standards. Azgard9 is certified under SA8000, which is based on the UN Declaration of Human Rights and ILO conventions, and under BSCI and WRAP, which cover fair pay, decent working hours, health and safety, and the prohibition of child and forced labour. Today the company employs 10,839 people, and supports them with subsidised food, free dormitories and free transport.
Key facts
- Date1 March 2019, cheque distribution ceremony
- Grants forchildren's education, marriages and death grants
- Trees plantedmore than 2,000 at company and community sites
- Water filtration plant500 litres per hour, 24/7, serving 2,000+ people
- CertificationsSA8000, BSCI, WRAP
- Employees10,839 at 30 June 2026
Caring for workers and their families is part of what responsible denim means at Azgard9, and part of what its brand partners can count on.
