ITC in partnership with ICS have created a FREE online gateway named Sustainability Map that enables factories to gain visibility in the international supply chains and connect to international buyers. Companies can easily create and manage online profiles and start to market their businesses.

Since its launch in 2017, over 50’000 companies, including international buyers, intermediaries and producers from more than 20 countries, have created their company profiles on the Sustainability Map platform.

To join the platform, factories receive invitations from ICS Members with whom they are already doing business. The Factory ID has already been populated by data provided through the ICS audit process (limited to general data about their company’s location, production and processing activities). Factories are invited to check or if needed to update data relative to their identification only before accepting to make it publicly available through Sustainability Map. Information about the ICS audits’ dates and types will be automatically shared and would not be modified. Factories own their Factory ID and can modify and update information about their factory identification, with the goal to share this data first with their ICS members’ clients and then by publishing transparently their Factory ID to make their business more transparent and attractive to international buyers. The Factory ID identifies a factory as one of the suppliers of a specific or multiple ICS Members.