SHEIN boasts support for its suppliers through SCEP investments
SHEIN says it has deployed more than US$42 million through its Supplier Community Empowerment Program to upgrade factories and support workers.
SHEIN says its multi-year Supplier Community Empowerment Program (SCEP), launched in 2023, has strengthened supplier manufacturing capacity and extended worker and family support across its supplier network.
The Chinese e-tail firm, in an announcement, said it had deployed more than US$42 million as of the end of 2025 to fund facility upgrades, develop manufacturing solutions and provide community services, and that the programme pairs enforcement with capability-building for suppliers.
Under the programme, it said, more than 200 supplier factories have been renovated, covering approximately 518,000 square metres and directly benefiting about 33,600 workers.
SHEIN’s Centre of Innovation for Garment Manufacturing (CIGM) operates a 58,450-square-metre facility that in 2025 ran roughly 300 vocational and technical training and certification sessions reaching more than 13,000 participants, it added.
The Spotlight programme, introduced in 2021, provided means-tested financial aid and in 2025 processed applications from more than 37,000 workers via a QR-enabled digital process; by the end of the year the scheme had disbursed over US$800,000 in grants to 816 families, SHEIN added.
On-site childcare facilities are offered at participating supplier sites to support working parents.
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SHEIN cited factory owner Pan Yu, whose 5,000-square-metre site was renovated under SHEIN’s template, with Wednesday's announcement featuring a quote: “I had heard that factories of a similar size needed to invest a lot of money just to see results from standardised production and management.”
SHEIN said it subsidised more than 40% of Pan Yu’s renovation costs, and the factory later invested in an automated bagging machine with vendor support from the programme.
The Recap
- SHEIN deployed more than US$42 million under SCEP.
- More than 200 factories renovated across 518,000 square metres.
- Programme continues providing training and community services to suppliers.
