2. Introduction FWF
• FWF is an international verification initiative dedicated to
enhancing workers’ lives all over the world
• How?
– Through working with member companies
– By stimulating social dialogue in production countries
3. FWF today
• Over 60 member companies
from seven European countries
• About 1200 factories
employing 275.000 workers
• Member products sold in 50+
countries worldwide
• Strong methodology
• Increasing transparancy
• Improving marketing and
communication
4. Active in 15 production
countries
Priority countries; China, India, Turkey & Bangladesh
8. Focus on phases of production
where SEWING is the main
manufacturing process
This among the most labour
intensive phases of the chain
9.
10. Multi-stakeholder DNA
• Active involvement of business
associations, labour unions,
and NGOs as equal partners (in
board, CoE and production
countries)
• Provides legitimacy, objectivity,
expertise and sustainability
• In terms of governance and in
terms of financing
11. Process Approach
• Meet companies where they
are, and develop a plan for
improvements
• FWF does not certify
products as ‘100% fair’;
nearly impossible to certify
that (today)
13. Transparency
at all levels
FWF’s public, 3rd-party findings give your
CSR claims legitimacy with consumers,
investors and advocacy organisations
14. Cooperation to improve working conditions in a sustainable way
is essential:
• Between suppliers, companies, workers and FWF
• Between local business associations, NGOs, trade unions and
FWF
• Between FWF and other (social compliance) initiatives
– Audits and training can be shared
– Sometimes limited by contractual agreements
– Factory audits from other qualified organisations may be counted
toward FWF audit requirements
– Joint training with Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) is in progress
16. How does membership work?
• Develop a work plan; describing the steps you will take
towards implementing the Code of Labour Practices
• Sign the Code of Labour Practices
• Set up a coherent monitoring system
• Work with factory managers to make concrete, ongoing
improvements (corrective action plans)
• Provide annual public reports on progress towards goals
17. Verification by FWF
At factory level: FWF will select a number of factories for
verification audits (10% of production in 3 years)
At brand level: through an annual Management System Audit
FWF will assess the following:
• How well is your monitoring system working?
• Are you and the supplier executing corrective action plans?
And what are the results?
• Do your company policies support good working conditions?
• Are labour conditions an integral part of your sourcing
strategy?
• Are worker complaints being addressed?
18. Benefits on many levels
• Workers have decent working conditions
• Responsiveness towards consumer’s concern (license to
operate)
• Part of member companies’ risk management
• Access to specialist knowledge
• Sharing best practices with other companies
• Because of gaining in-depth knowledge of supply chain/
suppliers -> possibilities for improving production planning,
quality, improved relations with suppliers
19. If you have any questions, please
ask them now or visit our
website:
http://www.fairwear.org
