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www.fairwear.org
WhatisFairWearFoundation?
ourmissionistoimprovelabourconditionsinthegarmentindustry.
Fair Wear Foundation (FWF) is an international verification initiative dedicated to enhancing
workers’ lives all over the world. We work closely with a growing number of companies that
produce clothing and other sewn products and that take responsibility for their supply chain.
FWF keeps track of the improvements made by the companies it works with. Through
sharing expertise, social dialogue and strengthening industrial relations, FWF increases
the effectiveness of the efforts made by companies.
GoodlabourconditionsareFWF’smission:Makethempartofyours!
FWF:noneedtoreinventtheWheel!setupamonitoringsystem
gettoworkonimprovinglabourconditions
accesscountrystudiesandstakeholdernetworksinaround15productioncountries
independentverification:demonstrateyourprogress&impact
onrequest:additionaltrainingandsupport
useaffordableauditteamstrainedbyFWF
usetheFWFlogoonhangtags/labels*
*theuseoftheFWFlogoissubjecttocertainconditions
If you’re interested in how we can help you, send us an e-mail.
employmentisfreelychosen
nodiscriminationinemployment
noexploitationofchildlabour
freedomofassociationandtherighttocollectivebargaining
paymentofalivingwage
reasonablehoursofwork
safeandhealthyworkingconditions
alegallybindingemploymentrelationship
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WhyjoinFWF?
FairWearFoundation:showyoucare!
social criteria set in (public) procurement policies are covered by FWF
process approach (nobody’s perfect): improve step by step
independence & credibility guaranteed: FWF is governed by business associations,
trade unions & NGOs
FWF cooperates with other initiatives to prevent double auditing and
to harmonise Codes of Conduct
FWF is a not-for-profit organisation – affordable membership
hoWdoesMeMbershipWork?join FWF and draw up a work plan
sign the Code of Labour Practices and set up a coherent monitoring system
work with factory managers on concrete improvements on the factory floor
report on your progress in an annual social report and make a work plan for the next year
the amount of work it takes to monitor your supply chain depends on the size of your company
and the number of factories you source from
Changerequiresamajorjointeffort.
joinFWFandmakeadifference.
WhatdoyouGetForyourMoney?verification: factory audits, complaints procedure, headquarter audits
formats for letters, work plans, social reports, questionnaires
access to FWF’s expertise & research
communication opportunities (labels/tags, FWF website, newsletter,
press releases, fairs, etc.)
annual members’ day share experiences and knowledge with other companies
FWFinpraCtiCe
McGregor has been working on good labour conditions for more than a decade. We used
to work with a code of conduct which all our suppliers were required to sign. But the fact
that there was no verification of their compliance was unsatisfactory. We decided to take
a more active role ourselves and involve FWF for independent verification.
In 2007, McGregor joined Fair Wear Foundation. Fair Wear Foundation keeps us on our toes,
by checking our progress as well as progress in the factories. Being able to use FWF’s local
audit teams is also of great value to us. In our two years of membership, we have made good
headway with the implementation of a system for monitoring and remediation. We now know
exactly what the conditions are in a substantial part of our factories and have started working
on improvements. I feel we still have a long way to go – this is rough terrain. But during the
audit at McGregor, our FWF contact told us we are actually doing really well.
Gie van den Broek, McGregor Fashion Group (member since 2007)
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