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Major retailers launch unified framework and digital tool to streamline compliance

How can fashion companies fulfil sustainability and supply chain data demands without duplicating data or significant administrative burden, especially for small and medium enterprises (SMEs)? Seven major retailers and nonprofits Cascale and Fair Wear have co-developed and launched a unified self-assessment questionnaire as well as a free...

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Zalando joins Fair Wear to strengthen their commitment to ethical fashion

Zalando joins Fair Wear as a member, marking a significant step in its commitment to enhancing working conditions within its supply chain. As part of this membership, Zalando will focus on improving labour standards within its private label production, working towards a new benchmark for responsible business in the fashion industry. The fashion...

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Fair Wear Foundation completes OECD's assessment, first for fashion industry

Fair Wear Foundation has completed the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) alignment assessment of industry due diligence initiatives in the garment and footwear sector. The non-profit organisation claims to be the only organisation in the garment industry to have been fully assessed on the standards and implementation,...

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Applications open for AMFI student essay writing competition in collaboration with Fair Wear Foundation

Dutch fashion institution Amsterdam Fashion Institute (AMFI) is collaborating with The Fair Wear Foundation, the AMFI study association ‘The New Mode Collective’, and its student-led sustainability group ‘Dirty Laundry’ on a new essay writing competition for students. Essays can be submitted until November 15. Entitled the Klaus Hohenegger Essay...

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Fair Wear and GoodWeave partner to combat child, forced labour in fashion supply chains

Fair Wear Foundation and GoodWeave International, two organisations advocating for fair working practices in the textile industry, have joined forces to address child and forced labour in “hidden and informal parts of apparel and textile supply chains”. They said their combined resources will help companies “seeking to respect human rights and...

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"The Industry We Want" event

Can there be a fashion industry, where everyone can have a good sleep at night? On June 23, 2021, 270 people from 38 countries across the supply chain joined the second The Industry We Want event. Together, we explored how we can work together towards a garment and footwear industry that ensures dignity for workers, thriving businesses along the...

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The Industry We Want panel brings stakeholders across supply chain together

A recent event by The Industry We Want (TIWW), an initiative launched by Fair Wear in January together with the Ethical Trading Initiative, was well attended, showing that the initiative’s goal - bringing industry stakeholders together to work on better labour conditions in the garment industry - is shared by many. The event, which was jointly...

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How the pandemic affects countries reliant on manufacturing and production

One year of Corona - one year of lost sales and continuous uncertainties for the fashion industry and global trade. How does this affect the countries where garments are manufactured and produced? Shortly after the Corona outbreak in March of last year, it quickly became apparent that the pandemic would have long-lasting effects across the...

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Katharine Hamnett joins Fair Wear Foundation

Katharine Hamnett, the English fashion designer behind the “Choose Life” T-shirt made famous by George Michael, has joined Fair Wear Foundation (FWF), the non-profit organization which works with brands, manufacturers and trade unions to improve workplace conditions for garment workers. “As the whistleblower and long-term fanatic and campaigner...

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Fair Wear Foundation appoints new Executive Director

Alexander Kohnstamm has been appointed as the new Executive Director of Fair Wear Foundation (FWF). Kohnstamm holds vast experience working at NGOs and international businesses most recently as director of external affairs at PharmAccess Foundation, an organisation dedicated to connecting more people in Sub-Saharan Africa to better healthcare. “...

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H&M called on to handle abuse of Syrian refugees in Turkish garment factories

London - High street fashion retailer H&M, along with other Nordic fashion brands Lindex, KappAhl, Gina Tricot and Varner, have been called out for not taking sufficient action to prevent the discrimination of Syrian migrants working in their supply chains in Turkey in a new study entitled 'Invisible Workers - Syrian Refugees in Turkish Garment...