partos oktober 2010 fair wair foundation

Partos Plaza

Oktober 2010

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

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

Active in 15 production countries

Priority countries; China, India, Turkey & Bangladesh

Traditional supply chain view

Reality of supply chains

The Fair Wear formula

Focus on phases of production where SEWING is the main manufacturing process

This among the most labour intensive phases of the chain

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

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)

Multi-level verification is FWF’s core activity

Transparency at all levels

FWF’s public, 3rd-party findings give your CSR claims legitimacy with consumers, investors and advocacy organisations

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

What do members do?

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

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?

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

If you have any questions, please ask them now or visit our website:

http://www.fairwear.org