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Fair Wear Foundation

What is the Fair Wear Foundation?

The Fair Wear Foundation (FWF) is an independent, charitable multi-stakeholder initiative, which is to say it is a coalition of non-governmental organizations, companies, trade and industry groups and trade unions. The foundation aims to optimize working conditions in the textile industry on a world wide scale. The main focus is on production phases including sewing work, as those are the most labour-intensive phases and it is known that especially in this sector problems regarding the compliance with minimum standards of social responsibility are common.

The FWF does not control material suppliers. Currently 80 companies and 120 labels are member of the Fair Wear Foundation. The organization is active in 15 production countries in Europe, Africa and Asia.

Structure
The Fair Wear Foundation was founded in 1999 and has its headquarters in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Its main decision making body is the Board, consisting of an independent chairperson in addition to a number of stakeholder groups. The Board is advised by a committee of experts, again consisting of various stakeholder groups. These include experts form fields such as labour law, social development, production and distribution of textiles.

Guidelines
The requirements of the Fair Wear Foundation follow the „Code of Labour Practices“, which is based on an agreement of the International Labour Organization (ILO), and the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights. According to these two fundamental bases, the foundation set up 8 points all companies must agree to follow.

The 8 Points of the Code of Labour Practices:
  • Free choice of one´s workplace
  • No discrimination in employment
  • No exploitation of child labour
  • Freedom of assembly and the right to bargain collectively
  • Payment of a living wage
  • Limits on working hours
  • Safe and healthy work conditions
  • Legally binding employment contracts

Membership
The FWF does not set any social standards for the membership. This allows textile companies, whose suppliers are still at the very beginning, to join the FWF. With the accession the new member commit themselves to follow the guidelines and to set up a management plan, which will describe very detailed the measures and targets to optimize the work conditions within the sewing factories step-by-step. The management must include a list of all involved suppliers and a report of the current work conditions. A control system for all suppliers must be set up to monitor the compliance with the guidelines.

Monitoring and Transparency
FWF carries out controls of his members once a year with so called Brand Performance Checks to monitor the progress of its members regarding the implementation of the Code of Labour Practices in the production units. With the help of various indicators and a point system the individual performance is being assessed. The controls (audits) of the Fair Wear Foundation are carried out on various levels:
Visit of the factory to inspect work safety and health protection
Review of documents
Interviews with management, trade union and worker´s representatives
Interviews with the factory employees

The anonymous survey of factory employees is carried out at the work place as well as outside of the factory. Additionally an anonymous complaint system will offer more safety for the factory employees and at the same time guarantee that attention will be drawn to potential abuse.

Dependant on the length of time the company has been a member, a defined percentage of suppliers must be monitored as well, which means that the member company will efficiently support the improvement of work conditions and carry out internal controls. For this a concrete management plan must be at hand and followed through. From the third year following at least 90% of all producers must be monitored in accordance with the FWF requirements.

According to the results of the Brand Performance Checks the respective company will be put in one of three category: „Leader“, „Good“ or „Needs improvement“. This stocktaking allows the company and its producers to understand which part of the process needs improvement. Following every audit the FWF-Audit-Team and the management will set up a binding corrective measure plan. Based on this the textile company will together with its producers work on solutions and a timetable for implementation.

Because transparency is so important for the Fair Wear Foundation, Brand Performance Checks are regularly published online.

Important Notice
The Fair Wear Foundation Label is a social standard only. Ecological aspects are of no importance for the certification process.

Conclusion
The Fair Wear Foundation Label is a social standard, which can be regarded as very credible due to the cooperative work between independent non-governmental organizations and the obligation to implement the above mentioned 8 points.


Fair Wear Foundation-Produkte

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Mountain Equipment Webbing Belt
Mountain Equipment
Webbing Belt
14,95 €

Colors

Size

  • 7,5 Liter
Aevor Bike Sling Bag
Aevor
Bike Sling Bag
39,95 €

Colors

Size

  • 6 Liter
Lowe Alpine Mesa 6
Lowe Alpine
Mesa 6
39,95 €

Colors

Size

  • S
Jack Wolfskin Kids Sun Hat
Jack Wolfskin
Kids Sun Hat
12,95 €
19,95 €

Colors

Size

  • XS
  • S
  • M
  • L
  • XL
  • XXL
Odlo Active F-Dry Eco Bl Top V Neck Singlet Women
Odlo
Active F-Dry Eco Bl Top V Neck Singlet Women
34,95 €

Size

  • 11 Liter
Jack Wolfskin Little Joe
Jack Wolfskin
Little Joe
34,95 €
49,95 €

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Size

  • 3,0 Handschuhe
  • 4,0 Handschuhe
  • 5,0 Handschuhe
  • 6,0 Handschuhe
VAUDE Kids Rondane Gloves
VAUDE
Kids Rondane Gloves
34,95 €

Colors

Size

  • S
  • M
  • L
  • XL
  • XXL
Mountain Equipment Freedom Tee
Mountain Equipment
Freedom Tee
34,95 €

Colors

Size

  • S
  • M
  • L
  • XL
  • XXL
VAUDE Mens Spirit T-Shirt
VAUDE
Mens Spirit T-Shirt
34,95 €

Colors

Size

  • 36 Damen
  • 38 Damen
  • 40 Damen
  • 42 Damen
  • 44 Damen
  • 46 Damen
VAUDE Womens Spirit T-Shirt
VAUDE
Womens Spirit T-Shirt
34,95 €

Size

  • One size
Mountain Equipment Yosemite Cap
Mountain Equipment
Yosemite Cap
34,95 €

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Size

deuter KC Sun Roof
deuter
KC Sun Roof
31,95 €

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Size

Aevor Bike Stem Bag
Aevor
Bike Stem Bag
29,95 €

Colors

Size

  • XS
  • S
  • M
  • L
  • XL
Odlo Active Warm Eco Gloves
Odlo
Active Warm Eco Gloves
24,95 €

Colors

Size

  • 110/116 Kinder
  • 122/128 Kinder
  • 134/140 Kinder
  • 146/152 Kinder
  • 158/164 Kinder
VAUDE Kids Solaro T-Shirt II
VAUDE
Kids Solaro T-Shirt II
24,95 €

Colors

Size

  • 1 Liter
Aevor Hip Bag
Aevor
Hip Bag
24,95 €

Colors

Size

  • One size
Jack Wolfskin Active Vent Cap Kids
Jack Wolfskin
Active Vent Cap Kids
24,95 €

Colors

Size

  • One size
Jack Wolfskin Baseball Cap
Jack Wolfskin
Baseball Cap
24,95 €

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Size

  • 92 Kinder
VAUDE Kids Jerboa Halfzip
VAUDE
Kids Jerboa Halfzip
24,95 €
39,95 €

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deuter Wash Bag Kids
deuter
Wash Bag Kids
23,95 €

Colors

Size

  • 35-38
  • 39-41
  • 42-44
Ortovox Alpine Light Quarter Socks Women
Ortovox
Alpine Light Quarter Socks Women
23,95 €

Colors

Size

Mammut Element Steel Key Lock
Mammut
Element Steel Key Lock
11,95 €

Colors

Size

  • 12 UK / M
  • 16 UK / XL
  • 8 UK / XS
Montane Womens Trad T-Shirt
Montane
Womens Trad T-Shirt
21,95 €
39,95 €

Size

  • One size
Jack Wolfskin Real Stuff Beanie
Jack Wolfskin
Real Stuff Beanie
19,95 €
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