Partos oktober 2010 fair wair foundation
-
Upload
annepartos -
Category
Business
-
view
357 -
download
5
description
Transcript of 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