Last month the OECD published Sustainability initiatives for responsible business conduct, the results of their alignment assessment of Fair Wear Foundation against the OECD’s Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains in the Garment & Footwear Sector. The OECD finds that “the introduction of a new Fair Wear HRDD Policy in 2023 and revisions to the Brand Performance Check (BPC) process took the initiative to a strong finding of partial alignment for its revised standards, including all Step 1 criteria fully aligned and improvements across all six due diligence steps.”
We encourage members to take a look at the strengths of Fair Wear’s standards and the improvements for future monitoring and oversights.