GoodWeave International and Fair Wear Foundation have collaborated to address child and forced labour in hidden and informal parts of the textile and garment supply chains.
With the European Union’s mandatory human rights due diligence legislation underway, the organizations’ combined expertise is even more useful for companies seeking to respect human rights and conduct responsible business.
Fair Wear said its member brands sourcing from India, are encouraged to become GoodWeave licensees and benefit from deep supply chain mapping and inspections for child, forced, and bonded labor.
According to Fair Wear, their reach is beyond tier-one factories and into sub-contracted and home-based worksites where the majority of exploitation takes place.
Additionally, GoodWeave will serve as a knowledge partner for Fair Wear and as a resource for member brands on child, forced, and bonded labor identification, remediation, and prevention.
“We are pleased to collaborate with GoodWeave to further advance our member companies’ human rights due diligence efforts,” said Suhasini Singh, Head of Supply Chain Engagement at Fair Wear Foundation.
“We have successfully worked together on a previous project and chose to continue partnering with GoodWeave given their expertise in stopping child labor and creating supply chain visibility specifically related to subcontracted and home-based worksites,” Singh added.
“GoodWeave and Fair Wear Foundation’s work is aligned, and we both focus on collaborative partnerships with buyers and exporters, which makes this a great fit,” Silvia Mera, Senior Director of Strategic Partnerships and Advocacy at GoodWeave also said.
“We look forward to continuing our work together and to serving as a resource for apparel and textile companies looking to improve their human rights due diligence,” Mera added.
Partnership to address child and forced labour issues in textile supply chain
