Safe factory operations in a post-pandemic environment

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues for a third year, as business operations attempt to resume normally, and as public health guidelines keep changing, the American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) has updated the guidance previously created with Worldwide Responsible Accredited Production (WRAP) — AAFA’s Corporate Social Responsibility Partner — to enable safer factory operations during […]

The intersection of social compliance audits and CTPAT minimum security requirements

Avedis Seferian, WRAP’s President & CEO, participated in the United States Fashion Industry Association’s (USFIA) Virtual Washington Trade Symposium. Avedis spoke on The Intersection of Social Compliance Audits and CTPAT Minimum Security Requirements. 

How to ensure compliance while juggling quality, speed to market, and cost

Avedis Seferian, WRAP’s President & CEO, took part in PI Apparel’s Quality and Compliance event. Avedis moderated a panel titled “How Do We Ensure Compliance While Juggling Quality, Speed to Market, and Cost?”

Policies to identify and eliminate forced labor in supply chains

Avedis Seferian, WRAP’s President & CEO, joins AAFA’s Senior Vice President, Policy, Nate Herman to discuss new guidance designed to help AAFA members establish and implement policies to identify and eliminate any form of forced labor in their supply chain. 

Symphonization: The true path to harmonious supply chain social compliance management

Harmony is what those of us with roles to play in modern supply chains have been seeking for the past two decades, particularly when it comes to the issue of social compliance audits. This paper proposes a new approach to social compliance in the post-pandemic world.