Corporate Social Responsibility
Avedis Seferian, WRAP’s President & CEO, and Mark Jaeger, WRAP’s Vice President, Stakeholder Engagement, addressed social compliance in global supply chains, with a focus on the growing intersection of human rights and trade during a webinar produced in partnership with the Canadian Apparel Federation (CAF).
AAFA-WRAP guidance on Myanmar
In light of the February 1, 2021 coup in Myanmar (otherwise known as Burma), the American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) has published guidance for members sourcing from Myanmar. We urge buyers to take steps to ensure workers’ rights are protected, including union members, and to ensure the full and timely payments of workers during […]
Stakeholders can help drive practical solutions to their sustainability objectives
Avedis Seferian, WRAP’s President & CEO, joined a discussion at Rewire: Sustainability 2021. Avedis and his fellow panelists examined how stakeholders can help governments, businesses, and consumers drive practical solutions to their sustainability objectives. Content requires a free registration.
The current state of U.S.-China trade relations
Avedis Seferian, WRAP’s President & CEO, joins AAFA’s Senior Vice President, Policy, Nate Herman to discuss the current state of U.S.-China trade relations and the situation in Xinjiang.
Symphonization: A new social compliance paradigm post-COVID
Avedis Seferian, WRAP’s President & CEO, discusses “Symphonization” at a joint WRAP/American Apparel and Footwear Association (AAFA) webinar.
The role social compliance will have for African apparel firms
At the fifth edition of the Destination Africa event, Mark Jaeger, WRAP’s Vice President, Stakeholder Engagement, discussed the growing role that social compliance will have for African apparel firms seeking to ship their goods to the European Union and the United States.
Tackling forced labor in the supply chain: audit perspectives
Avedis Seferian, WRAP’s President & CEO, discussed how to tackle forced labor in the supply chain during the United States Fashion Industry Association’s (USFIA) Virtual Apparel Importers Trade and Transportation Conference.
“Symphonization” – a new approach to social compliance in the post-pandemic world
WRAP’s President & CEO Avedis Seferian joins American Apparel and Footwear Association (AAFA) President and CEO Steve Lamar for an installment in the AAFA’s “Resilience” series.
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.
Restarting sourcing responsibly
WRAP President and CEO Avedis Seferian partners with the American Apparel and Footwear Association (AAFA) for a seminar on Restarting Sourcing Responsibly.
