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 […]
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).
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 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.
AAFA-WRAP social compliance guidance for non-CSR personnel
This joint publication by AAFA and Worldwide Responsible Accredited Production (WRAP) was developed with the premise that, with minimal training, sourcing/QA professionals can serve as invaluable CSR resources because they: Visit factories more frequently than social auditors (this gives them more opportunities to see the factory operating under different conditions); Are more directly engaged in […]
Working Hours Best Practices Guide
Worldwide Responsible Accredited Production (WRAP) and the American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) have issued joint guidance regarding best practices for monitoring working hours in facilities. The purpose of this guide is to help companies achieve two goals: Attain transparency into the actual hours being worked by employees in a supplier factory, and; Address the […]
