Better Factories Cambodia

Better Factories Cambodia (BFC) is a partnership between the UN’s International Labour Organization (ILO) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group. The programme engages with workers, employers, and governments in Cambodia and aims to improve working conditions and respect of labour rights for workers, and boost competitiveness of the garment industry. The programme conducts learning, training, and assessments.

Better Factories Cambodia’s public reporting initiative discloses factory compliance on key legal requirements. Currently, BFC’s Transparency database covers 78.2% of the garment factories in Cambodia that possess licenses to export. Better Work conducts unannounced factory assessments in participating factories once approximately every 12 months. A confidential assessment report is shared with factory management and with brands and retailers that have subscribed to that factory. Factories have the opportunity of uploading unverified responses and additional information to the disclosed findings. In addition, the assessment reports of all factories that have received at least 2 Better Work assessments are available on BFC’s Transparency database.