Fair Wear Foundation

Fair Wear Foundation (Fair Wear) is non-profit multi-stakeholder organisation focused on the CMT (cut, make, trim) stage of garment production and making fair fashion the new normal. Its mission is to see a world in which the garment industry supports workers in realising their rights to safe, dignified, properly paid employment. Fair Wear works with its 140+ member brands and engages directly with factories, trade unions, NGOs, and government. Four key activities make up the Fair Wear approach: Brand Performance Checks, factory audits, complaints helplines (remediation) and factory training sessions.

The Brand Performance Check is a tool Fair Wear uses to assess how its member brands’ business practices improve labour conditions. Every year, it reviews brands’ efforts by measuring how well they have assessed, identified, and resolved issues with their suppliers. During the Brand Performance Check Fair Wear staff visits the brand and reviews the evidence that brands put forward, and various staff (sourcing manager, CSR responsible, CEO) are interviewed. Brand Performance Checks aim to help brands determine what they are doing well and where they can improve to create step-by-step positive and sustainable change. Making the results of these checks open to the public ensures transparency and helps keep the brands accountable. The brand can comment on the report before it is published.