29.04.2009
O'Neill
FWF member O’Neill is currently reassessing its future in terms of Corporate Social Responsibility. Until June, therefore, all the company's activities following from FWF membership have been suspended. Complaints filed by workers in factories producing for O'Neill, meanwhile, are still processed by FWF.
24.04.2009
FWF member hessnatur among top 10 buyers of organic cotton
According to research done by Organic Exchange, a non-profit organisation that promotes organic cotton, FWF Member hessnatur was among the top 10 buyers of organic cotton worldwide, along with giants like Nike, C&A and H&M. hessnatur also made great progress on other CSR issues. Their social report 2008 for FWF can now be downloaded.
23.04.2009
CSR intrinsically motivated
In the week of 6 April 2009, Dutch bank ING published a report on CSR in the garment industry. CSR, the researchers concluded, is hardly ever the result of external pressure, but rather motivated by the entrepreneurs’ own conviction.
Some 75% of the respondents indicated that CSR is important to very important to them. For most of them, the primary motivation is their personal beliefs concerning good business practice. A second factor was a ‘better image’, along with an enhancement of market opportunities, especially in the area of quality and innovation.
