Production country
Indonesia
Indonesia has a large, export-oriented garment sector, concentrated in key regions and employing a predominantly female workforce. The industry includes both large manufacturers and SMEs. Widespread use of contract and outsourced labour creates insecurity, while legal protections exist but are unevenly implemented, especially for workers in precarious roles across fragmented supply chains.
Indonesia has a large garment sector with economic importance for the country. Due to its substantial manufacturing base, export orientation, and concentration of production in West Java and Central Java, it is an important sourcing country for garment brands. The sector consists of both large production companies and small and medium enterprises (SMEs), and employs a predominantly female workforce. The sector is characterised by widespread use of contract work and outsourced labour, which contributes to insecurity for part of the workforce. While Indonesia’s legal framework promotes freedom of association, collective bargaining, social dialogue, and access to grievance mechanisms, the implementation of these protections is uneven, particularly for workers in precarious forms of employment. These issues are especially relevant when assessing labour conditions beyond large factories and across more fragmented supply chains.
$12.08B USD of textile products exported in 2025
Over 892,000 estimated garment workers
31
Factories Fair Wear members source from
13
Fair Wear member brands sourcing from the country
What Fair Wear is doing
How we work locally with partners to address risks and improve working conditions.
Due diligence requires companies to know what is happening in their supply chain. Fair Wear has state of the art risk tools that support brands with identifying and tracking their most urgent risks. In Indonesia, collaboration with a local stakeholder offers extensive risk identification and validation services based on Fair Wear methodologies. Companies can access detailed, stakeholder-validated country risk information per sector risk and request Fair Wear's Onsite Assessments (Full, Modular and Validation). Companies can also request custom HREDD facilitation support, such as verification activities.
Insight only creates change when you act on it. Fair Wear equips brands with a set of established training modules to raise awareness, address root causes and implement mechanisms for prevention, mitigation and remediation. In Indonesia, collaboration with a local stakeholder offers companies access to training based on Fair Wear’s methodologies. Companies can request the Fair Wear Onboarding Training for suppliers and workers, which focuses on awareness-raising on workers' rights and support for social dialogue between workers and management. Moreover, companies can request HREDD-training on Communication and social dialogue; Gender; and Freedom of Association and non-discrimination.
Staying ahead of risks means knowing about them before they escalate. Fair Wear's grievance mechanism is available in Indonesian through a local collaboration, ensuring workers can raise concerns in their own language. The mechanism provides an accessible, confidential channel, with findings feeding into Fair Wear's work with brands and suppliers to address root causes.