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Driving impact where it matters most
We focus on the areas that strengthen due diligence efforts to make the biggest difference for business and workers — turning due diligence commitments into practical action across global supply chains.
OVERVIEW
Improving working conditions requires systemic change
Fair Wear's work is grounded in a risk-based approach, strengthened by four interconnected impact areas — equitable sourcing, meaningful stakeholder engagement, gender responsiveness, and access to remedy — to address the root causes of labour rights risks and drive lasting change. These areas are embedded in how we facilitate brands, suppliers and workers in implementing due diligence in practice. Together, they create the conditions for impactful due diligence that strengthens more resilient supply chains and delivers lasting improvements for workers.
26
policy wins at international level
4
industry-wide frameworks co-developed by Fair Wear taken up by the sector
5
countries with minimum wage increase influenced by Fair Wear's partners
20+
Years industry-wide human rights leadership
The risk-based approach
Effective due diligence is not about addressing every risk at once. It is about focusing action where it can make the greatest positive impact, especially for workers.
We bring the OECD due diligence framework to life through worker and stakeholder perspectives, local expertise, and practical methodologies that help companies identify the most salient risks, make informed decisions, and strengthen their approach over time.
Fair Wear translates this approach into action by developing and testing practical methodologies, tools and guidance, convening brands, suppliers and civil society around shared solutions, and turning lessons from implementation into approaches that can be scaled across the industry. In doing so, we help companies move from commitments to measurable improvements for workers and more resilient supply chains. This is where our three enabling mechanisms come in: equitable sourcing relations, meaningful stakeholder engagement, and access to remedy, each addressing a different part of what a risk-based approach requires in practice, with gender responsiveness built into all three rather than treated as a separate strand.
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Select an area to learn more about our approach and efforts.

Gender responsiveness

Equitable sourcing

Meaningful stakeholder engagement

Access to remedy

Gender responsiveness
Why it matters
Gender-based inequality is embedded in global supply chains. Women and gender-diverse workers in the garment sector face compounding disadvantages: the gender wage gap, sex- and gender-based violence and harassment, limited maternity rights, and barriers to leadership. Human rights risks are shaped by gender inequality. Without gender-responsive due diligence, some of the most severe and persistent labour rights violations remain invisible.
Our approach
We apply a gender lens across the full HRDD cycle: identifying gender-specific risks, making visible the power structures that determine whose voices are heard, and placing women and gender-diverse workers at the centre of strategy and project design. This means analysing gender dynamics in the design, implementation and evaluation of our work, ensuring our initiatives advance gender equality rather than inadvertently reinforcing it.
Core elements
- Incorporate a gender lens into HREDD policies, management systems and risk assessments
- Support the use of gender data, including sex disaggregated data, to identify gender-specific risks
- Guide brands in implementing measures to prevent and mitigate gender-based risks
- Encourage embedding gender responsiveness into grievance and remediation mechanisms
- Develop practical guidance to address the distinct challenges faced by women and gender-diverse workers
Explore further
Discover how we work across the interconnected impact areas

