Kuyichi is a proud member of the Fair Wear Foundation since January 2020. For us, this was an important step in taking responsibility and working even harder on improving our supply chain. Although just working conditions and long-term supplier relationships have always been in our DNA, our collaboration with the Fair Wear Foundation is helping us to work even harder on supporting our suppliers in creating just working conditions for all of their employees. Let’s dig deeper into our membership and what it means for our way of working.

What does Kuyichi's fair wear membership mean?

All Fair Wear members must annually demonstrate that they have taken significant steps towards better working conditions, together with their suppliers. Fair Wear works on the principles of their ‘Code of Labour Practice’ (their own code of conduct), based on 8 internationally agreed labour standards:

1. Employment is freely chosen

2. There is no discrimination in employment

3. No exploitation of child labour

4. Freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining

5. Payment of living wage

6. Reasonable hours of work

7. Safe and healthy working conditions

8. Legally binding employment relationships

Complaint system

Our membership also means that all of our cut-make-trim suppliers and their subcontractors have to sign the Fair Wear code of labour practices. They also have to display a complaint system in a clearly visible place in their factory. This complaint mechanism shows the worker rights and contains the contact details of Fair Wear. If workers have a complaint and get in touch with Fair Wear, they will validate the complaint and pass it on to us. Then we can take joint action with the factory to resolve the situation.