Audience:
Open industry. All apparel and footwear industry professionals, regardless of AAFA membership, are encouraged to participate.
Description:
The Working Group on Responsible Purchasing Practices (WG on RPP) has developed a Draft Accountability Framework for Responsible Purchasing Practices (AFRPP), a framework designed to foster continuous and consistent improvement in purchasing practices across our industry, and recently opened a consultation period for this draft framework.
The AFRPP is developed for industry players that seek industry-wide accepted guidance to hold brands and retailers accountable on RPP. The AFRPP incorporates benchmarks and specific key performance indicators against which RPP performance can be measured. It offers existing accountability mechanisms and tools, the key ingredients to assess and compare purchasing companies’ performance against industry-accepted benchmarks for responsible purchasing practices.
The consultation period of the AFRPP runs from 16 September to 16 December. During this time, all industry players—including regulators and policy makers, multi-stakeholder initiatives, trade unions, civil society organizations, investors, manufacturers, brands, and retailers— are invited to contribute their insights and feedback. The goal of this consultation is to achieve industry-wide consensus on how to credibly and effectively measure progress on RPP for its official launch at the annual OECD Forum on Due Diligence in the Garment and Footwear Sector in February 2025.
During this workshop you will learn more about the AFRPP, the intent of the framework, how it can be used by brands, and how you can provide feedback on the draft framework.
Speakers:
- Tamar Hoek, Senior Policy Director Sustainable Fashion, Solidaridad
- Tiffany Rogers, Director of Innovation and Development, Manufacturing, Fair Labor Association (FLA)
- Nate Herman, Senior Vice President, Policy, American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA)
Contact:
Nate Herman