AAFA Corporate Social Responsibility Partner – Worldwide Responsible Accredited Production (WRAP)

In 2018, the American Apparel & Footwear Association and Worldwide Responsible Accredited Production (WRAP) signed a Memorandum of Understanding making WRAP the official AAFA Corporate Social Responsibility Partner. Learn more about WRAP.

As part of this agreement, AAFA and WRAP have collaborated to create several tools, resources, and digital programs for AAFA members. These tools are designed to provide actionable guidance for apparel and footwear professionals to move beyond compliance in their global supply chains.

Tools & Resources:

• AAFA/WRAP Guidelines for Responsible Sourcing in Tariff-Impacted Supply Chains*
• AAFA/WRAP Social Compliance Guidance for Non-CSR Personnel
• AAFA/WRAP Working Hours Best Practices Guidence
• AAFA/WRAP Guidance to Understand & Eradicate Forced Labor
• AAFA/WRAP Guidance: Assessing Prospective New Supplier Social Compliance
  * Open to the industry. Other reports require member login.

Webinars and Virtual Trainings:

• The 2025 Social Compliance Landscape: Key Developments (Members-only; login required)
• Forced Labor: Guidance in an Era of Enhanced Due Diligence
• Restarting Sourcing Responsibly  
• Addressing Forced Labor in Supply Chains
• Trends in Corporate Social Responsibility
• Working Hours Best Practices
• Social Compliance Across New Sourcing Countries
• mHRDD and Social Compliance - Are you ready?
• A World Tour of Social Compliance Risks: What Does WRAP Data Reveal? (Members-only; login required)
• Social Responsibility - Why It Started and Where It Is Going
• Audit Fatigue - New Approaches to a Chronic Problem

Industry Chats:

• Guidelines for Responsible Sourcing in Tariff-Impacted Supply Chains
• Current economic, political, and labor rights situation in Bangladesh
• Audits: How Should You View Them?
• Nearshoring Opportunities for Brands & Retailers
• Due Diligence Recap
• Smart Accountability
• Social Responsibility Committee: Worker Voice and Worker Safety
• ULFPA Updates
• Regulatory Activity - mHRDD legislation in the EU
• Human Rights & Due Diligence
• How to Protect Migrant Workers

WRAP also provides crucial thought leadership at AAFA events, committee meetings, and webinars regarding labor, working hours, and other important social responsibility topics.

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