BONN – Fairtrade has overhauled its textile factory standard to strengthen brand accountability, embed new due diligence requirements and close the living wage gap – while narrowing its scope to tier 1 facilities
Changes to Fairtrade International's textile factory standard come into force on 1st September 2026 and mark a significant departure from the previous version.
The most consequential change is the narrowing of scope. The previous standard applied across the textile supply chain; the revised version applies exclusively to Fairtrade-certified Tier-1 factories only – the final sewing and assembly stage.
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