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FFC announces new members for sharing platform
07 Jan '08
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"Nike believes collaboration between brands in the monitoring and capacity building of contract factories is an essential element in driving positive, systemic change for workers around the world, said, Caitlin Morris, Director Collaboration and Integration at Nike Inc.
Compliance, "The FFC's platform as a tool for sharing information is integral to creating the scale required to collaboratively maximize financial and operational efficiency for both brands and manufacturers."
The FFC provides its member companies with a web-based audit management system that allows members to manage their factory compliance programs.
The Sharing Platform will create the capability for members to share non-competitive factory compliance information, such as audits, and coordinate on remediation efforts, thereby reducing unnecessary duplication.
One of the unique features of the Sharing Platform will allow companies that have their own compliance systems to connect with the FFC's database and participate in sharing activities.
“Nordstrom believes that increased partnership between retailers is an important step toward creating better working conditions for factory workers across the globe and values the FFC's efforts toward this end,” said Linda Peffer, Vice President of Corporate Social Responsibility for
Nordstrom Inc.
“The FFC has created a valuable tool which takes the uncertainty out of sharing factory and audit information, and gives brands an organized forum to work together.”
Levi Strauss & Co, Nike Inc, Nordstrom, and Abercrombie & Fitch will join FFC's current member roster, which includes the adidas Group, ASICS America, Hudson's Bay Company, L.L. Bean, Macy's Merchandising Group, Mark's Work Wearhouse, Patagonia, the Starbucks Coffee Company, the Timberland Company, VF Corporation, the National Retail Federation and the Retail Council of Canada. The FFC's rapidly growing database currently contains 13,000 factories and over 25,000 audits.
Compliance, "The FFC's platform as a tool for sharing information is integral to creating the scale required to collaboratively maximize financial and operational efficiency for both brands and manufacturers."
The FFC provides its member companies with a web-based audit management system that allows members to manage their factory compliance programs.
The Sharing Platform will create the capability for members to share non-competitive factory compliance information, such as audits, and coordinate on remediation efforts, thereby reducing unnecessary duplication.
One of the unique features of the Sharing Platform will allow companies that have their own compliance systems to connect with the FFC's database and participate in sharing activities.
“Nordstrom believes that increased partnership between retailers is an important step toward creating better working conditions for factory workers across the globe and values the FFC's efforts toward this end,” said Linda Peffer, Vice President of Corporate Social Responsibility for
Nordstrom Inc.
“The FFC has created a valuable tool which takes the uncertainty out of sharing factory and audit information, and gives brands an organized forum to work together.”
Levi Strauss & Co, Nike Inc, Nordstrom, and Abercrombie & Fitch will join FFC's current member roster, which includes the adidas Group, ASICS America, Hudson's Bay Company, L.L. Bean, Macy's Merchandising Group, Mark's Work Wearhouse, Patagonia, the Starbucks Coffee Company, the Timberland Company, VF Corporation, the National Retail Federation and the Retail Council of Canada. The FFC's rapidly growing database currently contains 13,000 factories and over 25,000 audits.
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