The partnership aims to align human rights and environmental standards, offering fashion brands a unified model for responsible supply chains

Non-profit organisations Fair Wear and Solidaridad have entered a strategic partnership to strengthen human rights and environmental due diligence across the global garment industry.

The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) combines Fair Wear’s expertise in labour rights and responsible business conduct with Solidaridad’s experience in promoting environmental and social sustainability throughout supply chains. The collaboration seeks to provide brands with an integrated and practical framework to identify and address risks more effectively.

“This partnership allows us to connect the dots between human rights and environmental due diligence in a way that’s practical for brands and meaningful for workers, producers and the environment,” said Annabel Meurs, Executive Director, Fair Wear. “By collaborating with Solidaridad, we bring coherence, clarity and actionable guidance to brands, helping them drive lasting change.”

Under the partnership, both organisations will focus on implementing the integrated Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence (HREDD) model through pilot projects in key Asian production hubs. These initiatives will test and refine the approach in real-world conditions, enabling brands to address risks and harm across their supply chains more comprehensively.

The collaboration also includes the integration of Solidaridad’s environmental tools and upstream expertise—from cotton farming to manufacturing—into Fair Wear’s due diligence system, forming a unified platform for risk analysis, guidance and remediation. Additionally, the Integrated Environmental and Insetting Initiative will help brands reduce greenhouse gas emissions within their supply chains.

Shatadru Chattopadhayay, Managing Director, Solidaridad Asia, said, “This partnership allows us to bring our on-the-ground environmental programmes to a wider group of brands, driving concrete and measurable action. Together with Fair Wear, we aim to become the collective architects of a more responsible, resilient, and regenerative fashion industry.”

The partnership aims to create a scalable model that demonstrates how joint social and environmental due diligence can drive systemic change, supporting over 100 Fair Wear member brands in aligning with emerging global standards.