IAF x ITMF develop SCI to Unlock the Potential of Social Standards to Converge

May 24, 2022

Category: General

Country: India

21 May 2022, Mumbai

Unlocking the Potential of Social Standards to Converge.

IAF and ITMF have developed the Standards Convergence Initiative (SCI) to help identify the full potential of convergence across social standards and to reduce audit fatigue.

The Standard Convergence Initiative (SCI) is an initiative of the International Apparel Federation (IAF) and the International Textile Manufacturers Federation (ITMF) with the aim of having a third party and brand/ retailer proprietary standards align across four key areas to help combat growing audit fatigue in the textile and footwear sector.

Preventable and tragic incidences and reported prevalence of forced/ child labour have highlighted the urgent need to improve working conditions in the global textile and footwear sector. In an effort to mitigate the situation, third party and brand/ retailer proprietary standards have proliferated and subsequently, manufacturers and suppliers find themselves facing multiple audits for standards that differ only slightly.

Courtesy: https://www.dfupublications.com/news/textile/iaf-x-itmf-develop-sci-to-unlock-the-potential-of-social-standards-to-converge