Factory Standard for Apparel & Home Goods

Requirements and compliance criteria for apparel and home goods factories to keep factories safe and workers empowered.

Provides definitions for the terminology used in Fair Trade USA^® standards, compliance criteria, and associated documents.

Describes requirements for all assurance procedures related to compliance assessment and certification under the Fair Trade USA Factory program.

Policy which defines the entities and activities which must be included in the scope of the Certificate, and thus the audit, under the Factory Standard.

This procedure outlines the requirements to change the scope of a Certificate between audits.

Policy which defines who must and who may be included as part of the Fair Trade Premium Participants.

Describes the circumstances where an unannounced audit may take place and the compliance assessment process.

Describes the process by which exceptions are considered and granted in a fair, consistent, and non-discriminatory manner.

This form accompanies the Exceptions Policy and must be completed and submitted for an exception request.

Fair Trade USA's zero tolerance stance on issues that present the greatest threat to our mission, and how those issues are remediated.

Helps factories implement their fair trade certification program and provides a high-level summary of the entire journey to certification and beyond.

Provides clarification and examples on the requirements of the Requirements for Certificate Scope, defining what sites and activities must be included under a Certificate.

Provides further clarification and examples on the requirements in the Identifying the Premium Participants policy document.

Overview of Certificate Holder rights under the Trade Standard.