United Apparel Fiji, one of Fiji's largest clothing manufacturers has attained an international accreditation. The company is now a Worldwide Responsible Accredited Production (WRAP) facility. Kaushik Kumar, Managing Director feels this is a great achievement as the company is among those WRAP certified global factories that promote social compliance, safe, lawful, humane and ethical manufacturing, he added.
Kumar’s his team put in great efforts to acquire this certification and the fact that the facility got certified in the first audit shows the high level of commitment to the principles of WRAP, which they adhere to. The certification provides them with competitive edge as social compliance and ethical manufacturing is becoming a requirement, while dealing with major companies.
The world's largest independent certification programme, WRAP’s main focus is on apparel, sewn products, and the footwear sectors. Becoming a WRAP certified facility, involves much more than passing an audit. WRAP, takes a collaborative approach to social compliance certification in which it works with the facilities to ensure they remain compliant with WRAP's 12 principles. WRAP principles are based on generally acceptable international workplace standards, local laws and workplace regulations, which encompass human resource management, health and safety, environmental practices and legal compliance including import/export, customs compliance, and security standards.
