Collaborations
SLCP assessments are the starting point; improvement depends on collaborative action. We work with a diverse network of partners to drive data interpretation, remediation and improvement, supply chain resilience and better buying practices.
Here you can find an overview of some of our current collaborations.
Cascale
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Cascale provided the foundational convening, governance support, and early collaboration environment that enabled SLCP to develop its Converged Assessment Framework. Today, SLCP is an independent non-profit foundation and maintains a strategic partnership with Cascale. This partnership ensures continued alignment on responsible purchasing practices, industry reporting needs, and the shared goal of enabling more efficient, worker-centered improvements across the value chain. Together, SLCP and Cascale help brands, manufacturers, and stakeholders use credible data to drive practical, measurable progress on worker well-being and systemic labor improvements.
Worldly
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Worldly is an SLCP Accredited Host that enables the end-to-end assessment creation process, including providing stakeholders customized scoring and insights.
Worldly is the exclusive provider of the Higg Facility Social & Labor Module (FSLM), which is built on SLCP’s Converged Assessment Framework (CAF).
Better Work
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Better Work and SLCP are on common ground in promoting credible and actionable data that is shared between a broad range of industry actors to act upon, including governments and workers’ and employers’ organizations. You can read more about the collaboration here.
Retraced
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Retraced joined SLCP as an Accredited Host in 2025. SLCP and Retraced signed an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to deepen the collaboration and provide supply chain partners access to credible, evidence-based insights that drive more efficient and strategic compliance management.
International Trade Centre (ITC)
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SLCP partners with the International Trade Centre (ITC) for the Gateway, user training and stakeholder engagement. ITC is a joint agency of the United Nations and the World Trade Organization. It enables companies in developing economies to become more competitive and to connect to international markers, thus raising incomes and creating job opportunities, especially for women, young people, and poor communities.
The European Commission, Directorate-General for International Partnerships, provides funding for the project “Enhancing transparency and traceability of sustainable value chains in the garment and footwear industry.”
The International Trade Centre (ITC), an implementation partner for the ongoing project, works in this area to provide IT tools and training solutions with pre-competitive consortia, which ultimately benefit suppliers in developing and emerging markets.
Inspectorio
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Inspectorio joined SLCP as an Accredited Host in 2025. The collaboration enables SLCP data to be integrated into the Inspectorio platform, providing easier access to data, supporting advanced analytics and interpretation, and enabling more informed, efficient decision-making.
The Brazilian Association of Textile Retail (ABVTEX)
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The Brazilian Association of Textile Retail (ABVTEX) and the Social and Labor Convergence Program (SLCP) have a shared goal of improving labor conditions in fashion supply chains by implementing robust social compliance systems and tools while avoiding audit duplications. Both organizations recognize that collaboration and harmonization are essential to further reducing audit fatigue. With the support of mutual stakeholders, ABVTEX and SLCP wish to build alignment between the programs.
Better Buying
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With a shared vision of improved working conditions in supply chains, Better Buying and SLCP provide data around the convergence of social assessments and links between purchasing practices and social conditions in the supply chain. The organisations jointly developed key questions related to the convergence of social assessments and implementation of the Converged Assessment Framework (CAF) which were added to the Better Buying Purchasing Practices Index. Read the latest data here.
Fair Wear
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SLCP and Fair Wear have been collaborating for several years, and in 2024 signed a renewed agreement committing to even closer partnership by signing a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) centered on three main areas of cooperation: data convergence, policy engagement, and industry engagement. Read the details here.
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With a shared goal to reduce audit fatigue, ITMF has been an SLCP signatory from the start and has served as an advisor on the roll-out of the Converged Assessment Framework (CAF). ITMF brings a focus on manufacturers and manufacturer associations, and the collaboration with SLCP is focused on convening stakeholders to implement the CAF.
Amfori
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In June 2025, amfori and SLCP signed a new MoU to deepen our collaboration. By working closely to learn for each other, align our efforts, and explore joint solutions on responsible data sharing, we aim to better contribute to policy dialogue and complement each other’s strengths to support companies in implementing social due diligence.
Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI)
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SLCP and the Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI) share a commitment to promoting responsible business practices. Together, the organizations explore opportunities to support textile and apparel manufacturers across India, with a particular focus on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs).
International Textile Manufacturers Federation (ITMF)
Global Fashion Agenda (GFA)
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In 2021, SLCP became an Impact Partner of the Fashion CEO Agenda.
GFA and SLCP have a shared vision and in the partnership will take complementary roles. While GFA focuses on convening industry, leadership & business/trade media, and policymakers, SLCP focuses on the implementation of the Converged Assessment Framework, providing data and measuring progress. Together, SLCP and GFA will leverage their collective power to accelerate industry alignment and convergence and shift resources towards improvement actions based on credible, verified data.
SLCP concretely speaks to the GFA Fashion CEO agenda priority: respectful & secure work environments.
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SLCP is a Spotlight Partner of Open Supply Hub (OS Hub), supporting greater visibility and access to supply chain data. The collaboration helps stakeholders discover existing facility-level information, promote data sharing, and reduce the need for duplicative assessments and information requests.
Association of Professional Social Compliance Auditors (APSCA)
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Data Quality and Integrity are a priority for the Social & Labor Convergence Program (SLCP) and to that aim SLCP began a formal collaboration with the Association of Professional Social Compliance Auditors (APSCA) in 2021.
APSCA has been a consistent partner and advisor throughout our collaboration. SLCP has already been aligning with APSCA criteria to monitor and improve the performance of SLCP Verifiers and Verifier Bodies. Under this collaboration agreement, both organizations have now mutually agreed to share alerts and integrity investigations proactively and systematically. APSCA and SLCP will also continue to seek further avenues for engagement that will support our joint vision.
Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute (C2CPII)
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The Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute (C2CPII) and SLCP signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in 2025 to align efforts in reducing audit duplication and advancing data convergence across the textile sector. Through this strategic partnership, SLCP’s Converged Assessment Framework (CAF) will be recognized as an accepted data source to meet the social fairness requirements of Cradle to Cradle Certified® (C2C Certified®) Standard. Find out more here.
International Apparel Federation (IAF)
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In 2025, SLCP and the International Apparel Federation (IAF) formalized a strategic collaboration through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to address audit fatigue.
IAF, the world’s leading federation representing apparel manufacturers, SME brands, their associations, and the wider supply chain, brings a global network spanning over 100,000 companies across more than 40 countries. SLCP contributes deep technical expertise in implementing converged social and labor assessments. Together, the two organizations are aligning efforts to scale and strengthen solutions to streamline assessments and reduce audit duplication.
Find out more here.
Open Supply Hub
Policy Hub
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SLCP and the Policy Hub collaborate closely by contributing valuable industry insights to joint policy position papers and guidance, while actively engaging with EU policymakers to promote impactful due diligence practices. Leveraging SLCP’s expertise in social and labor data, this partnership supports Policy Hub’s work on due diligence implementation within the textile industry. In 2024, SLCP further strengthened this collaboration by joining Policy Hub’s Advisory Group and Chairing the Due Diligence Workstream. The Policy Hub are now active members of SLCP’s Policy Technical Advisory Committee, contributing to the direction of SLCP’s policy work.
In 2024, SLCP joined the UNECE Sustainability Pledge - an initiative to promote transparency and traceability in the apparel and footwear sector.