Glossary

  A-Customers

Our most important customers are called A-Customers. Other customer groups are B- Customers and C-Customers. Classification is based on the criteria: revenue, revenue potential and image factor.

  AFW

Asia Floor Wage. The Asia Floor Wage Campaign, a global coalition of trade unions and NGOs that promote living wages in the textile industry. Living Wages were calculated for a few Asian countries – but only for the country as a whole and without taking regional differences into consideration. The FWF uses the AFW Living Wage as a benchmark.

  Audit

Designation for monitoring by external (or internal) experts regarding the fulfillment of requirements and guidelines.