what criticism did it face?
Factories associated with them have been exposed as relying on exploitative labour centres that grossly violate these standards.
Fair Wear Foundation
 Factories associated with Fair Wear have been exposed as relying on exploitative labour centres that grossly violate these standards. 
what is unionskirche, idstein? It is the active Protestant parish church of Idstein. where is the latter mentioned place? It is a town in the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis of Darmstadt in Hesse, Germany. what are some established businesses here? RS systeme GmbH, Motorola GmbH, Jack Wolfskin, DG-Verlag (distribution and logistics), and a few others. what is the corporate responsibility followed by the third mentioned business? It has been a member of the Fair Wear Foundation, that helps improve workplace conditions in the garment and textile industry. what did the aforementioned foundation do to create change? It encourages change by conducting brand performance checks, audits, training, and by operating complaints helplines in 11 countries. what are the countries it does its production from? Bangladesh, Bulgaria, China, India, Indonesia, and 6 other countries. what are the its garment brands? It as over 80 member companies representing over 130 garment brands from 10 European countries. what is the history of this foundation? In the period 1999–2002, Fair Wear carried out pilot projects on the implementation of the Code of Labour Practices with four Dutch companies.
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Fair Wear Foundation [SEP] Criticisms
Fair Wear does not certify products, brands, or factories - instead, relying on a "process approach" that claims to insist on constant progress toward the standards it supports. Factories associated with Fair Wear have been exposed as relying on exploitative labour centres that grossly violate these standards. Further, research has shown that self-regulated codes of conduct (specifically and explicitly those of Fair Wear) provide "few significant results... for specific worker rights."