Introducing the Facility Checker: A new search tool uncovering living wage gaps in fashion supply chains
Facility Checker, a new search tool, delivers critical fashion facility data to worker advocacy organizations. Discover how to get the best out of the tool in our short guide
This week marks the launch of the Facility Checker by Clean Clothes Campaign — a new search tool making it possible to search for fashion facilities and find information about worker wages, living wage gaps and the brands who source from them.
The search tool has been designed for worker advocacy organizations to deliver detailed facility information critical to research projects, case work and urgent appeals in one website.
Clean Clothes Campaign created the new tool as a counterpart to the Fashion Checker project. Where the Fashion Checker gives consumers the power to search living wage information by brand, the Facility Checker enables advocacy organizations to search by facility.
Both the Fashion Checker and the Facility Checker are built and powered by the WikiRate open data platform.
Below is a handy guide on how to get the most from the Facility Checker.
How do I search for a facility in the Facility Checker?
- Go to facilitychecker.org and enter the facility name in the search box
- Click the facility name to expand and explore the data
What data can I find in the Facility Checker?
The Facility Checker holds data about facilities. Where the data has been made publicly available it will display:
- Facility name
- Number of workers
- Gender split of workers
- Average net monthly salary
- Gap between a worker’s wage and a living wage
- Name of fashion brand(s) who source from the facility
- The year the fashion brand sourced from the facility
- Whether the fashion brand has a public commitment to paying a living wage in their supply chain
Can I find more data about the facility?
In many cases, there is additional information about the facility on the WikiRate platform.
- To find this data, click the link symbol next to the facility name. This will open a new tab with the full facility profile on WikiRate
Where does the data come from?
The data is stored on the WikiRate platform and is sourced from an evolving ecosystem of organizations and companies committed to putting more supply chain data into the public domain.
- Worker wage data is collected through worker surveys conducted by the Clean Clothes Campaign network of organizations
- Supply chain relationship data and worker demographic data comes from public supplier lists published by brands and from the Open Apparel Registry
- The living wage commitment data comes from brand surveys and desk research conducted by Clean Clothes Campaign and also by Fashion Revolution as part of the Fashion Transparency Index
Is the tool available in different languages?
Yes! The Facility Checker is currently available in 9 languages.
- Choose your language by selecting from the dropdown on the top right
The project team is expanding the number of languages in the tool. If you would like to contribute a translation, get in touch: info@wikirate.org.
I have data that I want to add to this project, how do I do it?
This project is actively seeking partners to bring more facility-level data to light. If you have data you want to share, get in touch with the WikiRate team at info@wikirate.org.
