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21 November 2023 Fair Friday instead of Black Friday: "Fair Wear Works" and "Sport Handel Fair" call for commitment from sports clubs

Joint press release from Global Nature Fund and FEMNET

Fair Wear Works and Sporthandel Fair call on sports clubs to turn Black Friday into Fair Friday and to discount only sustainably produced fan articles. FC St. Pauli leads by example and participates in Fair Friday. The ‘Fair Wear Works’ project supports sports clubs and regional sports associations in making their textile purchases sustainable.

Joint press release from Global Nature Fund and FEMNET

Bonn. Fan articles, jerseys, sports shoes – many of these everyday products of amateur and professional sports have a long supply chain that has a negative impact on people and nature. On the occasion of the upcoming Black Friday on Friday 24.11.2023, the project calls for:Fair Wear Works’ (FWW) together with the Action Alliance "Sport is Fair" On to Fair Friday. All sports clubs are encouraged to discount exclusively sustainably produced fan articles on Fair Friday and thus to sensitize their fans to the topic of sustainability. "Sports clubs with their large number of members have an influential position and can promote ecological and social thinking", says Bettina Faust, project manager at the Global Nature Fund and responsible for FWW. "We call on the clubs to use this potential and turn Black Friday into Fair Friday."

FC St. Pauli as a fair pioneer

FC St. Pauli wants to lead by example and participates in Fair Friday. The online shop will discount the range on Fair Friday and give the opportunity to donate. As the first and currently only football club with membership in the Fair Wear Foundation, the Hamburg football club is a pioneer in sustainable and fair production of the entire merchandise production, from professional team equipment to skull sweaters.

‘Fair Wear Works’ provides support for sustainable textile purchasing

According to the Federal Institute for the Sports Industry, around 11 billion euros were spent on sportswear and shoes in Germany alone in 2020 – at the same time, for example, less than one percent of all footballs produced worldwide are fairly traded. The Fair Wear Works project has therefore set itself the task of increasing awareness of the relevance of sustainable textile purchasing and thus also of implementing the principles of the position paper. "Sustainable Sport 2030" Support the Federal Environment Ministry. FWW's needs-based offerings, such as advice on environmental and social risks along global textile supply chains and concrete support during the transition, enable sports clubs and regional sports associations to make the right choice and make an important contribution to promoting environmental and social sustainability in sport. Fair Wear Works is funded by ENGAGEMENT GLOBAL gGmbH on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), with the kind support of Fairtrade Germany.

The Sports Acting Fair Action Alliance

The Action Alliance ‘Sport Handel Fair’ is an association of NGOs, sports clubs, associations and municipalities with currently around 60 members who are actively involved in the topics of sport, fair trade and sustainability throughout Germany. The aim of the alliance is for sport in Germany to play an active role in improving human and labour rights conditions in the sports industry and the manufacture of consumer goods.

 

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Global Nature Fund
Bettina Faust ⁇ Project Management Fair Wear Works
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About the Global Nature Fund (GNF)
Since 1998, the Global Nature Fund (GNF) has been committed to nature and the environment from Radolfzell on Lake Constance. Biodiversity is the focus of many of his projects, which he is advancing around the globe with a large number of partner organisations. In Germany and Europe, the GNF attaches particular importance to contact and exchange with companies with whom it is looking for solutions for sustainable business.
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About FEMNET e.V.
FEMNET engages with political commitment, educational and advisory work for women in the producing countries of the global apparel industry. In dialogue with politics and business, FEMNET strives for the binding anchoring of corporate due diligence obligations. FEMNET is a pioneer in the implementation of eco-fair procurement procedures in public administration and has been advising municipalities on their textile tenders since 2015.
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