Welcome to the
HRDD Academy
A platform that enables garment and footwear brands to conduct impactful human rights due diligence
Empower your brand to conduct responsible business.
Empower your brand to conduct responsible business.
What is the
HRDD Academy?
Empower your brand to do business responsibly
The HRDD Academy, powered by Fair Wear, is an online learning platform for garment and footwear brands to conduct impactful human rights due diligence. Get access to a tailored, hands-on learning, enriched with practical tools and expert insights. With over 25 years of experience in supporting responsible business conduct, Fair Wear promotes Human Rights Due Diligence (HRDD) as a strategic approach to creating lasting impact and business value.
What the HRDD Academy offers
We offer three levels to take you through your HRDD journey.
Level 1
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Create a foundational understanding of the six main HRDD steps.
Gain insight into impactful HRDD
Browse the extensive resource library
Access HRDD learning modules
Stay updated on mandatory human rights due diligence (mHRDD) legislation
Access external communication benefits regarding participation in the HRDD Academy
Level 2
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Begin your own HRDD journey and start to work on your responsible purchasing practices.
Assess your brand’s purchasing practices
Access further interactive learning modules on a range of topics, e.g. living wages, gender and social dialogue
Use Fair Wear’s resources, tailor-made guidance and suggested actions to identify gaps and adjust strategy and internal processes
Level 3
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Start actively implementing the lessons learned and work on your own risk-scoping.
Use Fair Wear tools to work on your own sourcing, product and business model risks
Map sector-specific human rights risks on a country level
Gain access to validated, real-time, multi-stakeholder information relating to potential harms for the main garment-producing countries
Access further interactive learning on country-specific potential harms
Benefits of joining the HRDD Academy
Learn from HRDD experts
Brands that join the HRDD Academy gain access to a tailored, hands-on learning experience enriched with practical tools and insights from Fair Wear's team of experts.
Gain exclusive access to resources
Through a wealth of resources, self-paced learning modules, and expert guidance, brands can cost-effectively explore how to implement HRDD throughout their own business and supply chains.
Stay ahead of legislation
Despite uncertainty around the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), national legislation on responsible business conduct continues to advance. European garment brands are still expected to embed HRDD across their supply chains. The HRDD Academy helps brands stay prepared, offering clear guidance for practical and impactful implementation.
HRDD Academy participants include:
“The HRDD Academy made human rights due diligence feel simple and doable. We learned a lot, and it really set us up for Fair Wear membership – a super helpful step on our journey, giving us clarity and confidence for the next phase.”
Lisa Schmidt
Senior Sustainability Manager at SNOCKS
Upcoming Events
WEBINAR
Launch of third access level of the HRDD Academy: Active HRDD
Sept 29, 2025
14:30 – 15:30 [CET]
Join us on 29th September to celebrate the launch of the third level of the HRDD Academy: Active HRDD. In this session, you’ll learn about how you can benefit from this level of the HRDD Academy and use it to actively implement Human Rights Due Diligence using the Risk Scoping Tool - a tool designed to help your brand in identifying and prioritising human rights risks across your supply chains. We will be sharing a demo video during this session and will be able to answer any questions you have.
A detailed agenda will follow soon - we look forward to seeing you there!
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