Progress & Metrics
We believe that our business should be conducted with honesty and respect for the dignity and rights of all people.
Goal Progress
Participate in A&F’s Social Audit
Program: 100% of Tier 1 and Logoed Suppliers on an Ongoing Basis
A&F Co. maintained 100% participation of its Tier 1 and Logoed Suppliers in Social Audit Program in fiscal year
2025.
Complete Higg Index Facility
Social & Labor Module (“FSLM”) or Social & Labor Convergence Program (“SLCP”): 100% of
Laundries by 2028
100% of A&F Co. laundries completed the Higg FSLM or SLCP or equivalent social audit program in fiscal year 2025.
Complete Higg Index FSLM or
SLCP: 100% of Top Producing Fabric Mills (i.e. 80% production volume) by 2028.
100% of A&F Co. top producing fabric mills completed the Higg FSLM or SLCP or equivalent social audit program in fiscal year 2025.
Train Employees on Gender-Based
Violence Prevention and
Response: 100% of Better Work
Factories by 2025
A&F Co. promotes zero workplace and gender-based violence. We partnered with Better Work to strengthen our factories awareness on sexual harassment prevention and help factories develop management system and strategies to address and prevent it. As of fiscal year 2025, 137 factories were provided training through Better Work, achieving 100% completion in gender-based violence prevention and response training.
Provide Supply Chain Workers
Access to Well-Being and
Empowerment Programs: 50,000
workers by 2027
Since 2019 and through fiscal year 2025, A&FCo. has trained 44,515 workers in well-being programs.
Program Metrics
Audit Program
Prior to production, a factory and all subcontractors must go through a rigorous audit process. With the social audit process, A&F Co. can identify the most common findings for each category throughout the audited factory base in a consistent and transparent manner, as well as share steps being taken to address those issues.
Metrics below reflect the 2025 fiscal year.
Audit Highlights
438
Audits Completed
99%
Transparent Factories
100%
Tier 1 Logoed Factories Audited
Transparency in our audit process allows auditors to properly review wages, benefits, insurance and working hours to ensure the factory is following legal and A&F Co. Vendor Code of Conduct requirements. To improve transparency and achieve full accountability, A&F Co.’s sustainability team communicates with all vendors on A&F Co.’s transparency expectations during audits. Factories with non-transparency issue will enroll to our Remediation Program. A&F Co. will terminate relationships with vendors if no meaningful improvement is made.
Audit Findings
99%
69%
99%
100%
100%
99%
0
0
Active Factory Ratings
68%
A + B Rating
44%
A Rating
24%
B Rating
18%
C Rating
11%
D Rating
3%
F Rating
Work to Address Key Findings
A&F Co. social audits conducted in 2025 identified several key findings, which were addressed with corrective actions.
One factory had an incident of sexual harassment; the perpetrator was removed and deemed ineligible for rehire, senior management oversaw a full third‑party investigation, and the factory implemented trainings for both workers and management on harassment awareness and appropriate use of grievance mechanisms.
One factory found child labor violation due to ineffective age-verification procedure. One worker was hired 24 days before reaching the legal minimum age. By the time the audit was completed the worker was no longer employed by the factory and had reached the legal minimum age. The factory immediately verified and ensure full payment to workers in accordance with legal requirement wages, completed third‑party training, and updated its hiring policies to strengthen age‑verification procedures.
One factory used migrant workers transferred improperly from a sister company; upon discovery, the factory renewed all workers’ contracts and work locations in accordance with legal requirements and completed third‑party training focused on proper employment contract practices.
Impact Areas
Human Trafficking Awareness
Empowerment & Community Engagement
Human Trafficking Awareness
A&F Co. partners with the Pacific Links Foundation (PALS) and Matera Alliance to provide human trafficking awareness in Vietnam factories.
2025 Human Trafficking Awareness Training
40
Vietnamese Factories
53,371
Workers Trained
As a result of the 2025 trainings, worker awareness to identify signs of forced labor increased by 58%.
