It doesn't have to be an afterthought.

We can integrate a framework of human rights principles into global supply chains and develop principled business practices that improve conditions for workers around the world. The main question is vision and know-how, which are at the heart of Thrive Collaborative.

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Remembering Thrive Collaborative Co-Founder and Director Klaus Hohenegger

On 25 October 2022, Thrive Collaborative lost its Co-Founder and Director Klaus Hohenegger when he died suddenly of natural causes. Klaus’ vision, commitment, and creative practicality lay at the heart of everything Thrive does. To learn more about this loss — and for more about how to join in remembering Klaus — click here.

“Workers’ rights in the garment industry will only ever be sustainable after human rights become part and parcel of how business systems work, rather than an afterthought to what is already here.”

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A proven track record of developing innovative tools

Members of Thrive Collaborative are developing ground-breaking solutions to push past and overcome obstacles to realising human rights in global supply chains.

A rapid response to lost jobs and wages during the COVID crisis
In response to the devastating impact of COVID-19 for garment workers’ jobs and wages, Thrive Directors Klaus Hohenegger and Anne Lally developed a 4-part practical guidance tool for Fair Wear Foundation and Ethical Trading Initiative UK brands. The guidance is being delivered via webinars complemented by country-specific online sessions. During coaching sessions, Hohenegger and Lally offer concrete steps for brands to take in order to take responsibility for the impact of brands’ COVID-19 behaviour on workers, while looking at ways to integrate due diligence more effectively into brand behaviours so as to futureproof brands’ future impact on workers.
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Living Wage Solutions
For more than a decade, the directors of Thrive Collaborative -- Klaus Hohenegger and Anne Lally -- have partnered with Fair Wear Foundation to spearhead cutting-edge approaches to living wages. They have coached staff and member brands in the 'Living Wage Incubator' and developed a prototype for calculating the added costs of paying workers a living wage and incorporating these costs into the unit cost of all garments.
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What We Deliver

Thrive Collaborative harnesses the diverse skills of human rights and industry experts dedicated to meaningful change in the global garment industry. We provide:

  • Impact-driven, 360° strategies
  • Innovative tools to push the boundaries of current practice
  • Tailored capacity-building solutions for a range of stakeholders – from on-the-ground technical sessions for local trade unions and suppliers to big picture workshops for policy makers and leaders in your organisation
  • Clear, well-written publications, featuring concrete guidance for meaningful change
  • Alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, UN Guiding Principles, and OECD Guidelines 
Team

Who We Are

Thrive Collaborative brings together experts with skills in human rights, research, communications and business. We have managed factories. We have advanced the work of trade unions. We have helped build multi-stakeholder initiatives and rewired the sourcing strategies of garment brands.

As experts with extensive work experience on five continents, we have come together to mobilize our diverse skills in the service of one goal: to develop concrete, targeted solutions to pervasive human rights problems in the global garment industry.

Anne Lally

Anne Lally is Co-Founder/Director at Thrive. Anne has spent more than 20 years working to integrate human rights into the global garment industry. She has collaborated with many of the MSIs and global NGOs advocating for the rights of garment workers. For more than a decade, she has spearheaded ground-breaking living wage work and a range of key strategic projects as Senior Advisor at Fair Wear Foundation. Anne is Chair of Katalyst Initiative, a non-profit focused on empowering civil society to create new forms of accountability in the garment industry. She has also served as executive director of a US fair trade organisation. Anne holds a Masters in International Affairs from Columbia University.

Klaus Hohenegger

Klaus Hohenegger is Co-Founder/Director at Thrive. Klaus has more than 25 years of experience in, and profound know-how of, the apparel/textile value chain. Klaus has managerial experience running a number of apparel factories and has worked at the sourcing and buying departments of a number of brands. Klaus is director of Sourcing Solutions GmbH, a Swiss-based consultancy that supports brands and factories on a range of issues related to product development, sourcing, manufacturing and CSR. For more than a decade, he has partnered with Fair Wear Foundation on a range of projects. He has won global recognition for his innovative work developing tools and methodologies to integrate living wages in product costs. Klaus has an EMBA in entrepreneurship and business engineering.

Doug Miller

Doug Miller is emeritus professor in worker rights in fashion formerly of the Design School at the University of Northumbria, UK. Between 2000 and 2008 Doug was director of research at the International Textile Garment and Leather Workers Federation (ITGLWF) which merged into IndustriALL, the global union for manufacturing. During this period he was responsible for research into supply chain developments, corporate social responsibility, and assisting the Global Union in its efforts to negotiate international framework agreements with leading multinationals in the sector. Doug has written extensively on labour rights, and his work on living wages is the basis for today’s leading thinking on labour minute costing and fair garment pricing.  He serves in an advisory capacity to a number of initiatives, including Fair Wear Foundation and the Action Collaboration Transformation (ACT) Initiative. 

Nicole Pope

Nicole Pope is a former journalist turned consultant, writer and book coach. She lived in Istanbul for over two decades and served as Turkey correspondent for the French daily Le Monde for 15 years. Now based in Berlin, she provides services to NGOs and international organisations. Her work ranges from conducting research and interviews, and producing strategy reports, analyses and white papers to writing clear and accessible publications. Over the years, Nicole has worked extensively on gender, labour and human rights issues. Clients include Fair Wear Foundation, the Fair Labor Association, the World Bank and UNDP. She holds an MA in International and Community Development.

Team

Who We Are

As activists and experts with extensive work experience on 5 continents, we have come together to mobilize our diverse skills in the service of one goal: to develop concrete, targeted solutions to pervasive human rights problems in the global garment industry.

We have managed factories, advanced the work of trade unions, helped to build multi-stakeholder initiatives from the ground up, and rewired the sustainability and sourcing programs of garment brands. Thrive Collaborative is a team of strategists, communicators, researchers, activists, human rights practitioners, and business professionals.

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Anne Lally

Anne Lally is Co-Founder/Director at Thrive. Anne has spent more than 20 years working to integrate human rights into the global garment industry. She has collaborated with many of the MSIs and global NGOs advocating for the rights of garment workers. For more than a decade, she has spearheaded ground-breaking living wage work and a range of key strategic projects as Senior Advisor at Fair Wear Foundation. Anne is Chair of Katalyst Initiative, a non-profit focused on empowering civil society to create new forms of accountability in the garment industry. She has also served as executive director of a US fair trade organisation. Anne holds a Masters in International Affairs from Columbia University.

Klaus Hohenegger

Klaus Hohenegger is Co-Founder/Director at Thrive. Klaus has more than 25 years of experience in, and profound know-how of, the apparel/textile value chain. Klaus has managerial experience running a number of apparel factories and has worked at the sourcing and buying departments of a number of brands. Klaus is director of Sourcing Solutions GmbH, a Swiss-based consultancy that supports brands and factories on a range of issues related to product development, sourcing, manufacturing and CSR. For more than a decade, he has partnered with Fair Wear Foundation on a range of projects. He has won global recognition for his innovative work developing tools and methodologies to integrate living wages in product costs. Klaus has an EMBA in entrepreneurship and business engineering.

Doug Miller

Doug Miller is emeritus professor in worker rights in fashion formerly of the Design School at the University of Northumbria, UK. Between 2000 and 2008 Doug was director of research at the International Textile Garment and Leather Workers Federation (ITGLWF) which merged into IndustriALL, the global union for manufacturing. During this period he was responsible for research into supply chain developments, corporate social responsibility, and assisting the Global Union in its efforts to negotiate international framework agreements with leading multinationals in the sector. Doug has written extensively on labour rights, and his work on living wages is the basis for today’s leading thinking on labour minute costing and fair garment pricing.  He serves in an advisory capacity to a number of initiatives, including Fair Wear Foundation and the Action Collaboration Transformation (ACT) Initiative. 

Nicole

Nicole Pope

Nicole Pope is a former journalist turned consultant, writer and book coach. She lived in Istanbul for over two decades and served as Turkey correspondent for the French daily Le Monde for 15 years. Now based in Berlin, she provides services to NGOs and international organisations. Her work ranges from conducting research and interviews, and producing strategy reports, analyses and white papers to writing clear and accessible publications. Over the years, Nicole has worked extensively on gender, labour and human rights issues. Clients include Fair Wear Foundation, the Fair Labor Association, the World Bank and UNDP. She holds an MA in International and Community Development.

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