As a company, we have super high standards for ourselves and our clients and, most importantly, for the people making our products. There have been years and years building our knowledge base, keeping up with legislation, and learning about new initiatives within our supply chain so we thought that we would give you an insight into what the certification means! Luckily it's an ongoing process, so we will keep updating you!
Many of our manufactures adhere to several internationally recognised industry standards and guidelines to ensure the ethical and social impacts of their actions are accounted for. Further insight into such initiatives is shown below; please refer to their respective websites for further information.
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The Business Social Compliance Initiative (BSCI) is a leading supply chain management system that supports companies to drive social compliance and improvements within the factories and farms in their global supply chains. BSCI implements the principle of international labor standards protecting workers’ rights.
Since 1999, FLA has helped improve the lives of millions of workers around the world. As a collaborative effort of socially responsible companies, colleges and universities, and civil society organizations, FLA creates lasting solutions to abusive labour practices by offering tools and resources to companies, delivering training to factory workers and management, conducting due diligence through independent assessments, and advocating for greater accountability and transparency from companies, manufacturers, factories and others involved in global supply chains.
Fair Wear Foundation (FWF) is a non-profit organisation that works with garment brands, factories, trade unions, NGOs, and governments to improve working conditions for garment workers in 11 production countries across Asia, Europe, and Africa.
The standard aims to define world-wide recognized requirements that ensure the organic status of textiles, from harvesting raw materials through environmentally and socially responsible manufacturing to labeling to provide a credible assurance to the end consumer. Textile processors and manufacturers can export their organic fabrics and garments with one certification accepted in all major markets.
ISO 9001:2015 specifies requirements for a quality management system when an organization needs to demonstrate its ability to consistently provide products and services that meet customer and applicable statutory and regulatory requirements and aims to enhance customer satisfaction through the effective application of the system, including processes for improvement of the system and the assurance of conformity to customer and applicable statutory and regulatory requirements.
The “PETA - Approved Vegan” logo allows companies that sell apparel, accessories, furniture, or home decor to highlight their vegan offerings, helping consumers find animal-free products at a glance and make purchases that align with their values.
REACH is a European Union regulation concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation, and restriction of Chemicals. REACH has several aims: protection of human health and the environment from the use of chemicals, manufacturers, and importers responsible for understanding and managing the risks associated with their use, free movement of substances on the EU market, enhance innovation in and the competitiveness of the EU chemicals industry and promote the use of alternative methods for the assessment of the hazardous properties of substances.
Sedex® is a global membership organisation dedicated to driving improvements in ethical and responsible business practices in global supply chains. Sedex® provides a range of tools, services, guidance, and training to help companies map and manage their supply chain risks.
The WRAP Certification program’s objective is to independently monitor and certify compliance with standards to ensure that sewn products are being produced under lawful, humane, and ethical conditions. Their standards consist of: Compliance with Laws and Workplace Regulations, Prohibition of Forced Labour, Prohibition of Child Labour, Prohibition of Harassment or Abuse, Compensation and Benefits, Hours of Work, Prohibition of Discrimination, Health and Safety, Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining, Environment, Customs Compliance, and Security.