Etiko Fair Trade
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Fair trade clothing and sporting goods
Established in Melbourne in 2005. Etiko's products use Fairtrade certification for its raw material inputs and factory production. The cotton used in all their footwear and clothing products are certified organic.
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Company Assessment
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This social enterprise is Social Traders certified. Social Traders certification assures stakeholders that a social enterprise has a social, cultural or environmental purpose as its primary objective, that a substantial portion of its revenue is derived from commercial trade, and that the majority of the organisation's efforts and resources are invested into the social purpose.
Source: Social Traders (2023)
A+ grade in Baptist World Aid Australia's '2021 Ethical Fashion Report', which grades companies, from A to F, on the strength of their systems to mitigate against the risks of forced labour, child labour and worker exploitation in their supply chains, as well as protect the environment from the harmful impacts of the fashion industry. Assessment criteria fall into five main categories: policy & governance, tracing & risk, auditing and supplier relationships, worker empowerment and environmental sustainability.
Source: Baptist World Aid Australia (2021)
Certified B Corporations use the power of business to solve social and environmental problems. B Corps meet comprehensive and transparent social and environmental performance standards; meet higher legal accountability standards; and build business constituency for good business.
Source: B Corporation (2019)
In 2020 Baptist World Aid Australia released The COVID Fashion Report, a special edition of their Ethical Fashion Report. The report is framed around six COVID Fashion Commitments that ask companies to demonstrate the steps and measures they are taking to protect and support the most vulnerable workers in their supply chains. This company showed evidence of actions that cover ALL areas of the COVID Fashion Commitments.
Source: Baptist World Aid Australia (2020) |
Etiko won the Fairtrade Certified Product of the Year (Speciality) award at the inaugural 2013 Fairtrade Awards for their hitop sneakers.
Source: 2013 Fairtrade Awards (2013)
In 2016 this company received the Australian Human Rights Commission Business Award. "Etiko is a small business that has focussed on supply chain ethics by developing an accredited and scalable ethical supply chain model. It has received an A+ rating for ethical production in fashion brands. Etiko is the first non-food brand to receive fairtrade certification in the Pacific region. Etikoâs success in promoting supply chain ethics to the broader community displays great leadership and resource commitment from a small business. It also demonstrates how doing business ethically in Australia can have significant positive human rights impacts at home and abroad."
Source: Australian Human Rights Commission (2016) |
Company Details
Type | Private company |
Contact Details
Address | Shop 22, The Mall, 50 Dorset Square, Boronia, VIC, 3155, Australia |
Phone | 03 9752 3082 |
admin@etiko.com.au | |
Website | www.etiko.com.au |
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