Etiko

The com­pa­ny is the first brand of the sou­t­hern hemis­p­he­re to be Fair Tra­de cer­ti­fied and con­ti­nuous­ly makes sure the peo­p­le who work on its pro­ducts are paid living wages, impro­ving the lives of eve­ry­o­ne in its sup­ply chain. Eti­ko is serious about labor rights in its sup­ply chain and it explains its com­mit­ment expres­ses itself in three ways: making sure fair pri­ces are paid so wor­kers and far­mers can impro­ve their busi­nes­ses, only doing busi­ness with fac­to­ries that uphold labor rights, and set­ting an example for other busi­nes­ses by spea­king out on the topic. Etiko’s cer­ti­fi­ca­ti­ons pro­ve that it lives up to its slo­gan: wear no evil. When you buy an Eti­ko pro­duct, you can be con­fi­dent that peo­p­le were not har­med in the pro­cess. The same goes for ani­mals, becau­se it’s a vegan brand.

Though the com­pa­ny gets a per­fect sco­re on labor rights, the­re is still room for impro­ve­ment in terms of sustai­na­bi­li­ty. We’re cur­rent­ly mis­sing a cen­tral sustai­na­bi­li­ty report that inclu­des ener­gy and water con­sump­ti­on, and offers more insight into the sup­ply chain. We know that most of Etiko’s mate­ri­als are cer­ti­fied, but there’s a lack of transpa­ren­cy on the topic. That being said, the B Cor­po­ra­ti­on has a very small car­bon foot­print, is redu­cing this fur­ther, and is on tar­get to reach car­bon neu­tra­li­ty in 2020. The com­pa­ny has a take back pro­gram, so you can hand in your old pair of Eti­ko snea­kers for recy­cling. Eti­ko uses almost no plas­tics in its pack­a­ging and whe­re it does it makes sure it’s bio­de­gra­da­ble and com­posta­ble and from a repu­ta­ble com­pa­ny. The Austra­li­an brand’s appro­ach to busi­ness is more than just doing what it’s asked, it actu­al­ly makes a posi­ti­ve impact with its com­pa­ny by lif­ting peo­p­le out of pover­ty and cre­a­ting a bet­ter life for them.