Womens fashion
Australian owned company, founded and designed in Melbourne in 1992 by Robert Cromb and Danielle Vagner. Clothes are produced in own manufacturing facilities in Fiji and sold in 38 boutiques across Australia and New Zealand.
Company Assessment
(Last updated Oct 2024)
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Magi Enterprises Pty Ltd
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COVID Fashion Commitments
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.
15/100 in Ethical Fashion Report
Baptist World Aid Australia's '2024 Ethical Fashion Report' assessed 120 companies on their efforts 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. This company received a score of 15/100. The average score was 31.3 and the highest score was 90.
2/5 on Good On You
This company owns brands rated 'Not good enough' by Good On You, whose rating system considers the most important social and environmental issues facing the fashion industry to assess a brand's impact on people, the planet and animals.
Source: Good On You
(2021)
Ethics statement
This company has an ethical approach to fashion in its manufacturing processes, sourcing materials that are sustainable, providing a certified organic range and through their Katalyst Foundation making lasting changes to alleviate poverty by providing infrastructure and sustainable businesses in Fiji.
Source: company website
(2016)
Katalyst Foundation
In 2012 Kookai started their own charity, Katalyst Foundation, to centralize the charitable work they had engaged in over the previous two decades. Katalyst focuses on charitable endeavours, primarily in Fiji, that bring about lasting change to break the cycle of poverty, rather than just providing temporary relief.
Source: company website
(2016)
Company Details
Type:
Family-owned private company
Employees:
1000+
(2015)
Contact Details
Address:
34 Garden St, South Yarra, VIC, 3141, Australia
Phone:
03 9804 7906
Website:
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Kookai
Kookai
Womens Fashion