Clothing
Founded in 2007. All their clothing is made in India from certified fair trade, organic cotton.
Company Assessment
(Last updated Nov 2024)
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Kowtow Clothing Ltd
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Exclusively organic products
All of their garments are certified under the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS).
Source: GOTS
(2022)
Exclusively Fairtrade
All of the products this company sells are Fairtrade certified
Source: Fairtrade NZ
(2019)
A+ grade in 2019 Ethical Fashion Report
A+ grade in the Baptist World Aid Australia's 'Ethical Fashion Report 2019', 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: policies, transparency and traceability, auditing and supplier relationships, worker empowerment and environmental management.
Certified B Corp with score of 101.3
Certified B Corporations, or B Corps, are companies verified by B Lab to meet high standards of social and environmental performance, transparency, and accountability. The B Impact Assessment measures a company's practices and outcomes in five areas: governance, workers, community, the environment, and customers. This company has a B Impact Score of 101.3 and has held B Corp Certification since May 2022. The median score for businesses is 50.9, with a score of 80 required for B Corp Certification.
Source: B Lab
(2024)
PETA Australian Fashion Award
In 2021 PETA awarded this company a PETA Australia Fashion Award for their cropped cardigan, which is made from 100% organic and fair trade cotton, not wool.
Source: PETA
(2021)
Use of non-mulesed wool
Brands owned by this company are listed in Human Society International Australia's Better Wool Guide as using 100% non-mulesed wool from a robust certification scheme, or has a time-bound commitment to do so. Mulesing is the controversial practice of removing strips of the skin of a lamb's rear and is often done without pain relief. In Australia, the only country where mulesing still occurs, an estimated 10 million merino lambs are subjected to mulesing each year - equivalent to 19 lambs per minute.
Source: HSI Australia
(2024)
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Kowtow
Kowtow
Womens Fashion
★ fairtrade, organic cotton