Denim
Australian denim brand offering training and employment to women rescued from human trafficking & exploitation in Cambodia. Acquired Nobody Denim in 2023.
Company Assessment
(Last updated Nov 2024)
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Outland Denim Pty Ltd
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A+ grade in 2021 Ethical Fashion Report
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.
Certified B Corp with score of 160.2
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 160.2 and has held B Corp Certification since April 2018. The median score for businesses is 50.9, with a score of 80 required for B Corp Certification.
Source: B Lab
(2024)
Common Objective listing
Common Objective ranks businesses from the fashion and textiles industry based on three factors: the quality of products and services, how a business maximises benefits for their workers, and environmental impact. This company is ranked in their top 10.
Source: Common Objective
(2021)
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.
PETA Australian Fashion Award
In 2021 PETA awarded this company a PETA Australia Fashion Award for their Athina jeans, made using 86% less water, 57% less energy, and 83% fewer chemicals. Even the brand patch is made of jacron paper, not leather.
Source: PETA
(2021)
Sustainability claims
This company has sustainability claims on its website including an extensive Impact Report, codes of conduct, and environmental policy. In 2022 the company went leather free.
Source: company website
(2022)
Modern Slavery statement
California, the UK and Australia have all enacted legislation requiring companies operating within their borders to disclose their efforts to eradicate modern slavery from their operations and supply chains. Follow the link to see this company's disclosure statement.
Source: company website
(2021)
Company Details
Type:
Private company
Subsidiaries:
Nobody Pty Ltd
Clothing manufacturer
Founded in 1999. They used to source denim from around the world and make garments in their Fitzroy facility in inner Melbourne. However they got into financial trouble in 2023, closed down their local manufacturing, and sold their assets to Outland Denim.
Contact Details
Address:
PO Box 159, Mt Tamborine, QLD, 4272, Australia
Phone:
1300 360 395
Website: