Headwear
Maker of uniform caps for every Major League Baseball and Minor League Baseball team in USA, as well as uniforms worn by youth and high-school baseball players. Founded in 1920, they make more than 35 million licensed and non-licensed caps a year. Acquired '47 in 2024.
Company Assessment
(Last updated Jan 2021)
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New Era Cap Co. Inc
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Transparency Pledge
The Apparel and Footwear Supply Chain Transparency Pledge (Transparency Pledge) helps demonstrate apparel and footwear companies' commitment towards greater transparency in their manufacturing supply chain. Transparency of a company's manufacturing supply chain better enables a company to collaborate with civil society in identifying, assessing, and avoiding actual or potential adverse human rights impacts. This is a critical step that strengthens a company's human rights due diligence. This company is fully aligned with the Transparency Pledge, thereby committing to regularly publish on its website a list naming all sites that manufacture its products.
Source: Transparency Pledge
(2019)
1/5 on Good On You
This company owns brands rated 'We avoid' 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)
Sweatshop Hall of Shame 2008
Named in the International Labor Rights Forum's "Sweatshop Hall of Shame 2008", which highlights apparel and textile companies that use sweatshops in their global production. (Listed under information due to age of report)
FLA Accredited
When joining the Fair Labor Association (FLA) this company committed to promoting and complying with international labor standards throughout their supply chain. The FLA does not accredit the company itself; rather, they accredit the company's labor compliance program. Being granted accreditation implies that their workplace standards program is substantially in compliance with the FLA Code.
Source: Fair Labor Association
(2016)
Angora ban
This company has taken angora items off the shelves and promised not to use angora again, following a PETA campaign launched in Dec 2013 which revealed the cruelty inflicted on angora rabbits in Chinese factory farms, where 90% of the world's angora is produced.
Source: PETA
(2018)
Company Details
Type:
Family-owned private company
Founded:
1920
Revenue:
2 billion USD
(2024)
Subsidiaries:
47 Brand LLC
Clothing brand
Founded in the USA in 1947 by twin Italian immigrant brothers, Henry and Arthur D'Angelo. They hold licenses to make hats and apparel for most major US sporting leagues plus 900 colleges. Acquired by New Era in 2024.
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New Era Cap
New Era
Hats
'47
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