Fashion retail
Founded in the Netherlands in 1985 and acquired by Bluestar Alliance in 2023 shortly after filing for bankruptcy.
Company Ownership
Scotch & Soda
NLD
Bluestar Alliance LLC
owns 100% of Scotch & Soda
USA
Brand management
Owns, manages, and markets a portfolio of over consumer brands.
Company Assessment
(Last updated Mar 2026)
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Scotch & Soda
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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
(2024)
Failure to sign International Accord
This company has been called out by the Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC) for not signing the International Accord for Health and Safety in the Textile & Garment Industry. All of the brands that have not yet signed the Accord continue to put workers' lives at risk and CCC urge them to sign on as soon as possible.
Source: Clean Clothes Campaign
(2025)
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 not aligned with the Transparency Pledge and has made no commitment to publish supplier factory information.
Source: Transparency Pledge
(2026)
Fur free retailer
This retailer has committed to being a fur free retailer, as recognised by the International Fur Free Retailer Program.
Source: Fur Free Retailer
(2026)
Responsibility claims
This company has responsibility claims on its website.
Source: company website
(2024)
CanopyStyle member
This company is a member of the CanopyStyle initiative, which came about when research found that millions of trees are used every year to produce dissolving pulp, a key ingredient for fabrics such as rayon/viscose. The campaign seeks to phase out the use of endangered forest fibre in fabric.
Source: Canopy
(2025)
Bluestar Alliance LLC
No assessment data currently available for Bluestar Alliance LLC.
Company Details
Type:
Private company
Founded:
1985