Labour accreditations, explained
What each label actually checks, what it doesn't, and how much it counts towards a grade. Tap one to see the brands that hold it. You can also search for an accreditation and a category together, such as "Fairtrade chocolate".
Strongest: proof of fair pay or full independent checks
Fairtrade6 brandsFarmers get a guaranteed minimum price plus an extra premium, and farms are checked for child and forced labour.Fair for Life2 brandsA fair trade certification that covers the whole supply chain, including hired workers on farms and in factories.WFTO Guaranteed Fair Trade1 brandThe whole business, not just one product, is checked against fair trade principles, including paying a living wage.Ethical Clothing Australia1 brandEvery worker making the brand's Australian-made clothes, including outworkers at home, is paid award wages.SA80001 brandFactories are independently audited against a demanding standard that includes paying a living wage.Fair Trade Certified factory (Fair Trade USA)3 brandsFactories meet audited working conditions, and brands pay an extra premium that workers decide how to spend.
Working towards a living wage
Fair Wear5 brandsThe brand joins a programme that checks its factories, runs a worker complaints line and pushes it towards paying a living wage.Fair Labor Association5 brandsThe brand's whole labour programme is assessed, including unannounced visits to its factories.GOTS (Global Organic Textile Standard)4 brandsOrganic textiles made in factories that must meet basic labour standards.
Supportive, but not proof on their own
Fairtrade cotton1 brandThe cotton was grown by Fairtrade farmers, but the factory that made the clothes isn't covered.Certified B Corp28 brandsThe whole company scores at least 80 points on a broad assessment of how it treats workers, communities and the environment.Rainforest Alliance7 brandsFarms are audited for environmental and labour standards, but there's no guaranteed minimum price.Responsible Business Alliance4 brandsAn electronics industry code of conduct, with audits of factories, set by the companies themselves.amfori BSCI / SMETA audits2 brandsFactories have had a commercial social audit, a basic check that's useful but easily gamed.TCO Certified0 brandsElectronics products whose final assembly factories meet audited labour criteria.Responsible minerals programme5 brandsThe company checks the smelters that supply its tin, tantalum, tungsten, gold or cobalt.Australian Made1 brandMade in Australia, where workers are covered by award wages and Fair Work protections.Social Traders certified social enterprise0 brandsAn Australian business that exists mainly to benefit people or communities.