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Alémais

Lacks transparency

Lacks transparency. Publishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.

Clothing & footwear

Partly verified: what this means

Last researched 2 November 2026 · 5 sources

Australian womenswear label selling printed dresses, shirts and sets.

Alémais can't show that the workers who make its products in India and Kenya earn a living wage, which workers there are very unlikely to.

Better-graded everyday fashion

Graded higher than Alémais, selling the same kinds of things. Second-hand first.

14 op shops and resale platforms, Good by ruleBuying second-hand or refurbished: GlamCorner and Blue Spinach and 12 more · See them allGoodThe Social StudioClothing & footwearSocial enterprise fashion labelIts own factories in Australia hold Ethical Clothing Australia accreditation.GoodGoes Above and Beyond: Gives workers a real voice; Finds and fixes problems, or invests in communities4 starsThe Social OutfitClothing & footwearSydney-made social enterprise fashionIts own factories in Australia hold Ethical Clothing Australia accreditation.GoodGoes Above and Beyond: Gives workers a real voice3 starsbassikeMissing: a full independent supply chain audit, where its earlier stages happen and 2 more · Clothing & footwearOrganic cotton casual wearPays or is working towards a living wage, with gaps still to close.On TrackPartly verified

Second-hand and refurbished goods create no new factory work, so they're Good by rule and come first.

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Why it's graded Lacks transparency

  • Not met: Meets 2 of 6 Good requirements.
  • Holds the grade back: It doesn't show that workers are paid a living wage, and isn't certified as working towards one. On Track needs at least one of these.
  • It isn't Harm on record, because there's no serious confirmed problem on its record.
  • Lacks transparency is still a poor grade: in supply chains like this, workers who can't be seen to be treated fairly are usually underpaid or unprotected.

How grades are decided

Good requirements 2 of 6

  • Not met: Pays a living wage, or holds a strong fair-pay certificationLiving wage: no evidence
  • Not met: Respects worker rightsJudged on where its products are made: worker rights are poorly protected in China, India and Kenya.
  • Met: Supply chain independently audited or certified, or at least 80% made in countries with strong labour standards
  • Met: No child or forced labour findings or links
  • Not met: Names the factories or farms that make its products, or is fully certified by a scheme that holds and audits that list
  • Not met: High-risk raw materials (cotton) traced or certified, or not a major part of its rangeNot traced or certified: cotton

Red flags 1

  • Red flag: No evidence it pays a living wage

Stars it would earn as Good

None yet. Stars only show on Good companies. About stars

Where it's made

Alémais says which countries it makes its products in, but doesn't name the factories.

Where it's made, and conditions there
CountryWorker rightsLegal minimum wageForced labour risk
ChinaNo guarantee of rightsBelow a living wageModerate
IndiaNo guarantee of rightsWell below a living wageHigh
KenyaSystematic violationsWell below a living wageModerate

Evidence

What we found

  • Independent social audits of all its main factories
  • Doesn't show where its cotton comes from. Cotton is linked to forced labour in Xinjiang and Turkmenistan, and child labour in several growing regions, so it can't be graded Good until it traces or certifies it.

Research notes Alémais clothing is made by long-standing contract suppliers in China and by artisan partners in India and Kenya (including Soko in Kenya), but it publishes no factory list or shares by country. It says every garment maker had a third-party social audit (2024: 90% SMETA, 7% amfori BSCI), that it has traced all garment makers and 59% of fabric and yarn suppliers, and that it bans Xinjiang cotton. Its supplier code follows the Ethical Trading Initiative code, but it has no living wage commitment, publishes no wage data or audit findings, and is not in the Ethical Fashion Report.

Sources and actions

Sources 5

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  1. Alémais - Good On You · search the archive · Final production in extreme-risk countries; no evidence of living wages
  2. Lesleigh Jermanus interview (goop) · search the archive · Founded 2020 by Lesleigh Jermanus and Chris Buchanan in Sydney

Published by Alémais or its owner

  1. Alémais Impact Report 2021-2024 · search the archive · Suppliers in China plus artisans in India and Kenya (Soko); 2024 audits SMETA 90%, BSCI 7%; Xinjiang cotton banned; no living wage commitment
  2. Alémais - Supply Chain · search the archive · Tier 1 100% traced, Tiers 2-3 59%; all suppliers audited (SMETA, BSCI or Fairtrade) by end of 2023; ETI-based code of conduct
  3. Alémais - Our Manufacturing · search the archive · No production countries or factory list disclosed; artisan partners such as Soko named

Company details

Headquarters
Australia
Last researched
2 November 2026
Cite this page
Labour Lens, "Is Alémais ethical? Labour rating", https://www.labourlens.net/brand/alemais, last researched 2 November 2026, accessed [date].
Method
Researched with AI assistance against published rules. How we check · What Lacks transparency means

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