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ba&sh

Lacks transparency

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

Clothing & footwear

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Last researched 3 November 2026 · 7 sources

Paris women's fashion label selling dresses, tops, knitwear and shoes.

There's no proof ba&sh pays more than the legal minimum, which in China and Bulgaria is below a living wage.

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Why it's graded Lacks transparency

  • Not met: Meets 3 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 3 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, Thailand and India.
  • 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
  • Met: High-risk raw materials (cotton, leather, silk and cashmere) traced or certified, or not a major part of its rangeTraced or certified: cotton. Only in a few products: leather, silk and cashmere

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

Accreditations 1

Where it's made

ba&sh names some of the countries it makes in: China, Morocco, India, Tunisia, Portugal, Türkiye, Italy, Bulgaria, Spain and Thailand. The rest is shown as where clothes and shoes are usually made.

Where it's made, share by country, and conditions there
CountryShareWorker rightsLegal minimum wageForced labour risk
China23%No guarantee of rightsBelow a living wageModerate
ItalyNot givenStrong protectionsClose to a living wageLow
BulgariaNot givenRegular violationsBelow a living wageHigh
SpainNot givenStrong protectionsClose to a living wageLow
ThailandNot givenNo guarantee of rightsBelow a living wageModerate
India8%No guarantee of rightsWell below a living wageHigh
BangladeshUsual for the industry6%No guarantee of rightsFar below a living wageModerate
Türkiye5%No guarantee of rightsBelow a living wageVery high
Morocco5%Regular violationsWell below a living wageLow
VietnamUsual for the industry5%Systematic violationsWell below a living wageModerate
Tunisia4%No guarantee of rightsWell below a living wageLow
Portugal4%Strong protectionsClose to a living wageLow
CambodiaUsual for the industry2%No guarantee of rightsFar below a living wageModerate
IndonesiaUsual for the industry2%No guarantee of rightsWell below a living wageModerate
PakistanUsual for the industry1%No guarantee of rightsFar below a living wageHigh

Evidence

What we found

  • Passes the raw-material check for clothes and shoes: traces or certifies its cotton.
  • Independent social audits of all its main factories
  • Uses leather, silk and cashmere in only a few products. It doesn't show where its silk and cashmere come from and traces or certifies most of its leather. That doesn't count against it for Good, but the "Open supply chain" star needs all of them traced, certified or upcycled.
  • Traces or certifies most but not all of its cotton. That doesn't count against it for Good, but the "Open supply chain" star needs all of it traced, certified or upcycled.

Research notes ba&sh's 2024 sustainability report gives production by volume: China 34%, Morocco 13%, India 11%, Tunisia 9%, Portugal 9% and Turkey 8%, with smaller shares from Italy, Bulgaria, Spain and Thailand. It publishes no factory list. 94% of tier-1 sites had a recognised social audit (BSCI, ICS, SMETA or WCA) in 2024 and some dye houses were audited too; Xinjiang cotton is banned. 88% of its cotton is organic or recycled and all leather comes from LWG-certified tanneries. There is no living wage commitment and no labour abuses linked to its suppliers have been reported.

What independent sources say

SourceResultDetails
B Corp directoryCertifiedCertified B Corp since June 2024 with a score of 98.0 (Workers 25.3, Community 21.9, Supply Chain Management 9.0). View

Sources and actions

Sources 7

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  1. ba&sh - B Corp profile · search the archive · Certified June 2024, B Impact score 98.0; social compliance and traceability is a CSR pillar
  2. Les fondateurs de Ba&sh reprennent les commandes de la marque (FashionUnited, 2025) · search the archive · Founders back in charge; HLD remains a shareholder; 330 stores
  3. Ba&sh: Wir wurden nicht als nachhaltige Marke geboren... (FashionUnited, 2023) · search the archive · Production about 50/50 Asia and Euromed; products by country; all tier-1 suppliers audited; Uyghur cotton excluded; silk and viscose from China
  4. ba&sh - Sustainability Tracker · search the archive · Uses Fairly Made to trace suppliers; tier-one suppliers must pass a third-party social audit
  5. Fairly Made case study: ba&sh · search the archive · 300 products traced with Fairly Made, target 1,000 by end of 2024
  6. Willkie conseille groupe ba&sh dans le cadre de sa restructuration financiere (Le Monde du Droit, 2025) · search the archive · About 1,400 staff, over 320 stores in 70+ countries; holding company Muse Holding restructured in 2025

Published by ba&sh or its owner

  1. ba&sh Sustainability Report 2024 · search the archive · Volume by country (CN 34%, MA 13%, IN 11%, TN 9%, PT 9%, TR 8%); 94% tier-1 audited; 88% organic/recycled cotton; 100% LWG leather

Company details

Headquarters
France
Employees
About 1,400
Last researched
3 November 2026
Cite this page
Labour Lens, "Is ba&sh ethical? Labour rating", https://www.labourlens.net/brand/ba-sh, last researched 3 November 2026, accessed [date].
Method
Researched with AI assistance against published rules. How we check · What Lacks transparency means

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