Bared Footwear

Where it's made

Country conditions from the ITUC Global Rights Index, Global Slavery Index and living wage benchmarks. Certifications and audits can raise a company above its countries' baseline.

Why this grade

• Cotton is linked to forced labour (Xinjiang, Turkmenistan) and child labour in several growing regions. (partly offset by certification or direct sourcing)
• Certified B Corp: Whole-company assessment. Labour is one part of the score, so it is supportive rather than proof.
• Independent social audits of all its main factories
• Proves a living wage for part of its supply chain only
• Modern slavery statement
• Uses high-risk raw materials (e.g. leather tanning, mica, artisanal gold)
• Uses recycled metals or fibres
• Uses higher-risk raw materials such as leather that aren't traced to the farm. This is noted as a risk but doesn't decide the grade.

Bared designs in Melbourne; most women's shoes are made by a long-term family-owned factory in Dongguan, China, and men's shoes in Felgueiras, Portugal and Dongguan, with footbeds from Dongguan and Binh Duong, Vietnam. All tier-one factories (about 812 workers) are audited by Intertek, and its own living wage audits found 84% of tier-one suppliers paying above an Anker living wage benchmark in 2025; its FY26 statement says two factories were dropped after failing to meet standards within a six-month support period. It does not publish factory names or volume shares by country, and its leather comes from Leather Working Group certified tanneries (90% Gold), a certification that covers environmental management rather than tracing hides to farms.