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On Track. Pays or is working towards a living wage, with gaps still to close.
Last researched 2 November 2026 · 5 sources
Sydney label selling relaxed men's and women's clothing in organic cotton.
bassike makes most of its organic cotton casual wear in Australia, where legal wages are about a living wage.
Also worth knowing
It is a certified B Corp.
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Why it's graded On Track
- Not met: Meets 3 of 7 Good requirements.
- Met: No red flags.
Good requirements 3 of 7
- Met: Pays a living wage, or holds a strong fair-pay certificationLiving wage: presumed because legal wages in Australia are about a living wage, not checked at the company
- Met: Respects worker rights
- Not met: Supply chain independently audited or certified, or at least 80% made in countries with strong labour standards
- Not met: Shows where its earlier production stages happen, not just the final oneA "Made in" claim can cover only the final stage. Earlier stages to show: yarn, fabric, dyeing and, for shoes, uppers
- 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 0
None found.
Stars it would earn as Good
None yet. Stars only show on Good companies. About stars
Estimates for its products
Our rules applied to one kind of product at a time, using bassike's evidence and, where it has product lines, that line's countries. They're estimates: we don't know which factory made any single item.
T-shirts, Shirts, Pants & trousers, Shorts, Dresses & skirts, Knitwear, Hoodies & sweatshirts, Jackets & coats, Jeans: On Track, the same as bassike overall, because nothing we know differs between them.
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Where it's made
bassike names some of the countries it makes in: Australia. The rest is shown as where clothes and shoes are usually made.
| Country | Share | Worker rights | Legal minimum wage | Forced labour risk |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 95% | Strong protections | About a living wage | Low |
| ChinaUsual for the industry | 2% | No guarantee of rights | Below a living wage | Moderate |
| BangladeshUsual for the industry | 1% | No guarantee of rights | Far below a living wage | Moderate |
| VietnamUsual for the industry | 1% | Systematic violations | Well below a living wage | Moderate |
| IndiaUsual for the industry | 1% | No guarantee of rights | Well below a living wage | High |
| CambodiaUsual for the industry | under 1% | No guarantee of rights | Far below a living wage | Moderate |
| TürkiyeUsual for the industry | under 1% | No guarantee of rights | Below a living wage | Very high |
| IndonesiaUsual for the industry | under 1% | No guarantee of rights | Well below a living wage | Moderate |
| PakistanUsual for the industry | under 1% | No guarantee of rights | Far below a living wage | High |
Evidence
What we found
- "Made in Australia" only means the last major stage happened there: under customs and consumer law, yarn, fabric, dyeing and, for shoes, uppers can be made elsewhere. It hasn't shown where those earlier stages happen, so where it's made counts towards On Track but not Good. Source
- 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 bassike says 95% of its garments are made in Australia by local manufacturing partners, so most of its makers are covered by Australian award wages; it does not say where the rest is made. It screens suppliers with its own Sustainable Ethical Manufacturing Index and its organic cotton jersey yarn is GOTS certified, but it does not publish a supplier list, independent audit results or a modern slavery statement. It is a certified B Corp and has no reported labour abuses.
What independent sources say
| Source | Result | Details |
|---|---|---|
| B Corp directory | Certified | Certified B Corp since June 2022 (Bassike Holdings Pty Ltd), with an overall score of 97.4 at its latest assessment. View |
Sources and actions
Sources 5
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- bassike holdings pty ltd - B Corp directory · search the archive · Certified June 2022; overall B Impact score 97.4; Workers score 21.2; operates in Australia
- The co-founder of bassike on embedding sustainability into the brand's DNA (Inside Retail, 2024) · search the archive · Over 90% of manufacturing onshore; denim production moved from Japan back to Australia
- bassike urges industry to come together to support local makers (Ragtrader) · search the archive · Co-founder says bassike's local makers are paid fair wages; no figures given
Published by bassike or its owner
- bassike - Responsible business partners · search the archive · 95% of bassike garments made in Australia; partners screened with internal S.E.M.I index
- bassike - Sustainability · search the archive · Over 90% made in Australia; B Corp since June 2022; GOTS certified organic cotton jersey yarn
Company details
- Headquarters
- Australia
- Last researched
- 2 November 2026
- Cite this page
- Labour Lens, "Is bassike ethical? Labour rating", https://www.labourlens.net/brand/bassike, last researched 2 November 2026, accessed [date].
- Method
- Researched with AI assistance against published rules. How we check · What On Track means
Better-graded basics
Second-hand and refurbished goods create no new factory work, so they're Good by rule and come first.
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