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Bolia

Lacks transparency

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

Homewares, furniture & appliances

Partly verified: what this means

Last researched 3 November 2026 · 5 sources

Danish design brand selling sofas, tables, chairs and lighting.

There's no proof Bolia pays more than the legal minimum, which in China is below a living wage, and it has no full independent audit.

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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 rightsSome of its products are made in countries such as China and India, where unions are heavily restricted, and it has no full supply chain audit.
  • Not 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 (leather and timber) traced or certified, or not a major part of its rangeTraced or certified: timber. Traced or certified in the few products that use it: leather

Red flags 2

  • Red flag: No evidence it pays a living wage
  • Red flag: Made partly in countries with poor worker rights, without a full independent audit of its supply chain

Stars it would earn as Good

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

Where it's made

Bolia names some of the countries it makes in: Bosnia and Herzegovina, China, Denmark, Estonia, Croatia, India, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Thailand and Vietnam. The rest is shown as where homewares and appliances are usually made.

Where it's made, and conditions there
CountryWorker rightsLegal minimum wageForced labour risk
ChinaNo guarantee of rightsBelow a living wageModerate
VietnamSystematic violationsWell below a living wageModerate
IndiaNo guarantee of rightsWell below a living wageHigh
PolandRegular violationsClose to a living wageModerate
Bosnia and HerzegovinaRegular violationsNot ratedHigh
DenmarkStrong protectionsAbout a living wageLow
EstoniaStrong protectionsNot ratedModerate
CroatiaStrong protectionsNot ratedModerate
ItalyStrong protectionsClose to a living wageLow
LithuaniaStrong protectionsClose to a living wageModerate
PortugalStrong protectionsClose to a living wageLow
ThailandNo guarantee of rightsBelow a living wageModerate
IndonesiaUsual for the industryNo guarantee of rightsWell below a living wageModerate
MalaysiaUsual for the industryNo guarantee of rightsBelow a living wageModerate

Evidence

What we found

  • Passes the raw-material check for homewares and appliances: traces or certifies its timber.
  • FSC or PEFC certified timber: Forest certification that includes core labour rights for forest workers.
  • Traces all of its leather to the country of origin or beyond, or buys all of it certified
  • Traces or certifies most but not all of its timber. That doesn't count against it for Good, but the "Open supply chain" star needs all of it traced, certified or upcycled.

Research notes BOLIA does not own factories; it buys from partner manufacturers and names many of them. It says 89% of its designs are made in Europe (Italy, Poland, Croatia, Estonia, Denmark, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia and others), with handmade rugs from India and some accessories from China, Vietnam and Thailand. It follows the amfori BSCI code of conduct and several partners are amfori members or SA8000 certified, but BOLIA publishes no audit results, supplier list or living wage commitment. Rugs carry the Care & Fair label. All wood is FSC certified and all leather is traced to Danish and Swedish farms.

What independent sources say

SourceResultDetails
Baptist World Aid Ethical Fashion ReportNot coveredBaptist World Aid's Ethical Fashion Report (latest edition 2026) does not assess furniture makers. View
US Department of Labor goods listsListedThe US Department of Labor lists hand-woven carpets from India for child and forced labour; BOLIA's rugs are handmade in India. View

Sources and actions

Sources 5

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  1. Lars Larsen Group adjusts its strategic direction (Interior Daily) · search the archive · From FY26 BOLIA sits in the group's Investments segment alongside SofaCompany
  2. A new chapter in the BOLIA story (Lars Larsen Group, 2026) · search the archive · BOLIA owned by Jacob Brunsborg's Lars Larsen Group, owned by the family of JYSK founder Lars Larsen
  3. BOLIA to make Australian debut (RLI, 2024) · search the archive · First Australian flagship store, 415 sq m, in Richmond, Melbourne, opening June 2024

Published by Bolia or its owner

  1. Our craftsmen & -women (BOLIA) · search the archive · 89% of designs made in Europe; named partners in IT, PL, HR, EE, DK, PT, LT, BA, SI; rugs from India; accessories from China, VN, TH; all wood FSC; partners are amfori BSCI members or SA8000
  2. Things you might not know about us (BOLIA) · search the archive · 800+ staff, 100+ stores; leather only from Danish and Swedish farms; follows amfori BSCI Code of Conduct; Care & Fair rugs

Company details

Headquarters
Denmark
Employees
About 800
Last researched
3 November 2026
Cite this page
Labour Lens, "Is Bolia ethical? Labour rating", https://www.labourlens.net/brand/bolia, 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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