Foscarini
On Track. Pays or is working towards a living wage, with gaps still to close.
Last researched 2 November 2026 · 5 sources
Italian lighting company known for lamps such as Twiggy.
Foscarini makes its designer lighting in Italy, where labour laws are strong and legal wages are close to a living wage.
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Why it's graded On Track
- Not met: Meets 5 of 7 Good requirements.
- Met: No red flags.
Good requirements 5 of 7
- Met: Pays a living wage, or holds a strong fair-pay certificationLiving wage: presumed because legal wages in Italy are close to a living wage, not checked at the company
- Met: Respects worker rights
- Met: Supply chain independently audited or certified, or at least 80% made in countries with strong labour standardsPresumed from where it's made, not audited
- 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: materials and parts such as fabric, timber, glass, metal and ceramics
- 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 (such as timber and cotton) traced or certified, or not a major part of its rangeNone recorded in a major share of its range
Red flags 0
None found.
Stars it would earn as Good
None yet. Stars only show on Good companies. About stars
Where it's made
Foscarini says which countries it makes its products in, but doesn't name the factories.
| Country | Worker rights | Legal minimum wage | Forced labour risk |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | Strong protections | Close to a living wage | Low |
Evidence
What we found
- No high-risk raw materials (such as timber and cotton) are recorded in a major share of its range, so the raw-material check doesn't hold it back for Good.
- "Made in Italy" only means the last major stage happened there: under customs and consumer law, materials and parts such as fabric, timber, glass, metal and ceramics 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
Research notes Foscarini describes itself as a company without a factory: its lamps are made by a network of specialist partner workshops and artisans in Italy and sold as Made in Italy. It does not name these partners, and publishes no supplier list, supplier code of conduct, audit results or wage commitments. Its Ingo Maurer brand, bought in 2022, is based in Munich and is not covered here. No labour abuses have been reported.
What independent sources say
| Source | Result | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Australian Modern Slavery Register | Not listed | No Australian modern slavery statement covers Foscarini; it sells here through independent retailers such as Space Furniture. View |
| Business & Human Rights Resource Centre | Not listed | No company profile or labour rights stories about Foscarini. View |
| Baptist World Aid Ethical Fashion Report | Not covered | Baptist World Aid's Ethical Fashion Report does not assess lighting makers. View |
Sources and actions
Sources 5
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- Foscarini's president maps out future course with Ingo Maurer (Interior Daily) · search the archive · Foscarini acquired 90% of Ingo Maurer GmbH in 2022
- Foscarini (Salone del Mobile.Milano) · search the archive · A company without factory; production relies on a network of specialised artisans in Italy; 60 lamp families
- Foscarini: freedom stimulates creativity (ArchiExpo e-Magazine) · search the archive · Production outsourced to Italian partner factories, letting Foscarini use the Made in Italy label
- Foscarini Twice as Twiggy LED Dimmer Floor Lamp (Space Furniture) · search the archive · Sold by Space Furniture, with showrooms in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane; listed as Made in Italy
Published by Foscarini or its owner
- Foscarini is founded on the island of Murano (Foscarini) · search the archive · Founded on Murano in 1981; owned by Urbinati and Vecchiato since 1988; HQ in Marcon; a company without a factory; bought Ingo Maurer in 2022
Company details
- Owned by
- Privately owned (Carlo Urbinati and Alessandro Vecchiato)
- Headquarters
- Italy
- Last researched
- 2 November 2026
- Cite this page
- Labour Lens, "Is Foscarini ethical? Labour rating", https://www.labourlens.net/brand/foscarini, last researched 2 November 2026, accessed [date].
- Method
- Researched with AI assistance against published rules. How we check · What On Track means
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