Labour Lens

Havaianas

On Track

On Track. Pays or is working towards a living wage, with gaps still to close.

Clothing & footwear

Partly verified: what this means

Last researched 2 November 2026 · 5 sources

Brazilian brand of rubber flip-flops and sandals.

Havaianas makes most of its rubber flip-flops and sandals in its own factories in Brazil.

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It's working towards a living wage through a public living wage plan, but can't yet show workers are paid one.

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Why it's graded On Track

  • Not met: Meets 2 of 6 Good requirements.
  • Working towards a living wage. That's enough for On Track, but Good needs proof that workers are paid one.
  • Its red flag, no proof yet of a living wage, is allowed for On Track because it's working towards one.

How grades are decided

Good requirements 2 of 6

  • Not met: Pays a living wage, or holds a strong fair-pay certificationLiving wage: working towards one
  • Not met: Respects worker rightsJudged on where its products are made: worker rights are poorly protected in Brazil, China and Bangladesh.
  • 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
  • Met: Names the factories or farms that make its products, or is fully certified by a scheme that holds and audits that listMakes its products in its own factories
  • Not met: High-risk raw materials (cotton and natural rubber) traced or certified, or not a major part of its rangeNot traced or certified: natural rubber

Red flags 1

  • Red flag: No proof yet that it pays a living wage (it's working towards one)

Stars it would earn as Good

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

Where it's made

From Havaianas's own disclosure: it makes its products in its own factories. Its list covers only part of its range. 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
Brazil95%Systematic violationsBelow a living wageModerate
ChinaUsual for the industry2%No guarantee of rightsBelow a living wageModerate
BangladeshUsual for the industry1%No guarantee of rightsFar below a living wageModerate
VietnamUsual for the industry1%Systematic violationsWell below a living wageModerate
IndiaUsual for the industry1%No guarantee of rightsWell below a living wageHigh
CambodiaUsual for the industryunder 1%No guarantee of rightsFar below a living wageModerate
TürkiyeUsual for the industryunder 1%No guarantee of rightsBelow a living wageVery high
IndonesiaUsual for the industryunder 1%No guarantee of rightsWell below a living wageModerate
PakistanUsual for the industryunder 1%No guarantee of rightsFar below a living wageHigh

Evidence

What we found

  • Owns or runs its own production
  • Public plan to pay a living wage within 5 years, or with measurable steps due within 5 years
  • Doesn't show where its natural rubber comes from. Natural rubber is linked to forced and child labour on some rubber plantations, so it can't be graded Good until it traces or certifies it.
  • Uses cotton in only a few products and doesn't show where it comes from. That doesn't count against it for Good, but the "Open supply chain" star needs all of it traced, certified or upcycled.

Research notes Alpargatas makes about 95% of its range, including all rubber flip-flops, in four factories it owns in Brazil: Campina Grande (45% of output), Montes Claros (32%), Carpina (20%) and Santa Rita (3%); suppliers make the rest. It says 89% of its employees were paid at least 20% above a living wage in 2024, aiming for all by 2030, but does not name the benchmark or have it checked independently. Natural rubber is its largest material purchase, with no published origin. No supplier list or Australian modern slavery statement was found.

What independent sources say

SourceResultDetails
Fashion Transparency Index (Fashion Revolution)ListedHavaianas scored 62% in the 2023 Fashion Transparency Index Brazil (6th edition), one of five brands above 60%. View

Confirmed issues 1

Only confirmed problems are listed, and old ones drop off after 10 to 15 years. A problem the company has fully put right no longer counts against it, and nor does one it finds and is fixing itself. How problems are counted

Last recordedWhat happenedMade amends?
2019Brazil's Superior Labour Court ruled in 2026 that a press operator at the Alpargatas Havaianas factory in Campina Grande worked in artificial heat without the heat recovery breaks required by safety rules, up to 2019 (TST via Lex, 2026). Source · search the archiveNot knownThe court ordered Alpargatas to pay overtime for the missed breaks up to December 2019; Alpargatas had contested the claim and no source says whether it has paid.

Sources and actions

Sources 5

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  1. Havaianas - Good On You · search the archive · Some final production stage BSCI audited; supply chain complaints mechanism; no evidence of living wages
  2. Fábrica das Havaianas completa 10 anos em Montes Claros (Diário do Comércio, 2023) · search the archive · Montes Claros is one of Alpargatas' four Havaianas factories (with Campina Grande, Santa Rita, Carpina) and employs 2,500 people
  3. Fábrica de calçados deve pagar horas extras por suprimir intervalo de recuperação térmica (Lex, 2026) · search the archive · TST ordered Alpargatas to pay overtime for heat recovery breaks denied to a Campina Grande press operator up to 2019
  4. Índice de Transparência da Moda Brasil: os destaques da 6ª edição (Elle Brasil) · search the archive · Havaianas scored 62% in the 2023 Fashion Transparency Index Brazil

Published by Havaianas or its owner

  1. Alpargatas Annual Sustainability Report 2024 · search the archive · ~95% made in four own Brazilian plants (shares by plant); 10,948 staff; 89% paid 20% above living wage, 100% by 2030; rubber 24% of purchases

Company details

Headquarters
Brazil
Employees
About 10,948
Last researched
2 November 2026
Cite this page
Labour Lens, "Is Havaianas ethical? Labour rating", https://www.labourlens.net/brand/havaianas, 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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