Loop Leather Co
On Track. Pays or is working towards a living wage, with gaps still to close.
Last researched 2 November 2026 · 6 sources
Melbourne brand making leather belts and accessories.
Loop Leather Co makes most of its handcrafted leather belts in Australia and carries the Australian Made label.
Also worth knowing
Ethical Clothing Australia checks that every worker in its Australian supply chain is paid award wages and entitlements.
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Why it's graded On Track
- Not met: Meets 5 of 6 Good requirements.
- Met: No red flags.
Good requirements 5 of 6
- Met: Pays a living wage, or holds a strong fair-pay certificationLiving wage: award wages independently checked (Ethical Clothing Australia)
- Met: Respects worker rights
- 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 listFully certified by Ethical Clothing Australia, which holds and audits the list of workshops. Loop Leather Co doesn't publish its own.
- Not met: High-risk raw materials (leather) traced or certified, or not a major part of its rangeNot traced or certified: leather
Red flags 0
None found.
Stars it would earn as Good
None yet. Stars only show on Good companies. About stars
Accreditations 2
- Ethical Clothing AustraliaCounts as proof of a living wage for products made in Australia, because it checks workers get the legal pay rates for their job, and in Australia those are about a living wage.
- Australian MadeCounts as made in Australia for the final stage. For Good, the brand also needs to show where its materials and parts are made.
Estimates for its products
Our rules applied to one kind of product at a time, using Loop Leather Co'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.
- A product made without leather: Good
Holding one? Scan its barcode for an estimate that uses its care label or ingredients.
Where it's made
Loop Leather Co is fully certified by Ethical Clothing Australia, which holds and audits its list of workshops. That covers only part of its range. The rest is shown as where clothes and shoes are usually made.
| Country | Worker rights | Legal minimum wage | Forced labour risk |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | Strong protections | About a living wage | Low |
| ChinaUsual for the industry | No guarantee of rights | Below a living wage | Moderate |
| BangladeshUsual for the industry | No guarantee of rights | Far below a living wage | Moderate |
| VietnamUsual for the industry | Systematic violations | Well below a living wage | Moderate |
| IndiaUsual for the industry | No guarantee of rights | Well below a living wage | High |
| CambodiaUsual for the industry | No guarantee of rights | Far below a living wage | Moderate |
| TürkiyeUsual for the industry | No guarantee of rights | Below a living wage | Very high |
| IndonesiaUsual for the industry | No guarantee of rights | Well below a living wage | Moderate |
| PakistanUsual for the industry | No guarantee of rights | Far below a living wage | High |
Evidence
What we found
- Uses little or no cotton (e.g. wool, linen or leather products)
- Doesn't show where its leather comes from. Leather is linked to hazardous tannery work and forced labour on some cattle ranches, so it can't be graded Good until it traces or certifies it.
Research notes Loop Leather Co is a Melbourne leather belt and accessories brand run by Tripler Trading Co. Pty Ltd, a long-established Victorian private company that also trades as Loop Belts, Redd Leather and Redd Corporate. It is currently accredited by Ethical Clothing Australia, which checks that the Australian workers in its local supply chain are paid award wages and entitlements, and its directory listing says the majority (not all) of its products are made in Australia. The brand does not say which items are made overseas, where its leather hides are tanned or where its buckles and fittings come from, and it does not publish staff numbers. It sells online with Australian shipping and through THE ICONIC.
What independent sources say
| Source | Result | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Ethical Clothing Australia | Certified | Listed in Ethical Clothing Australia's current brand directory as accredited, with the majority of products made in Australia. View |
| Fair Wear | Not covered | No indication of Fair Wear membership; not expected for a locally made brand. View |
| B Corp directory | Not listed | No B Corp certification is mentioned by the brand. View |
| Business & Human Rights Resource Centre | Not listed | No labour allegations against the brand appear in news or NGO reporting. View |
Sources and actions
Sources 6
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- Ethical Clothing Australia: Loop Leather Co. brand page · search the archive · Listed as ECA accredited in the current brand directory (page updated August 2026); Melbourne-based maker of handcrafted leather belts and accessories; marked 'Majority Made in Australia'; no detail on which products or materials come from overseas.
- Ethical Clothing Australia brand sitemap · search the archive · Loop Leather Co is one of the 57 brands in the current ECA directory.
- ABN Lookup: ABN 24 005 619 205 · search the archive · Business name LOOP LEATHER CO (since 2012), along with LOOP BELTS, REDD LEATHER and REDD CORPORATE, is held by Tripler Trading Co. Pty Ltd, an Australian private company in VIC 3043; ABN active since 2000.
- THE ICONIC: Loop Leather Co · search the archive · Loop Leather Co belts are sold through the Australian retailer THE ICONIC.
- Peppermint Magazine: All we want for Christmas... (Nov 2025) · search the archive · ECA gift guide featuring the handmade Loop Leather Co Kylie belt as an ECA-accredited brand.
Published by Loop Leather Co or its owner
- Loop Leather Co website · search the archive · Sells hand-crafted leather belts and accessories online; shows ECA accreditation and an Australian Owned badge; copyright 2026, so still trading.
Company details
- Owned by
- Tripler Trading Co. Pty Ltd
- Headquarters
- Australia
- Last researched
- 2 November 2026
- Cite this page
- Labour Lens, "Is Loop Leather Co ethical? Labour rating", https://www.labourlens.net/brand/loop-leather-co, 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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