Mascaró
On Track. Pays or is working towards a living wage, with gaps still to close.
Last researched 2 November 2026 · 5 sources
Family-owned Menorcan footwear brand selling ballet flats.
Mascaró makes its handmade Spanish leather shoes in its own factories in Spain, 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 Spain 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: yarn, fabric, dyeing and, for shoes, uppers
- 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 (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
Where it's made
From Mascaró's own disclosure: it makes its products in its own factories.
| Country | Worker rights | Legal minimum wage | Forced labour risk |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | Strong protections | Close to a living wage | Low |
Evidence
What we found
- Owns or runs its own production
- Uses little or no cotton (e.g. wool, linen or leather products)
- "Made in Spain" 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 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 Mascaró says it keeps 100% of production in Menorca, where its own factory in Ferreries cuts, stitches and finishes its leather shoes; trade press in 2020 put about 95% of output at its Ferreries and Ciutadella plants, with some work by Spanish suppliers. Workers are covered by Spanish labour law and the brand runs an ethics channel, but it publishes no supplier list, audit results or wage data, and does not say where its leather is tanned. It has no public labour rights cases on record.
What independent sources say
| Source | Result | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Baptist World Aid Ethical Fashion Report | Not covered | Not rated in Baptist World Aid's 2026 Ethical Fashion Report, which covers brands with a large Australian presence. View |
Sources and actions
Sources 5
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- Mascaró, salto adelante: nombra su primer CEO (Modaes, 2020) · search the archive · About 350 direct staff; 465,000 pairs a year, all made in Spain, about 95% at its Ferreries and Ciutadella plants
- Mascaró, resistencia familiar con cintura para subir al podio (Modaes, 2022) · search the archive · Family-owned; all production centralised in Spain at its own Menorca factory plus suppliers; brands Mascaró and Pretty Ballerinas
Published by Mascaró or its owner
- Sobre Mascaró · search the archive · Production kept 100% in Menorca; leather hand-cut in its own Menorca factory; family firm since 1918; no tannery named
- Nuestro Atelier - Mascaró · search the archive · Designed and made entirely on the island at the Menorca factory; tanned leather uppers; over 100 manual steps per pair
- Mascaró official online shop · search the archive · Online shop offers an Australia (AUD) storefront; shoes 'handmade in Menorca'
Company details
- Owned by
- Grupo Mascaró (family-owned)
- Headquarters
- Spain
- Employees
- About 350
- Last researched
- 2 November 2026
- Cite this page
- Labour Lens, "Is Mascaró ethical? Labour rating", https://www.labourlens.net/brand/mascaro, last researched 2 November 2026, accessed [date].
- Method
- Researched with AI assistance against published rules. How we check · What On Track means
Better-graded footwear
Second-hand and refurbished goods create no new factory work, so they're Good by rule and come first.
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