Navangi
On Track. Pays or is working towards a living wage, with gaps still to close.
Ethical Clothing Australia checks how Navangi's products are made, independently of the company. Researched with AI assistance against published rules. Last researched 2 November 2026 · 6 sources · How we check
Small Brisbane luxury womenswear label.
Navangi makes its luxury womenswear 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.
Best available in luxury and designer. No brand in this category is Good yet, and Navangi is the strongest we've rated: no serious red flags, and paying or working towards a living wage. How we pick
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Why it's graded On Track
Meets 5 of 6 Good requirements, with no red flags.Open why it has this gradeClose why it has this grade
- 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. Navangi doesn't publish its own.
- Not met: High-risk raw materials (cotton and silk) traced or certified, or not a major part of its rangeNot traced or certified: silk
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 Navangi'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.
Underwear: On Track, the same as Navangi overall, because nothing we know differs between them.
- A product made without cotton or silk: Good
Holding one? Scan its barcode for an estimate that uses its care label or ingredients.
Where it's made
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Navangi is fully certified by Ethical Clothing Australia, which holds and audits its list of workshops.
| Country | Worker rights | Legal minimum wage | Forced labour risk |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | Strong protections | About a living wage | Low |
Evidence
2 things we found and what 4 independent sources say.Open the evidenceClose the evidence
What we found
- Doesn't show where its silk comes from. Silk is linked to child and bonded labour in silk reeling and weaving, 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 Navangi is accredited by Ethical Clothing Australia, which lists 100% of its products as made in Australia and accredited, so the whole range is covered by checks that workers are paid award wages and entitlements. Garments are designed in Brisbane and sewn by an unnamed external manufacturing partner in North Brisbane. The brand names no makers, publishes no wage figures beyond the award-wage checks, and gives no staff numbers.
What independent sources say
| Source | Result | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Ethical Clothing Australia | Certified | Listed in the current Ethical Clothing Australia directory with 100% of products made in Australia and accredited. View |
| Fair Wear | Couldn't confirm | A Fair Wear membership is not mentioned by the brand; as a fully Australian-made label it falls outside Fair Wear's usual scope. View |
| B Corp directory | Not certified | No B Corp certification is claimed by the brand. View |
| Business & Human Rights Resource Centre | Not listed | No reports of labour problems at Navangi or its maker appear in news or NGO coverage. View |
Sources and actions
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Sources 6
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- Ethical Clothing Australia: Navangi · search the archive · Current ECA-accredited brand (womenswear); 100% of products made in Australia and accredited by Ethical Clothing Australia.
- Ethical Clothing Australia brand sitemap · search the archive · Navangi is among the 56 brands in ECA's current directory (page updated 1 November 2026).
Published by Navangi or its owner
- Navangi: Sustainability · search the archive · Designs begin in its Brisbane studio; each garment is made by an ethical manufacturing partner in North Brisbane; produces exclusively in Australia.
- Navangi: Ethical and sustainable fashion, the Navangi commitment · search the archive · Every piece designed and made in Brisbane; ECA accredited; bodysuit fabric REPREVE recycled polyester with organic bamboo gusset.
- Navangi: Meet the founder · search the archive · Founder and designer Jithya Fernando, a designer and stylist.
- Navangi: Contact · search the archive · Business address PO Box 41, Holland Park West, QLD 4121.
Company details
- Headquarters
- Australia
- Last researched
- 2 November 2026
- Cite this page
- Labour Lens, "Is Navangi ethical? Labour rating", https://www.labourlens.net/brand/navangi, 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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