Labour Lens

Nimble Activewear

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 · 6 sources

Sydney women's activewear brand selling leggings and sports bras.

Nimble Activewear makes its women's activewear and loungewear in Taiwan, where labour laws are strong and legal wages are close to a living wage.

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It uses some recycled fibres.

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Why it's graded On Track

How grades are decided

Good requirements 5 of 7

  • Met: Pays a living wage, or holds a strong fair-pay certificationLiving wage: presumed because legal wages in Taiwan 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
  • 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 (cotton) traced or certified, or not a major part of its rangeOnly in a few products: cotton

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

Nimble Activewear says which countries it makes its products in, but doesn't name the factories.

Where it's made, and conditions there
CountryWorker rightsLegal minimum wageForced labour risk
TaiwanStrong protectionsClose to a living wageLow

Evidence

What we found

  • Uses cotton in only a few products, so the raw-material check doesn't hold it back for Good. It doesn't show where its cotton comes from. The "Open supply chain" star needs all of it traced, certified or upcycled.
  • Uses recycled metals or fibres
  • "Made in Taiwan" 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

Research notes Nimble says most final production takes place in Taiwan, with its fabrics knitted at an unnamed Taiwanese mill within about 80km, but it publishes no supplier list. All its fabrics are OEKO-TEX or bluesign certified, which covers chemicals rather than working conditions, and it says it excludes Xinjiang and visits its suppliers. Its supplier code of conduct is still being drafted, third-party ethical audits of main factories are only a 2029 target, and it makes no living wage commitment. Its range is mostly synthetic, with core fabrics made from recycled plastic. It is not rated in the Ethical Fashion Report.

What independent sources say

SourceResultDetails
B Corp directoryNot listedNimble Activewear is not a Certified B Corp; the B Corp listed under the name Nimble is an unrelated US technology company. View
Fashion Transparency Index (Fashion Revolution)Not coveredNot included in the Fashion Transparency Index. View

Sources and actions

Sources 6

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  1. Nimble - Good On You directory · search the archive · Most final production in Taiwan; no formal code of conduct; no evidence of living wages; medium share of recycled materials.
  2. Nimble - B Corp directory · search the archive · The B Corp named Nimble is a California personal technology company, not Nimble Activewear.
  3. Founders of Nimble Activewear turned childhood friendship into $3 million fashion brand (SmartCompany) · search the archive · Founded 2013 by Katia Santilli and Vera Yan in Sydney; first store in Bondi.
  4. Nimble Activewear Sustainability (The Sports Edit) · search the archive · Final production in Taiwan within an 80km radius; MoveLite fabrics from a Taiwanese mill made from recycled plastics; not in the FTI.

Published by Nimble Activewear or its owner

  1. Our Sustainability Story - Nimble Activewear · search the archive · All fabrics OEKO-TEX or bluesign; no Xinjiang suppliers; supplier code of conduct in development; Tier 1 audits by 2029; organic cotton goal.
  2. Our SDG Commitments - Nimble Activewear · search the archive · Excludes Xinjiang; on-site visits to Tier 1 and 2 suppliers; third-party audits and Tier 2 visibility targeted for 2029.

Company details

Headquarters
Australia
Last researched
2 November 2026
Cite this page
Labour Lens, "Is Nimble Activewear ethical? Labour rating", https://www.labourlens.net/brand/nimble, 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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