Qualitops
On Track. Pays or is working towards a living wage, with gaps still to close.
Last researched 2 November 2026 · 5 sources
Melbourne clothing manufacturer selling stock tees and hoodies.
Qualitops makes its tees and hoodies in its own factories 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 listMakes its products in its own factories
- Not met: High-risk raw materials (cotton) traced or certified, or not a major part of its rangeNot traced or certified: cotton
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 Qualitops'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.
T-shirts, Hoodies & sweatshirts, Jackets & coats, Shorts, Pants & trousers, Kids' clothes, Workwear: On Track, the same as Qualitops overall, because nothing we know differs between them.
- A product made without cotton: Good
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Where it's made
From Qualitops's own disclosure: it makes its products in its own factories.
| Country | Worker rights | Legal minimum wage | Forced labour risk |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | Strong protections | About a living wage | Low |
Evidence
What we found
- Owns or runs its own production
- Doesn't show where its cotton comes from. Cotton is linked to forced labour in Xinjiang and Turkmenistan, and child labour in several growing regions, so it can't be graded Good until it traces or certifies it.
Research notes Qualitops makes all its garments at its own factory in Melbourne and says it uses no outworkers. Ethical Clothing Australia's current directory lists it as accredited, saying 100% of its products are made in Australia; ECA accreditation checks that its workers get award wages and entitlements. Ethical.org.au recorded the accreditation as having lapsed in 2025, but Qualitops is listed again in ECA's directory as of November 2026. It does not publish where its fabrics and yarns come from.
What independent sources say
| Source | Result | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Ethical Clothing Australia | Certified | Listed in Ethical Clothing Australia's current directory of accredited brands (November 2026), with 100% of products made in Australia. Ethical.org.au had recorded a lapse in 2025. View |
| B Corp directory | Not listed | Does not appear to be a certified B Corp. View |
Sources and actions
Sources 5
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- Ethical Clothing Australia: Qualitops · search the archive · Accredited brand in ECA's directory (November 2026); Melbourne maker since 1978; 100% of products made in Australia; store in Reservoir, VIC.
- Ethical Clothing Australia brand sitemap · search the archive · Qualitops is among the 56 brands in ECA's current directory (page updated 1 November 2026).
- Ethical.org.au: Qualitops · search the archive · Australian-owned private company, about 30 employees; records ECA accreditation as ceased in 2025 (updated March 2026); no criticisms.
Published by Qualitops or its owner
- Qualitops: home page · search the archive · 100% made in Australia, all production in Melbourne, all garments made in-house, no external outworkers, union workforce, ECA certified.
- Qualitops: About us · search the archive · Established 1978; all garments produced in-house at its Melbourne factory; ECA accredited manufacturer licensed to use the ECA trademark.
Company details
- Headquarters
- Australia
- Employees
- About 30
- Last researched
- 2 November 2026
- Cite this page
- Labour Lens, "Is Qualitops ethical? Labour rating", https://www.labourlens.net/brand/qualitops, last researched 2 November 2026, accessed [date].
- Method
- Researched with AI assistance against published rules. How we check · What On Track means
Better-graded basics
Second-hand and refurbished goods create no new factory work, so they're Good by rule and come first.
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