Rapanui
On Track. Pays or is working towards a living wage, with gaps still to close.
Last researched 2 November 2026 · 7 sources
Isle of Wight company printing organic cotton tees to order.
Rapanui makes most of its organic cotton t-shirts and clothing in India, and uses some recycled fibres.
Also worth knowing
It's working towards a living wage through GOTS certification, which requires assessing and closing living wage gaps, but can't yet show workers are paid one.
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Why it's graded On Track
- Not met: Meets 4 of 6 Good requirements.
- Working towards a living wage. That's enough for On Track, but Good needs proof that workers are paid one.
- Its red flag, no proof yet of a living wage, is allowed for On Track because it's working towards one.
Good requirements 4 of 6
- Not met: Pays a living wage, or holds a strong fair-pay certificationLiving wage: working towards one
- 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
- 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 rangeTraced or certified: cotton
Red flags 1
- Red flag: No proof yet that it pays a living wage (it's working towards one)
Stars it would earn as Good
None yet. Stars only show on Good companies. About stars
Accreditations 1
Estimates for its products
Our rules applied to one kind of product at a time, using Rapanui'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, Pants & trousers, Socks, Shirts, Kids' clothes: On Track, the same as Rapanui overall, because nothing we know differs between them.
Holding one? Scan its barcode for an estimate that uses its care label or ingredients.
Where it's made
Rapanui names some of the countries it makes in: India. The rest is shown as where clothes and shoes are usually made.
| Country | Worker rights | Legal minimum wage | Forced labour risk |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | No guarantee of rights | Well below a living wage | High |
| 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 |
| 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
- Passes the raw-material check for clothes and shoes: traces or certifies its cotton.
- Uses recycled metals or fibres
- Traces or certifies most but not all of its cotton. That doesn't count against it for Good, but the "Open supply chain" star needs all of it traced, certified or upcycled.
Research notes Rapanui is an Isle of Wight company, founded in 2008, whose operating company is now Teemill Tech Ltd. Garments are sewn in factories in India and Europe from organic cotton grown in northern India, then printed to order at its renewable-powered Isle of Wight site, where it also runs its Remill textile recycling factory; it does not say who owns the sewing factories or how production splits between India and Europe. It uses GOTS-certified organic cotton and recycled materials, and its final-stage factory is reported to be SA8000 certified. It publishes no supplier list, and Good On You found no evidence of living wages in most of its supply chain.
Sources and actions
Sources 7
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- Good On You: Rapanui · search the archive · People rating 'Good' (updated June 2026); GOTS and GRS certified; traces most of its supply chain; no supplier list; no evidence of living wages.
- Companies House: Teemill Tech Ltd (formerly Rapanui Clothing Limited) · search the archive · Active company 07071956, registered at Rapanui Clothing, Freshwater, Isle of Wight; accounts made up to 31 December 2025.
- FashionUnited: Rapanui uses recycled cotton from own Remill T2T factory (2025) · search the archive · Dec 2025: returned items shredded and respun at its own Remill factory into products of 50% recycled and 50% organic cotton.
- Sustainable Review: Rapanui · search the archive · SA8000 certification at the final production stage; no evidence of living wages; most of the supply chain traced.
- Compassion in World Farming shop (Teemill): Sustainability · search the archive · Teemill garments made in factories on the Isle of Wight, in India and in Europe; organic cotton from northern India; production centres audited.
- The Manufacturer: Textile manufacturer Rapanui to open £100k facility · search the archive · 2014: cotton sourced in India; printing and finishing moved to the Isle of Wight; founded 2008 by Rob and Martin Drake-Knight.
- British Library x Teemill: delivery information · search the archive · Teemill print-on-demand orders offer UK, EU and International Delivery (GBP 15, 10-20 days).
Company details
- Headquarters
- United Kingdom
- Last researched
- 2 November 2026
- Cite this page
- Labour Lens, "Is Rapanui ethical? Labour rating", https://www.labourlens.net/brand/rapanui, 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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