Seasalt Cornwall

On Track. Pays or is working towards a living wage, with gaps still to close.

Last researched 2 November 2026 · 5 sources

Cornish brand selling casual womenswear and raincoats.

Seasalt Cornwall makes its cornish casual womenswear in 11 countries, with about 32% in China and 32% in India, and publishes its supplier list.

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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 5 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.

How grades are decided

Checks its own supply chain. Seasalt Cornwall looks for problems in its own supply chain and publishes what it finds. It found a labour rights breach in 2025 and is fixing it, so it doesn't count against the grade. It's listed below under Confirmed issues.

Good requirements 5 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
Met: Names the factories or farms that make its products, or is fully certified by a scheme that holds and audits that listPublishes its supplier list
Met: High-risk raw materials (cotton and leather) traced or certified, or not a major part of its rangeTraced or certified: cotton. Only in a few products: leather

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 2

Where it's made

China and India have the largest shares, 32% each. Bangladesh is next, at 16%.

Where it's made, share by country, and conditions there
Country	Share	Worker rights	Legal minimum wage	Forced labour risk
China	32%	No guarantee of rights	Below a living wage	Moderate
India	32%	No guarantee of rights	Well below a living wage	High
Bangladesh	16%	No guarantee of rights	Far below a living wage	Moderate
Italy	3%	Strong protections	Close to a living wage	Low
Morocco	3%	Regular violations	Well below a living wage	Low
Türkiye	3%	No guarantee of rights	Below a living wage	Very high
Vietnam	3%	Systematic violations	Well below a living wage	Moderate
Bulgaria	2%	Regular violations	Below a living wage	High
Cambodia	2%	No guarantee of rights	Far below a living wage	Moderate
Pakistan	2%	No guarantee of rights	Far below a living wage	High
Sri Lanka	2%	Systematic violations	Well below a living wage	Moderate

Evidence

What we found

Passes the raw-material check for clothes and shoes: traces or certifies all of its cotton.
Publishes supplier list
Modern slavery statement
Independent social audits of all its main factories
Traces all of its cotton to the country of origin or beyond, or buys all of it certified
Uses leather in only a few products and traces or certifies most of it. That doesn't count against it for Good, but the "Open supply chain" star needs all of it traced, certified or upcycled.

Research notes Seasalt names all 64 tier one factories it uses (2025): 21 in China, 21 in India and 10 in Bangladesh, with the rest in Türkiye, Vietnam, Italy, Morocco and other countries; shares shown are by factory count. A full Ethical Trading Initiative member, it accepts only semi-announced or unannounced audits and says all its cotton is GOTS organic, with no Xinjiang sourcing, and that its leather comes only from LWG-rated tanneries. It found illegal overtime at four Chinese suppliers and has no living wage target.

What independent sources say

Source	Result	Details
B Corp directory	Certified	Certified B Corp since July 2024 with an overall score of 100.2 (workers 26.6). View
UK Modern Slavery Statement Registry	Listed	Publishes an annual modern slavery and supply chain transparency report; the latest covers the year to January 2025. View
Open Supply Hub	Listed	Says its tier one factory list is published on Open Supply Hub. View
Baptist World Aid Ethical Fashion Report	Not covered	Not assessed in the Ethical Fashion Report (latest edition 2026). View

Confirmed issues 1

Only confirmed problems are listed, and old ones drop off after 10 to 15 years. A problem the company has fully put right no longer counts against it, and nor does one it finds and is fixing itself. How problems are counted

Last recorded	What happened	Made amends?
2025	Seasalt's own 2025 report found four of its Chinese factories exceeding China's legal limit on working hours, one at over 60 hours a week. Source · archived copyFound and being fixed by the company Not counted against the grade while the company is actively fixing it, because it found and published it itself.	PartlySeasalt says it is working with the four suppliers on the root causes of excessive hours.

Sources and actions

Sources 5

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ETI foundation member Seasalt graduates to full membership (ETI, 2021) · search the archive · Full ETI member since 2021; Falmouth-based; sells online in over 150 countries
Seasalt Holdings Limited (B Lab directory) · search the archive · B Corp certified July 2024, score 100.2
SEASALT LIMITED modern slavery statement summary 2025 (UK registry) · search the archive · Modern slavery statement lodged on UK registry

Published by Seasalt Cornwall or its owner

Seasalt Supply Chain Transparency, Modern Slavery and Responsible Sourcing Report 2025 · archived copy · 64 tier one factories by country; Open Supply Hub list; no announced audits; 100% organic cotton; LWG leather; overtime at 4 China suppliers
Seasalt delivery information · search the archive · Ships to over 100 destinations via Global-e; shops only in UK, Ireland and Auckland

Company details

Headquarters: United Kingdom
Employees: About 1,300
Last researched: 2 November 2026
Cite this page: Labour Lens, "Is Seasalt Cornwall ethical? Labour rating", https://www.labourlens.net/brand/seasalt, 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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