UNOde50
Lacks transparency. Publishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.
Last researched 30 October 2026 · 4 sources
Spanish brand selling handmade silver-plated fashion jewellery.
Until UNOde50 traces its gold and gemstones to the mine, it can't show that the miners who dig them are safe or fairly paid.
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Why it's graded Lacks transparency
- Not met: Meets 5 of 7 Good requirements.
- Holds the grade back: It relies on high-risk mined materials it can't trace. That alone means a poor grade until it takes steps to trace them.
- It isn't Harm on record, because there's no serious confirmed problem on its record.
- Lacks transparency is still a poor grade: in supply chains like this, workers who can't be seen to be treated fairly are usually unprotected.
Good requirements 5 of 7
- Met: Pays a living wage, or holds a strong fair-pay certificationLiving wage: presumed because legal wages in Spain 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: watch movements, cases and dials, and cast or set parts
- 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: Conflict-free: diamonds, gems and gold traced to the mine, lab-grown, recycled or Fairmined (the Kimberley Process alone isn't enough)
Red flags 1
- Red flag: Relies on high-risk mined materials it can't trace
- Red flag: Fails its category's raw-material check (means Lacks transparency)
Stars it would earn as Good
None yet. Stars only show on Good companies. About stars
Where it's made
From UNOde50's own disclosure: it makes its products in its own factories.
| Country | Worker rights | Legal minimum wage | Forced labour risk |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | Strong protections | Close to a living wage | Low |
Evidence
What we found
- Risk across the industry, not a finding about this company: gold and gemstone mining are linked to child labour, forced labour and mercury poisoning.
- Owns or runs its own production
- "Made in Spain" only means the last major stage happened there: under customs and consumer law, watch movements, cases and dials, and cast or set parts 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.
- Relies on gold and gemstones from artisanal mines where workers face mercury poisoning, silica dust and deadly collapses. It hasn't shown any steps to trace these materials to the mine, so it's graded Lacks transparency until it does.
Research notes UNOde50 says every piece is handmade one by one at its own workshop in Madrid, and press reports describe it as still made in the company's own Spanish factory. Most pieces are silver-plated metal, some with Swarovski crystals, Murano glass, resin or leather, but the brand names no source for its metal, plating materials, crystals or leather, and publishes no supplier code, audit results, modern slavery statement or wage information.
Sources and actions
Sources 4
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- UNOde50 (Jeweller Magazine, May 2026) · search the archive · UNOde50 range crafted in Spain, promoted to the Australian trade with brand information at unode50.com.au
- UNOde50 Cheerful Necklace (Jeweller Magazine, November 2025) · search the archive · Necklace crafted by hand in Spain; Australian contact Timesupply, Adelaide
- How this Spanish brand thrives on handcrafted jewelry in the fast-fashion era (Lifestyle.INQ, 2022) · search the archive · Jewellery still made in the company's own Spanish factory; mostly silver-plated metal with crystals, Murano glass, resin and leather; about 2,000 outlets in some 20 countries
Published by UNOde50 or its owner
- UNOde50 Heritage (Herencia) · search the archive · All pieces are handmade, one by one, at its workshop in Madrid
Company details
- Headquarters
- Spain
- Last researched
- 30 October 2026
- Cite this page
- Labour Lens, "Is UNOde50 ethical? Labour rating", https://www.labourlens.net/brand/unode50, last researched 30 October 2026, accessed [date].
- Method
- Researched with AI assistance against published rules. How we check · What Lacks transparency means
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