Vege Threads
On Track. Pays or is working towards a living wage, with gaps still to close.
Last researched 2 November 2026 · 7 sources
Australian label selling basics made in Australia.
Vege Threads makes its organic cotton and hemp basics in Australia, where labour laws are strong and legal wages are about a living wage.
Also worth knowing
It carries the Australian Made label.
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Why it's graded On Track
- Not met: Meets 4 of 7 Good requirements.
- Met: No red flags.
Good requirements 4 of 7
- Met: Pays a living wage, or holds a strong fair-pay certificationLiving wage: presumed because legal wages in Australia are about 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
- 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 1
Estimates for its products
Our rules applied to one kind of product at a time, using Vege Threads'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, Underwear, Hoodies & sweatshirts, Sleepwear & loungewear, Pants & trousers, Dresses & skirts: On Track, the same as Vege Threads overall, because nothing we know differs between them.
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Where it's made
Vege Threads says which countries it makes its products in, but doesn't name the factories.
| Country | Worker rights | Legal minimum wage | Forced labour risk |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | Strong protections | About a living wage | Low |
Evidence
What we found
- "Made in Australia" 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
- 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 Vege Threads, founded in 2013, says 100% of its garments are made in Australia, mainly at a contract factory in Melbourne, using organic cotton and merino knitted and dyed at Melbourne mills; its hemp fabric is knitted in China and dyed in Melbourne. The brand was previously described by Ethical Clothing Australia as accredited for its Australian-made products, but it does not appear in ECA's current brand directory and its own website no longer mentions the accreditation. It does not name its factories or publish wage information, and the founder has stepped back while the brand relaunches as "VT 2.0".
What independent sources say
| Source | Result | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Ethical Clothing Australia | Not covered | An older ECA profile page says its Australian-made products are accredited, but Vege Threads is not among the 57 brands in ECA's current brand directory, so the accreditation appears to have lapsed. View |
| Baptist World Aid Ethical Fashion Report | Not covered | Not graded in the Ethical Fashion Report, including the 2026 edition. View |
| Business & Human Rights Resource Centre | Not listed | No supply chain labour allegations against Vege Threads were found. View |
Sources and actions
Sources 7
Show all 7 sources
- Ethical Clothing Australia: Vege Threads profile · search the archive · Older profile page stating all Vege Threads' Australian made products are ECA accredited; undated.
- Ethical Clothing Australia: brand sitemap · search the archive · Current list of 57 accredited brand profiles does not include Vege Threads.
- Sendle: Customer stories - Vege Threads · search the archive · Small business with a Northcote store; production at two Melbourne-area mills; hemp imported because no local knitter produces it.
Published by Vege Threads or its owner
- Vege Threads: Local Manufacturing · search the archive · 100% of garments made in Australia; main factory in Melbourne for 10 years; factory not named; no wage or accreditation details.
- Vege Threads: About Us · search the archive · Founded in 2013; founder stepped away; relaunching as VT 2.0; works with Melbourne knitting mills and dye houses; made 100% in Australia.
- Vege Threads: Fabric & Dyes · search the archive · Organic cotton and merino knitted and dyed in Melbourne; RWS merino; hemp knitted in China and dyed in Melbourne; no GOTS cited.
- Vege Threads homepage · search the archive · Store trading in 2026 with current products and a spring drop announced for October; 'Organic basics made in Melbourne, Australia'.
Company details
- Headquarters
- Australia
- Last researched
- 2 November 2026
- Cite this page
- Labour Lens, "Is Vege Threads ethical? Labour rating", https://www.labourlens.net/brand/vege-threads, 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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