White Stuff

Lacks transparency. Publishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.

Last researched 3 November 2026 · 6 sources

British clothing and lifestyle retailer.

White Stuff can't show that the workers who make its products in Bangladesh and India earn a living wage, which workers there are very unlikely to.

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It has no full independent audit.

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Why it's graded Lacks transparency

Not met: Meets 2 of 6 Good requirements.
Holds the grade back: It has 2 red flags: no evidence of a living wage and unaudited production in high-risk countries. Two or more red flags means a poor grade.
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 underpaid or unprotected.

How grades are decided

Good requirements 2 of 6

Not met: Pays a living wage, or holds a strong fair-pay certificationLiving wage: no evidence
Not met: Respects worker rightsMost of its products are made in countries such as Bangladesh and China, where unions are heavily restricted, and it has no full supply chain audit.
Not 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
Not met: High-risk raw materials (cotton) traced or certified, or not a major part of its rangeNot traced or certified: cotton

Red flags 2

Red flag: No evidence it pays a living wage
Red flag: Made mostly in countries with poor worker rights, without a full independent audit of its supply chain

Stars it would earn as Good

None yet. Stars only show on Good companies. About stars

Where it's made

From White Stuff's own disclosure: it publishes its supplier list.

Where it's made, and conditions there
Country	Worker rights	Legal minimum wage	Forced labour risk
Bangladesh	No guarantee of rights	Far below a living wage	Moderate
China	No guarantee of rights	Below a living wage	Moderate
United Kingdom	Regular violations	Close to a living wage	Low
India	No guarantee of rights	Well below a living wage	High
Cambodia	No guarantee of rights	Far below a living wage	Moderate
Sri Lanka	Systematic violations	Well below a living wage	Moderate
Nepal	Regular violations	Below a living wage	Low
Türkiye	No guarantee of rights	Below a living wage	Very high
Vietnam	Systematic violations	Well below a living wage	Moderate

Evidence

What we found

Publishes supplier list
Modern slavery statement
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 White Stuff uses 98 first-tier factory sites in 9 countries (Bangladesh, India, China, Cambodia, Turkey, Vietnam, Nepal, Sri Lanka and the UK), which make all of its volume, but it gives no split by country; its last published factory list (July 2024) had 88 factories, mostly in China, India and Bangladesh. It has been an Ethical Trading Initiative member since 2013 and audits tier 1 factories against its code, but publishes no audit results and has no living wage commitment. It uses Fairtrade cotton in some ranges without saying how much, and its raw-material tiers are not mapped.

What independent sources say

Source	Result	Details
UK Modern Slavery Statement Registry	Listed	Covered by the TFG Brands (London) 2025/26 transparency statement: White Stuff uses 98 first-tier factory sites in 9 countries via 52 suppliers. View
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre	Listed	Profile records one wage and harassment story (India, 2020) with one response request, not answered. View
Baptist World Aid Ethical Fashion Report	Not covered	Not assessed in the 2026 Ethical Fashion Report; owner TFG London is not listed either. View
Fashion Transparency Index (Fashion Revolution)	Not covered	Not in the 2023 Fashion Transparency Index, which covers brands with turnover above US$400 million. View

Unconfirmed reports

Credible reports that haven't been confirmed by a regulator, completed investigation or the company. They're shown for your information and don't affect the grade.

In November 2020 more than 800 women workers struck at an Indian Designs Exports factory in Anantapur, India, saying they were paid below the minimum wage and harassed; White Stuff was named as a buyer of the supplier and did not respond (Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, 2020). Source

Sources and actions

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India: brands respond to protests by 800 women garment workers (BHRRC) · search the archive · 2020 strike at Indian Designs factory over wages and harassment; White Stuff named as buyer, did not respond
TFG Brands (London) Transparency Statement 2025/26 · search the archive · White Stuff: 98 tier-one sites in 9 countries (100% of volume), 52 suppliers, 1,417 staff plus 112 at its DC; tiers 3-4 not mapped
White Stuff Factory List 2024 · search the archive · July 2024 list: 88 factories: China 36, India 25, Bangladesh 13, Turkey 6, Cambodia 3, one each Portugal, UK, Nepal, Spain, Vietnam
White Stuff brand page (Next Australia) · search the archive · White Stuff clothing sold online to Australia through Next's Australian site

Published by White Stuff or its owner

Our People (White Stuff) · search the archive · ETI member since 2013; 98 tier 1 factories with nearly 60,000 workers; tier 1 audits; links factory list
Fairtrade (White Stuff) · search the archive · Fairtrade-sourced cotton used in a range of products; no share given

Company details

Owned by: TFG Brands (London) Limited, part of TFG Limited (South Africa)
Headquarters: United Kingdom
Employees: About 1,529
Last researched: 3 November 2026
Cite this page: Labour Lens, "Is White Stuff ethical? Labour rating", https://www.labourlens.net/brand/white-stuff, last researched 3 November 2026, accessed [date].
Method: Researched with AI assistance against published rules. How we check · What Lacks transparency means

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