Organic Basics

How ethical is Organic Basics?

Organic Basics is an activewear brand owned by Delta Galil Industries Ltd. and has a poor score on The Good Shopping Guide’s Ethical Activewear Ratings Table.

What does Organic Basics do?

Organic Basics is an Activewear brand based in Copenhagen. Their mission is to make basic clothing which is both Earth and people friendly, using recycled, recyclable, plant-based and organic materials and ethical production.

In which areas does Organic Basics perform well?

Organic Basics performs well for its Environmental Report which evidences the brand’s progress and includes waste and energy reduction targets for the future. Organic Basics is also Organic certified, and scores highly for Animal Welfare due to most of its animal materials being PETA approved, and its wool products being recycled.

We found no criticisms for Fossil Fuels, therefore Organic Basics scores well in these criteria.

Unfortunately Organic Basics only provides a short Code of Conduct and so receives a middle score for this criterion. It has also faced some Human Rights criticisms in the past regarding the ‘Don’t Buy Into Occupation’ coalition, so only receives a middle rating for Human Rights.

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What can Organic Basics do to improve its score?

The above benchmark score that Organic Basics is awarded with on The Good Shopping Guide’s Ethical Activewear Ratings Table is the result of an evaluation of multiple ethical criteria.

We would encourage Organic Basics to enhance its Code of Conduct to improve its score and would be able to give some guidance on this after receiving its application.

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