Brand owner: Knowledge Cotton Apparel
Head office: Herning, Denmark
Sector: Casual clothing
Categories : Male, Female
Free Tags: Knowledge Cotton Apparel, Shirts, Jeans, Bags, Jackets
| 1. Is there a policy for the brand to minimize, reduce or compensate carbon emissions? |
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Knowledge Cotton Apparel uses to 100% organic cotton. According to Knowledge Cotton Apparel, CO2 emissions of organic cotton are to 48-66% lower than CO2-emissions of convential cotton (See link, page 12). | Source |
| 2. Has the brand (company) disclosed the annual absolute carbon footprint of its 'own operations' (Scope 1 & 2) and has the brand already reduced or compensated 10% of these emissions in the last 5 years? |
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Knowledge Cotton Apparel does not publish the annual carbon footprint of its own operations of last years on its website. | Source |
| 3. Is there a policy for the brand to minimize, reduce or compensate carbon emissions? |
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Knowledge Cotton Apparel does not communicate any information on target reductions for its carbon emissions on its website. | Source |
| 4. Does the brand (company) also have a policy to reduce/compensate carbon emissions generated from the product supply chain that is beyond own operations (Scope 3)? |
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Knowledge Cotton Apparel does not communicate a policy to reduce the carbon emissions in the supply chain that is beyond own operations on its website. | Source |
| 1. Does the brand (company) use environmentally 'preferred' raw materials for more than 5% of its volume? |
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The very most of Knowledge Cotton Apparel's products are made from organic certitied cotton, wool and linen (e.g. GOTS) or recycled PET (See link, page 11). | Source |
| 2. Does the brand (company) use environmentally 'preferred' raw materials for more than 10% of its volume? |
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See remark for environmental policy question 1. | Source |
| 3. Does the brand (company) use environmentally 'preferred' raw materials for more than 25% of its volume? |
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See remark for environmental policy question 1. | Source |
| 4. Does the brand (company) have an environmental policy related to the ‘wet processes’ within the production cycle, like bleaching and dying of fabrics? |
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Knowledge Cotton Apparel's clothing is GOTS certified, which means that high standards are maintained for suitable chemical use and water policies during production. This certification is applicable to some of the entire collection. | Source |
| 1. Does the brand (company) have a supplier Code of Conduct (CoC) which includes the following standards: No forced or slave labor, no child labor, no discrimination of any kind and a safe and hygienic workplace? |
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Knowledge Cotton Apparel does not communicate any information on a Code of Conduct (CoC) on its website. However, Knowledge Cotton Apparel reports that all processed cotton is GOTS certified. In GOTS labor conditions standards all these standards are mentioned. But, nothing concrete is reported about an certicification of other processed raw materials. | Source |
| 2. Does this CoC include at least two of the following workers rights: 1. to have a formally registered employment relationship 2. to have a maximum working week of 48 hours with voluntary and paid overtime of 12 hours maximum 3. to have a sufficient living wage? |
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See remark for labor conditions policy question 1. | Source |
| 3. Does this Code of Conduct include the right for workers to form and join trade unions and bargain collectively; and in those situations where these rights are restricted under law, the right to facilitate parallel means of independent and free association and bargaining? |
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See remark for labor conditions policy question 1. | Source |
| 4. Does the brand (company) have a published list of direct suppliers, that have collectively contributed to more than 90% of the purchase volume? |
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Knowledge Cotton Apparel does not provide a significant list of direct suppliers on its website. | Source |
| 5. Is the brand (company) a member of a collective initiative that aims to improve labor conditions, or does the brand (company) purchase its supplies from accredited factories with improved labor conditions? |
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Knowledge Cotton Apparel refers to the certification scheme GOTS, but it is not clear what percentage of factories/annual volume is certified. | Source |
| 6. Do independent civil society organizations like NGO's and labor unions have a decisive voice in this collective initiative or in these certification schemes? |
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See remark for labor conditions policy question 5. | Source |
| 7. Does the brand (company) annually report on the results of its labor conditions policy? |
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See remark for labor conditions policy question 5. | Source |
| 8. Has the brand’s labor conditions policy resulted in a ‘compliance level’ of at least 30% of the purchase volume, or a ‘monitored level' of at least 80%? |
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Knowledge Cotton Apparel does not publicly report outcomes or results of its policies to improve labor conditions at its suppliers. | Source |