All our Certification

Scrummy Organic Cotton

Our clothing is certified organic by Control Union, formerly SKAL – probably the biggest and best globally known certification agency on the planet. Our collections are certified to GOTS standards (that’s the Global Organic Textile Standard), which is basically the set of criteria that the Soil Association, Control Union, IMO and many other global agencies have signed up to.

Something many people do not realise is that if your clothing is certified organic to GOTS standards then all areas of the supply chain have been audited to comply with strict social criteria as well. This ensures that a living wage is paid, that employees have the freedom to join unions etc, that they work a maximum 48 hour week, that there is no child labour involved.

See www.global-standard.org for more details.

Looking after our cotton farmers

When we're looking for new suppliers we also look very, very carefully at where the cotton comes from and how it is processed because it's so important for us to make sure we look after everybody involved. In places like India this means that the farmers receive a fair trade premium price as well as a higher price for being organic from us. The cotton gets processed by FLO-Cert registered suppliers too before reaching its final destination at the factories ready to be turned into beautiful Frugi garments!

Making sure people work in a happy factory

It's really important to us that all the people involved with making our clothes have happy working conditions and are treated fairly.  We've found that the best way for us to make sure of this is by referencing the criteria of the Social Accountability 8000 standard.

When we're choosing new suppliers, we ask that their factories have this SA8000 certification - it goes even further than the social standards laid down in GOTS. For example, our manufacturers supply all their workers AND their families with health insurance, a life-line in a country with no NHS.