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BAY Active

Rated: It's a start

price: $$$$

location: Australia

BAY Active is a Byron Bay based brand that creates activewear, yogawear, and fashion.

BAY Active sustainability rating

Planet

3 out of 5

People

3 out of 5

Animals

2 out of 5

Overall rating: It's a start

Our ratings are based on a scale from 1 (We avoid) to 5 (Great) How we rate


Our “Planet” rating evaluates brands based on the environmental policies in their supply chains, from carbon emissions and wastewater to business models and product circularity. Here we rate BAY Active “It's a Start”. These are a few factors influencing its score:

  • It uses a medium proportion of lower-impact materials including organic cotton.
  • It uses low impact materials that help limit the chemicals, water, and wastewater in its supply chain.
  • There’s no evidence it takes action to minimise its packaging, which is a driver of plastic waste.
  • To minimise the industry's waste, it reuses textile offcuts from other companies.

Workers’ rights are central to our “People” rating, which assess brands’ policies and practices on everything from child labour to living wages and gender equality. Here we rate BAY Active “It's a Start”. These are a few factors influencing its score:

  • Most of its final production stage happens in Australia, a low risk country for labour abuse.
  • It partly traces its supply chain including all of the final production stage.
  • There's no evidence it has a Code of Conduct but it has a formal statement covering workers' rights.
  • There’s no evidence it ensures workers are paid living wages in its supply chain.

Brands’ animal welfare policies and, where applicable, how well they trace their animal-derived products are the focus of our “Animals” rating. Here we rate BAY Active “Not Good Enough”. These are a few factors influencing its score:

  • There’s no evidence it has an animal welfare policy.
  • It appears to use leather, wool, angora, exotic animal hair, and silk.
  • It doesn’t appear to use down, fur, or exotic animal skin.

Based on all publicly available information we’ve reviewed, we rate BAY Active “It's a Start” overall.

Last updated July 2023