Cabaia

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 Cabaia “Good”. These are a few factors influencing its score:

• It uses a medium proportion of lower-impact materials.
• It opts for sea freight shipping over air freight to reduce its climate impacts.
• While it offers clothing recycling to consumers, it doesn’t report on its results.
• Its packaging is recyclable.
• While it offers resale of secondhand products, there’s no evidence it’s taking further action to address textile waste in its supply chain.

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 Cabaia “It's a Start”. These are a few factors influencing its score:

• It partly traces its supply chain including all of the final production stage.
• It audits some of its supply chain including all of the final production stage.
• There’s no evidence it ensures workers are paid living wages in its supply chain.
• There’s no evidence it provides financial security to its suppliers, which can result in poor working conditions and wages.

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 Cabaia “Good”. These are a few factors influencing its score:

• It appears to use wool.
• Some of its animal-derived materials consist of recycled or certified alternatives to conventional wool.
• It doesn’t appear to use leather, shearling, cashmere, alpaca, mohair, or down.
• It has a policy to source wool from non-mulesed sheep but doesn’t provide any evidence to verify its claims.
• It uses few animal-derived materials.

Based on all publicly available information we’ve reviewed, we rate Cabaia “Good” overall.