King Louie

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

• It uses some lower-impact materials including organic cotton.
• It takes meaningful action to reduce emissions from transportation and distribution.
• While it offers resale of second hand products, there’s no evidence it’s taking further action to address textile waste in its supply chain.
• It produces long-lasting products.

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

• Most of its final production stage is certified by Fair Wear Foundation.
• 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.
• It’s not clear if 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 King Louie “It’s a Start”. These are a few factors influencing its score:

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

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