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The Fable

Rated: It's a start

price: $$$$

location: Australia

The Fable is an Australian label that offers handmade, high quality silk shirts.

The Fable sustainability rating

Planet

2 out of 5

People

3 out of 5

Animals

4 out of 5

Overall rating: It's a start

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The Fable's environment rating is 'not good enough'. It does not publish sufficient relevant information about its environmental policies to give a higher rating. As a shopper you have the right to know how its production practices impact on the environment.

Its labour rating is 'it's a start'. Its facilities are fully certified by Workplace Condition Assessment (WCA). It monitors health and safety issues through a third party audit of its final stage of production suppliers. It sources its final stage of production from countries with extreme risk of labour abuse. There is no evidence it ensures payment of a living wage in its supply chain. It traces most of its supply chain.

Its animal rating is 'good'. It does not use fur, leather, wool, down, exotic animal skin, exotic animal hair or angora. It uses silk.

The Fable is rated 'It's a start' overall.

Last updated September 2021