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Variety Hour

Rated: Good

price:
$$$$

location: Australia

Variety Hour is a Melbourne based fashion label helmed by textile designer Cassie Byrnes.

Variety Hour sustainability rating

Planet

3 out of 5

People

3 out of 5

Animals

4 out of 5

Overall rating: Good

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


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 Variety Hour “It’s a Start�. These are a few factors influencing its score:

  • It uses some lower-impact materials including recycled materials.
  • There’s no evidence it’s taking meaningful action to reduce water use.
  • There’s no evidence it’s taking meaningful action to reduce or eliminate hazardous chemicals in manufacturing.
  • To minimise waste, it limits its production runs.

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 Variety Hour “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 the final and some of the second production stages.
  • It audits some of its suppliers.
  • It ensures some workers in the final production stage are paid living wages, though not in its entire 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 Variety Hour “Good�. These are a few factors influencing its score:

  • It appears to use silk.
  • It doesn’t appear to use leather, wool, down, fur, angora, exotic animal skin, or exotic animal hair.

Based on all publicly available information we’ve reviewed, we rate Variety Hour “Good� overall.

Last updated 2024-07-29