Clothing The Gaps Pty Ltd Sustainability - SustainabilityTracker.com

Sustainability Summary

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Clothing The Gaps Pty Ltd is an Aboriginal-led, majority Aboriginal-owned social enterprise and B Corp based in Naarm (Melbourne). It uses fashion and merchandise as a platform for advocacy, education and social change, uniting Indigenous and non-Indigenous people through campaigns and causes. The business describes itself as profit-for-purpose and says it supports the Clothing The Gaps Foundation. Its work includes social justice campaigns, Indigenous employment, and accredited ethical and social enterprise practices. It is also certified by several organisations, including Kinaway Chamber of Commerce Victoria, Supply Nation, Social Traders, B Corporation, Ethical Clothing Australia and the Indigenous Art Code.

About Clothing The Gaps Pty Ltd

Status
Unverified

Website
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Employees
5 - 25

Country
Australia

Clothing The Gaps Pty Ltd Sustainability Actions

Launched advocacy-led merch

Clothing The Gaps says it "produces merch with a message" and encourages people to "wear their values on their tee." Through fashion and social justice campaigns, it has sparked important conversations and led national campaigns such as Free The Flag and Not A Date To Celebrate.

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Created Ally Friendly labels

The business labels its garments as "Ally Friendly" or "Mob Only". It says these symbols came from customers asking, "Can I wear that?" and were created to help people navigate allyship and appropriation.

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Generated Indigenous employment

The company said it was a hub of Indigenous employment, with 81 percent of staff members being mob. It also said that in the six months between July and December 2021 it generated almost 8,000 hours of employment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, including 4,992.42 hours for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth aged 15-24.

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Achieved B Corp certification

Clothing The Gaps was certified as a B Corporation in March 2022. The company said its commitment to ethical, sustainable and regenerative business practices had been measured across workers, governance, customers, environment and community.

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Freed the Flag campaign

The company said its "Free The Flag" tee and campaign resulted in a senate inquiry into the Aboriginal Flag copyright issue and, on 25 January 2022, the Government announced that the flag was freed and available for public use after its designer agreed to transfer copyright to the Commonwealth.

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