This garment was cut & sewn in Hanoi, Vietnam in an SA8000 certified factory. 14 pairs of hands and eyes make each pair of leggings. Workers are paid fair wages, provided with free catered lunch, free health check ups every 6 months and health insurance.

SA8000 is an independent social certification that assesses factories against a variety of ethical criteria. These include; safe working conditions, no child labor, workers having the right to unionise and that "wages shall be sufficient to meet the basic needs of personnel and to provide some discretionary income".

Recycling polyester makes good use of plastic waste, reducing the plastic that ends up in landfill. Girlfriend source their recycled plastic from Taiwan. The recycling facility is certified by the government meaning there is accountability about how much recycled plastic is brought into the facility and how much leaves. This is important, as some facilities may lie about where their plastic is from, as it can be easier to buy new plastic bottles, then recycle them, selling them as "recycled" plastic to brands, completely defeating the purpose of recycling.

Girlfriend use eco-friendly dyes and there wastewater is sent to a treatment plant where it is cleaned before it is released into a stream, avoiding dirty dye water ending up in rivers. The left over dye mud is then recycled to use for paving stones.

We’d like Girlfriend to provide more information about working conditions in their recycling plant and knitting factory.