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Brand Owner: Filippa K
Head Office: Stockholm, Sweden
Sector: Fashion, Clothing & Shoes
Categories: Casual
Free Tags: Designer, Filippa K, Fashion

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Last Updated: 21 February 2012
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Filippa K Score Report

Questions about Climate Change/ Carbon Emissions

1 out of 4


1. Is there a policy for the brand (company) to minimize, reduce or compensate carbon emissions?	Filippa K has has taken several policy measures to reduce carbon emissions, such as using green energy in its offices, replacing all company cars with eco-friendly vehicles and buying bicycles for transport within Stockholm (see “Environment”).	SOURCE
2. Has the brand (company) disclosed the annual carbon footprint of its 'own operations' and has the brand already reduced or compensated 10% of these emissions in the last 5 years?	Filippa K does not communicate any information on a carbon footprint on its website. Sustainability information should be easily accessible for consumers to make responsible choices.	SOURCE
3. Has the brand (company) set a target to reduce the carbon footprint of its 'own operations' by at least 20% within the next 5 years?	See remark for climate change question 2.	SOURCE
4. Does the brand (company) also have a policy to reduce/compensate carbon emissions generated from the product supply chain that is beyond own operations?	See remark for climate change question 2.	SOURCE

Questions about Environmental Policy

1 out of 4


1. Does the brand (company) use environmentally 'preferred' raw materials for more than 5% of its volume?	Filippa K has a number of styles in the autumn 2010 collection made from organic cotton and Lyocell/Tencel, and it reports the use of 6% of the styles in any of its collections made from an eco-friendly material. However, it is not clear what kind of materials are used as being “eco-friendly”.	SOURCE
2. Does the brand (company) use environmentally 'preferred' raw materials for more than 10% of its volume?	See remark for environmental policy question 1.	SOURCE
3. Does the brand (company) use environmentally 'preferred' raw materials for more than 25% of its volume?	See remark for environmental policy question 1.	SOURCE
4. Does the brand (company) have an environmental policy related to the ‘wet processes’ within the production cycle, like bleaching and dying of fabrics?	Filippa K uses the Nordic Ecolabel (the 'Swan') standards. This means that all of the chemicals used to produce garments meet the Swan standard complied with its stringent requirements and avoided using excessive amounts of energy and water.	SOURCE

Questions about Labour Conditions/ Fair Trade

7 out of 8


1. Does the brand (company) have a supplier Code of Conduct (CoC) which includes the following standards: No forced or slave labour, no child labour, no discrimination of any kind and a safe and hygienic workplace?	All standards are mentioned in Filippa K's Code of Conduct (see “Employment is freely chosen”, “Child labour is not used”, “There is no discrimination in employment and “Working conditions are decent”)	SOURCE
2. Does this CoC include at least two of the following workers rights: 1. to have a formally registered employment relationship 2. to have a maximum working week of 48 hours with voluntary paid overtime of 12 hours maximum 3. to have a sufficient living wage?	1. Yes, see “The employment relationship is established”. 2. Yes, see “Hours of work are not excessive”. 3. Yes, commitment to implement payment of living wages.	SOURCE
3. Does this Code of Conduct include the right for workers to form and join trade unions and bargain collectively; and in those situations where these rights are restricted under law, the right to facilitate parallel means of independent and free association and bargaining?	This right is mentioned, with reference to parallel means for the situation of law restrictions (see "Freedom of Association").	SOURCE
4. Does the brand (company) have a published list of direct suppliers, that have collectively contributed to more than 90% of the purchase volume?	No list of factories found on Filippa K website, though countries are mentioned on the website (“Suppliers”).	SOURCE
5. Is the brand (company) a member of a collective initiative that aims to improve labour conditions, or does the brand (company) purchase its supplies from accredited factories with improved labour conditions?	Filippa K joined Fair Wear Foundation in 2008 (see “Code of Conduct”).	SOURCE
6. Do independent civil society organizations like NGO's and labour unions have a decisive voice in this collective initiative or in these certification schemes?	Filippa K is a member of FWF, which means that Labour Unions and/or business-independent NGO’s have a formal and co-decisive voice within the initiative and are co-responsible for the integrity and credibility of the initiative.	SOURCE
7. Does the brand (company) annually report on the results of its labour conditions policy?	Filippa K has a publicly available annual audit report on the Fair Wear Foundation website.	SOURCE
8. Has the brand's labour conditions policy resulted in a 'compliance level' of at least 30% of the purchase volume, or a 'monitored level' of at least 80%?	In 2009, 34,65% of the supplier base has been audited according to the supplier registers updated. A further 60% is produced in low risk countries (see chapter 5).	SOURCE