12 more sustainable Los Angeles brands to know about

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If you’re from LA and want to support local brands performing highly on sustainability issues affecting people, the planet, and animals, we’ve rounded up “Good” and “Great”-rated brands for you, including the likes of Christy Dawn, Poplinen, and MATE the Label. But first, let’s learn about what makes a brand more ethical than others in the first place.

What makes a fashion brand more ethical than others?

To start with, a more ethical brand is transparent about what it is (and isn’t) doing. We want to see clear evidence of the measures a brand is taking to address key sustainability issues and meet related targets. And if a brand isn’t on track to meet said goals, it should disclose that too, because that’s how true accountability works.

We rate brands across three pillars: people, the planet, and animals. For people, we look to see if a brand ensures its workers are treated fairly across the supply chain. This includes policies and practices on child labour, forced labour, worker safety, the right to join a union, and payment of a living wage.

Where the planet is concerned, brands should be sharing their efforts in circularity and choosing lower-impact materials. They should also be addressing their use of resources and energy, including reducing carbon emissions, managing their impact on our waterways, as well as using and disposing of chemicals safely.

Finally, top-rated brands use no or very few animal products, like wool, leather, fur, angora, down feather, shearling, karakul, and exotic animal skin and hair. Ideally, the brand is 100% vegan.

Long story short, a more ethical brand makes sure it positively impacts on people, the planet, and animals.

Now that you know what to look for in determining if a brand is worth supporting, you might decide to shop from companies located in your country or region. Whether it is to support your local communities or reduce your carbon footprint when shopping online, shopping locally has many great benefits.

So if you live in LA, you might be wondering which clothing brands are more ethical. We know how you feel, so we’ve compiled this list of more sustainable fashion brands from LA which have all been rated “Good” or “Great” using our first-class methodology and are amongst our favourites.

Not from LA? Check out our favourite brands from:

• the USA (including brands from California in general, or New York)
• Canada
• Europe (and more specifically from Germany (including Berlin), Belgium, Spain and Portugal, Italy (including Milan), France (and Paris), the Netherlands, Sweden and Denmark, and Switzerland)
• the UK (and brands from London)
• Australia and New Zealand
• Japan
• India

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