Fairly Traded
These scarves were hand woven by the Panchachuli Women Weavers – the cooperative is made up of over 800 people, and is owned and managed by the weavers themselves.
A few of Arthur and Henry’s shirts are currently Fairtrade certified, and the company’s long-term goal is to get their entire range certified. In the meantime, all of their suppliers meet the Global Organic Textile Standard’s social criteria. Arthur and Henry are very transparent about their supply chain and the challenges that they face as a small company endeavouring to do business in an ethical way, and they explore some of these issues on their blog.
Most of Arthur and Henry’s organic cotton is GOTS certified, and is produced by the Pratima Organic Famer’s group in Balangir, Odisha, India. Organic cotton is better for both the farmers who grow and harvest the cotton, as well as for the planet. Organic cotton uses agricultural methods designed to help sustain the soil it grows on, without using the high levels of pesticides and insecticides used in the production of conventional cotton.
These scarves were hand woven by the Panchachuli Women Weavers, a cooperative in the Himalayas.
