Price guide: From $20.00
FAIR SHARE
EARTH POSITIVE
SALVAGE
CONTINENTAL
ETHICAL APPAREL MANUFACTURING
OCC Apparel is an established industry leader, offering a diverse range of garment manufacturing services continuously focused on sustainability and ethical practices.
OUR PURPOSE IS SIMPLE
Provide the workers at our Sydney factory with a safe, clean & enjoyable working environment, pay them a fair wage, supply them with our high quality Australian made fabric, knitted from certified organic cotton and our t-shirts will be the best in the world. We want to live in a world where everyone acts with integrity by making positive choices that support the well being of a global community. By focusing on creating and supplying the world's best ethical apparel we will enable and provide successful customer businesses, social enterprises and individuals.NICK BARCLAY & ANDREW QUINN, OCC APPAREL FOUNDERSWhen we first started, Australia had no organic cotton farmers, so we set about sourcing the best quality organic cotton t-shirts in the world. Nick had worked with Patagonia for a couple of years in the US and was immediately hooked by the quality of their garments and the truth that they sold. Patagonia had played a major role in pioneering organic cotton when in 1996 they agreed to only source organic cotton for their established sportswear brand. They established a separate division, Beneficial Ts, to help educate consumers and worked hand in hand with organic cotton farmers to build the industry. In 2004 we placed our first order with Beneficial Ts and became their official Australian distributor. We focused on building an Australian retail network and started working with several prominent Australian business’s for their wholesale t-shirt screen-printing needs. We took our message and the OCA stall on the road around Australia to farmers markets, trade-shows and expo’s enabling Australian’s the choice for quality organic cotton garments. It was in 2005 that we met with our first Australian organic cotton farmer.We purchased a stockpile of his certified Australian grown organic cotton and developed and launched ‘Certton' our own brand of Australian made premium quality organic cotton t-shirts.The whole growing & manufacturing process being completed from field to finished garment in Australia as members of the Australian Made Campaign. Today we source certified organic cotton yarn from India and continue to make t-shirts in Australia at our sweatshop free factory in Sydney. We also distribute the Earth Positive, Salvage & Stanley Stella and Fairshare organic t-shirt brands along with custom manufacturing for some of the biggest apparel brands in the business both in Australia and offshore. This is just a little bit about us we look forward to learning a little bit about you.
ECA
Ethical Clothing Australia (ECA) is an accreditation body working collaboratively with local textile, clothing and footwear (TCF) companies to ensure their Australian supply chains are transparent and legally compliant. The ECA voluntary accreditation program offers practical and affordable assistance to Australian businesses that are manufacturing locally. It ensures that their Australian supply chains are fully transparent…
WOOLMARK
The Woolmark logo is one of the world’s most recognised and respected brands, providing assurance of the highest quality, and representing pioneering excellence and innovation from farm through to finished product. The Woolmark Company is a subsidiary of Australian Wool Innovation, a not-for-profit enterprise owned by more than 24,000 woolgrowers…
GOTS
The Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) is the worldwide leading textile processing standard for organic fibres, including ecological and social criteria, backed up by independent certification of the entire textile supply chain. http://www.global-standard.org/
FAIRTRADE
Fairtrade is about stable prices, decent working conditions and the empowerment of farmers and workers around the world. The standards include protection of workers’ rights and the protection of children, the preservation of the environment, payment of the Fairtrade Minimum Price and an additional Fairtrade Premium to invest in initiatives…
FAIR WEAR
We are the Australian distributors for Continental Clothing & Stanley Stella who are Fair Wear Foundation members. The Fair Wear Foundation is an independent, non-profit organisation that works with companies and factories to improve labour conditions for garment workers. FWF’s 90 member companies represent over 120 brands, and are based…
CARBON NEUTRAL
The Carbon Trust accreditation mark provides independent verification and certification services that recognise real achievements in sustainability. Having developed the world’s first certification for organisational CO2e and product carbon footprints, the Carbon Trust is the leading footprint certification body for carbon, water & waste, and is accredited by the UK…
ETHICAL APPAREL MANUFACTURING
OCC Apparel is an established industry leader, offering a diverse range of garment manufacturing services continuously focused on sustainability and ethical practices.
ACCREDITATION
CARBON NEUTRAL
FAIR WEAR
FAIRTRADE
GOTS
WOOLMARK
ECA
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