Faguo is B CorpTM certified
As a certified B Corp™ mission-driven company, we are part of a global community of businesses that meet high standards of social, environmental, governance and transparency impact. This certification confirms that our practices have been independently assessed across our entire value chain.
In 2024, the year of our latest audit, FAGUO achieved a score of 95.6 points, marking an increase of 12 points since our last certification in 2021. This progress reflects our ongoing commitment to developing an ever more responsible model for people and the planet. As our commitment is assessed every 3 years, see you in 2027 to measure how far we have come.
To find out more, visit the FAGUO page on the B Corp™ website.
This recognition highlights our commitment to designing an ever more responsible model for people and the planet. To find out more and discover how our points are distributed, visit the FAGUO page on the B Corp™ website.
To be among the 9,300 B Corp™ certified companies worldwide, including 500 in France, you must undergo a rigorous assessment comprising more than 200 questions. Each answer must be supported by concrete evidence, covering areas such as wages, production, suppliers, the environment, governance and more.
Our B Corp™ score reflects the excellence of our practices and our commitment to serving our brand mission every day: “Engage our generation against climate change.”
Ensuring social and environmental performance and transparency
Inspiring our generation to take action against climate change. Our mission means we will never compromise between fashion and responsibility.
As a B CorpTM certified company, FAGUO selects its workshops according to high social and environmental standards. A commitment that matters to the people who work with FAGUO, and to the planet too.
Faguo is committed to conducting its business with complete integrity and transparency. To that end, we publicly declare that our company does not engage in any direct or indirect lobbying of public institutions or political decision-makers. It makes no donations, subscriptions or contributions, financial or in kind, to political parties, candidates, elected officials or organisations involved in political influence. We devote our resources exclusively to improving our social and environmental impact. Our employees are free to engage in politics in a personal capacity, outside working hours and without using the company’s name or resources.
Select expert providers who guarantee the made how at FAGUO.
Location: Hanoi - Vietnam
- Local expertise: manufacturing FAGUO sneakers
- Local resource: local, recycled natural rubber
Location: Hangzhou, Suzhou - China
- Local expertise: FAGUO textiles & luggage made from recycled materials
Location: Porto - Portugal
- Local expertise: sneaker soles made from recycled tennis balls.
Location: Casablanca - Morocco
- Local expertise: FAGUO denim & chino
- Local resource: southern Spanish cotton (denim)
Location: Brittany - France
- Local expertise: 3D knitting, zero waste
Like other brands working to create positive wardrobes with the least impact on the planet, we select workshops for their expertise to create quality products from recycled and sustainable materials.
Audited and certified, we choose to work directly with expert garment workshops.
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Fair pay
The workshop respects workers' right to receive fair pay, above the legal minimum in the country.
Non-discrimination
The workshop guarantees equal opportunities and does not discriminate against workers.
Health & safety at work
The workshop guarantees a healthy and safe working environment by assessing risks and taking measures to eliminate or reduce them.
No precarious jobs
The workshop employs workers on documented contracts in compliance with the law, and pays them on fixed dates.
Decent working hours
The workshop complies with legislation on working hours and regulates possible overtime during periods of high production by limiting and paying for it.
No child labour
The workshop does not employ any worker below the legal minimum age.
Freedom of association
Respects workers’ right to form trade unions and engage in collective bargaining.
The “made how” of a product: a climate emergency.
We are often asked about 100% made in France. The debate is often incomplete: beyond where we produce, what matters most is how we do it, across the entire supply chain for our pieces.
By developing an international model mindful of the real climate challenge, FAGUO is reinventing its entire supply chain to emit as little CO2 as possible, with expertise in Vietnam, Morocco, China, Portugal and France.
In the interest of complete transparency, we test the performance of the FAGUO model and make the results available to our customers. Like iconic brands we love, such as Patagonia, our B Corp™ certification aims to demonstrate that our model is responsible.
We are not perfect, but we are constantly seeking to improve. In this respect, all information about FAGUO is available on our website: Carbon Footprint Assessment, Life Cycle Assessments of FAGUO products...
Raw materials: 70% of the climate problem
Contrary to popular belief, emissions linked to transporting our products are very low (2%) compared with those generated by raw materials (68%): growing them, processing them, weaving them, assembling them...
Carrying out a Carbon Footprint Assessment® also helps put the issue into perspective: a raw material coming from Europe by road emits more CO2 than a similar material coming from Asia by ship.
Tackling the heart of the problem.
Our industry continues, on the one hand, to use the Earth’s resources while, on the other, generating ever more waste.
80% of FAGUO items are designed from this waste: recycled materials that limit resource use and emit between 40% and 91% less CO2 than virgin materials. We choose recycled materials as often as possible, but also materials close to our workshops: natural rubber from Vietnam, leather from tanneries certified Gold by the Leather Working Group...
Ensure the durability of our products.
Emitting less CO2 also means creating a product that lasts.
Even before FAGUO pieces are made, physical and chemical tests are carried out on materials in the laboratory.
FAGUO partners with workshops that commit to and sign guarantees to ban these harmful substances for people and the planet.
Chemical tests.
To protect our customers' health and the environment from risks linked to chemical substances, we use the German laboratories TÜV SÜD, which carry out tests on samples before production and on products with their final materials.
We are confident in the quality of TÜV SÜD tests, which ensure verification and quality in accordance with their internal code of ethics. In this way, all FAGUO products are designed in compliance with European REACH standards.
Mechanical tests.
A series of tests is carried out by the laboratory: the pilling test, to ensure the material does not pill.
The colour test, to check that the colour lasts over time and does not fade.
The washing test, to check that the product does not lose its shape.
The flexibility test: the product is stretched for nearly 48 hours, or more than 35,000 to 50,000 times, to check that the seams hold.
Professional equality index
At FAGUO, we move forward with facts and concrete commitments. That is why, as every year, we publish our Professional Equality Index between women and men.
In accordance with the law of 5 September 2018 on the freedom to choose one’s professional future, this index aims to advance equality between women and men within companies.
For 2025, our score is 99/100, up one point from 2024. It breaks down as follows:
- Pay gap between women and men: 39/40
- Difference in pay rise rates: 35/35
- Pay rise on return from maternity leave: 15/15
- Representation among the highest earners: 10/10
These indicators highlight our daily actions: pay equity, support for career paths and attention to equal opportunities at every level of the company.
99/100 is a milestone. This score highlights our strong collective commitment. But it is not an end in itself.
We continue to question our methods, adjust our practices and make progress, with the ambition of ensuring an ever fairer and more inclusive working environment.
Doing better, at our own scale, every year