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All our products are designed to be customised and are ready to be embellished.
Transfer printing, screen printing, digital printing, and embroidery techniques can all be used on most of our products. To ensure the best results, please refer to the printing recommendations we provide on our website for each product.
To maintain the eco-conscious ethos of our products, we ask you to choose techniques that are environmentally friendly.

All our products comply with textile industry standards and requirements in terms of their physical, and chemical properties, as well as durability and lifespan.
Washing instructions are indicated on the label of each product. Most should be washed at 30°C and line-dried (i.e. not in a tumble drier).
 As well as helping to protect the environment, following these care instructions will help to ensure the longest life possible for the products.

All our garments have two labels:

• Care label: This label is placed in the left inner seam of the garment. It included several sheets indicating garment reference, certification, fabric composition, and washing instructions.
• Size label: This label is placed inside the back collar, indicating the product size. It is placed off-centre to leave space for a brand label or inside print.

All Stanley/Stella labels are tear-off labels and can be easily removed.

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We have listed certifications for each of our factories on our Factories page.

Code of Conduct

• Our Code forms the principal part of our commitment to social responsibility by upholding worker rights and protecting them against abuses. It applies to each of our factories. Compliance with the Code is enforced by way of independent audits.
  
  
• The Code is based around International Labour Organisation (ILO) principles and goes beyond minimum legal requirements. ILO’s Four Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work define prohibitions against child labour, forced labour and discrimination, and guarantees for worker rights to freedom of association and collective bargaining.

WRAP (www.wrapcompliance.org)

• WRAP is the world’s largest independent factory-based social compliance certification programme for the sewn products sector.
  
  
• Its 12 Principles cover: compliance with local laws, prohibition of forced labour, child labour, discrimination, harassment or abuse, compensation and benefits, hours of work, health and safety, freedom of association, environment, customs compliance, security.
  
  
• WRAP provides for at least annual unannounced audits, which include allowance for off-site employee interviews. From this, corrective action plans are put in place as well as follow-up audits to resolve any non-compliance before certification is awarded.

BSCI (www.bsci-intl.org)

The Business Social Compliance Initiative is a leading business-driven initiative for companies committed to improving working conditions in factories and farms worldwide. It focuses on production for the European market, and offers a system to monitor working conditions of manufacturers through audits; those audits are then shared. BSCI also provides workshops for customers and manufacturers to raise awareness and tackle improvements. BSCI’s Code of Conduct sets standards for working conditions based on international conventions such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Children’s Rights and Business Principles, UN Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights, OECD Guidelines, UN Global Compact and International Labour Organisation (ILO) Conventions and Recommendations.

Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh (www.bangladeshaccord.org)

• The Accord is an independent, legally binding agreement between brands and trade unions designed to work towards a safe and healthy Bangladeshi Ready-Made Garment Industry. The aim is to enable a working environment in which no worker needs to fear fires, building collapses or other accidents that could be prevented with reasonable health and safety measures.
  
  
• As a signatory AS Colour is committed to: an independent inspection programme, disclosure of all factories, inspection reports and corrective action plans, an assurance that sufficient funds are available for remediation, health and safety committees in all factories, training programmes, complaints mechanisms and the right for workers to refuse unsafe work.

Our Own Contact With Factories

• Finally, members of the AS Colour team visit each of our factories on a regular basis (twice per year). We are also in contact daily by email and phone.
  
  
• Our Code of Conduct and our own contact details are displayed in each factory and workers are made aware of them. They may contact us directly should they suspect any Code violations or have issues which they feel cannot be resolved via their employer.

Rigorous third party inspection teams have rated our suppliers’ production facilities among the highest in the industry for quality. We hold audit reports and certifications on file and make these available in confidence upon request.

SGS (www.sgs.com)

• SGS are the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company.
  
  
• We work with SGS to ensure production and quality control, and carry out independent ethical checks against our Code of Conduct.

WRAP (www.wrapcompliance.org) and BSCI (www.bsci-intl.org)

• WRAP and BSCI conduct at least annual unannounced audits which include allowance for off-site employee interviews. From this, corrective action plans are put in place as well as follow up audits to resolve any non-compliance before certification is awarded.