Bassike approaches responsible business holistically and transparently. What began as supporting local industry and working with organic cotton, has evolved into a culture of continuous improvement across design, production, and operations. By purchasing a Bassike product, you know that you are supporting a design-led, ethical and sustainable business that supports its local community, team and customers. Authentic clothes, honestly made.

In June 2022, Bassike achieved B Corp certification, a verification that a business is demonstrating high global standards of social and environmental performance. B Corp Certified businesses undergo a rigorous verification process every three years that measures performance against B Lab standards encompassing all aspects of a business, including but not limited to; supply chain practices, raw material selection and charitable giving. This in-depth assessment requires company- wide engagement and an ongoing commitment to continuous improvement. 

B stands for ‘benefit for all’ and B Corps are considered leaders in the global movement to innovate economic and operational systems to have a positive impact on all stakeholders.  

Learn more about what it means to be a B Corp and review the Bassike overall B Impact score. 

Bassike values diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in the community and workplace and the brand is actively working to support organisation-wide DEI so all stakeholders feel valued, respected and represented. As part of this commitment, Bassike conducts an annual employee engagement survey to understand the sentiments of the team. This survey helps identify areas for improvement, address concerns, and highlight successes, which helps inform, guide and shape a positive and inclusive workplace culture.

Bassike is deeply committed to building long-term relationships with valued suppliers, makers and workers to help support the localised economy in areas they work and live. By supporting local makers, the organisation helps build collective prosperity amongst suppliers, vendors and their communities with over 90% of Bassike garments made in Australia. Bassike screens all manufacturing partners with its internal Sustainable and Ethical Manufacturing Index (SEMI) to ensure human rights are upheld throughout the supply chain. SEMI works with certified or published data to track the social and environmental performance of supply chain partners, and informs decisions made around ethical and sustainable manufacturing. 

*The Sustainable and Ethical Manufacturing Index (SEMI) was built as a framework to guide internal decision making around the Bassike supply chain. SEMI screens and ranks fabric mills, manufacturing partners and the material composition of each Bassike product. 

Bassike is committed to reducing its impact on the planet and continues to advocate for the use of lower-impact materials – especially certified organic cotton – and supports waste management and recycling projects that are pioneering the use of responsible business technologies. Bassike has also transitioned to 84% GreenPower renewable energy across the organisation. 

 Organic Cotton 

Organic cotton formed the foundation of the very first Bassike collection – a considered edit of luxurious organic cotton jersey styles made locally in Australia. Bassike developed an exclusive organic cotton jersey quality which is still used today; the yarn is Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) certified, ensuring it contains a minimum of 95% certified organic fibres.  

Organic cotton is produced and certified to organic agricultural standards, with production sustaining the health of soils, ecosystems and people by using natural processes rather than artificial inputs. Importantly, organic cotton farming does not allow the use of toxic chemicals or GMOs (genetically modified organisms), is biodegradable, produced without pesticides and most (about 80%) of the global crop is rain-fed.  

Blocktexx 

In 2022, bassike completed a successful pilot program with Australian clean technology company, Blocktexx, to repurpose the company’s cotton textile offcuts from its jersey manufacturing factory. The recovered resources can then be reused back into the textile industry or into other industries such as building, agricultural and manufacturing. 

Learn more about Blocktexx here.  

UPPAREL 

 Bassike is actively reducing and repurposing its excess materials to progressively reduce textile waste. Partners since 2023, UPPAREL is Australia and New Zealand’s leading textile recycling company giving textiles a new life, by providing quality clothes to Australian charities and driving innovative product development.  

Learn more about UPPAREL here. 

As a female founded and led business, Bassike proudly supports two organisations focused on assisting and empowering women and helping vulnerable children. 

The Northern Beaches Women’s Shelter 

The Northern Beaches Women’s Shelter (NBWS), is a non-profit, community-funded organisation and registered charity, providing crisis accommodation, medical attention and support to women in crisis as a result of domestic violence, financial hardship, mental illness or addiction. In addition to providing accommodation, food and clothing, their services also include access to medical care, particularly for mental health issues and domestic violence, counselling, teaching life skills and supporting education with a view to enabling future employment. 

Bassike has supported the NBWS since 2019, hosting an annual luncheon which has raised more than $470,000 to date (2025) to help their work protecting women in crisis. 

Learn more about the Northern Beaches Women’s Shelter here. 

The Mirabel Foundation 

The Mirabel Foundation was established by Jane Rowe in 1998 to help vulnerable children – those who have been orphaned or abandoned due to parental drug use – reach their full potential and break the cycle of addiction and abuse. Bassike has a longstanding relationship with The Mirabel Foundation and have created a limited edition mini T-Shirt for the holiday season since 2014. All proceeds (more than $44,000 as of 2025) from the sale of the limited edition mini T-Shirt are donated to the foundation. 

Learn more about The Mirabel Foundation here.