Wall Luxury Boutique
Why has Ethical Fashions decided to showcase Walls luxury line of clothing?
WALL’S ETHICS
Staying Socially Responsible
Wall was founded on the principal that every decision in the business should take into account all its 'stakeholders'. This means taking into account employees, community, the environment, suppliers and customers as well as the needs of the business.
Why this is important to Wall
When Wall was founded in 1997 by Judith and Hernán Balcázar, the business values were underpinned by the very personal experiences of the couple living and working in Peru. Whilst they were very active in supporting charities focused on children and women, in particular the Puericultorio orphanage in Lima, they were aware that the lack of education and lack of employment in Peru makes it escape the viscious circle of poverty.
We bring employment to much needed areas
An important decision in starting the business was to do something that could create more employment in Peru, in particular for mothers. “From what we saw charity could not create the same benefits as work. Job opportunities and education are very important. It was about working with the parents so that less children were put in the position of being so disadvantaged.” Says Hernán.
We work with independent, small manufacturers
We work as much as possible with cottage industries. By supporting these small family owned businesses we aim to give the owners and their employees a sense of pride in their work and enable them to educate their children.
Because we are passionate about luxury fibres sometimes we have to look world wide for the best suppliers. If for instance our only alternative to source the best cashmere in the world is to source it from China, we make sure that our suppliers abide by the Wall code of conduct.
All of our suppliers must abide by the Wall code of conduct
Our aim is to improve conditions in the supply chain and to be responsible to our role in that chain. All of our suppliers abide by a “code of conduct” that requires high standards of health, safety and pay. As part of this code employers agree to ensure that the conditions for workers are safe, that they are paid a living wage and that they can work free from harassment. Wall will never use suppliers who are unwilling to meet these standards for their employees.
If you would like more information on the Wall code of conduct please contact us at enquiries@wall-london.com
We are not interested in making disposable fashion
The changing trends and technologies in fashion mean that it is cheaper to mass produce clothes that imitate catwalk design. However these clothes do not last long and their production comes at a high environmental and often social cost. Wall's clothes will not be found on the high street. From our inception we have not been interested in making disposable fashion. We use fabrics and design that endures. Our knitwear in particular is something that cannot be imitated cheaply on the high street, because of the quality of the fabrics and more importantly because of the skill of the weavers who make them.
We only use paper from sustainable forests.
In order to minimise the impact on the environment of printing our catalogue we only use paper form sustainable forests. We also ensure that our printers are environmentally aware and hold all the correct environmental certifications.
We never kill animals for their fur
The alpaca fur that features in our catalogue only ever comes from animals that have died naturally. In Peru the lifespan of an Alpaca can be up to 12 years and as the shaved fur brings in a steady income to poor farmers there is little logic in killing an animal for its pelt. For this reason Alpaca fur is only ever used once the animal has died naturally. Wall will never support the killing of animals for their fur.