At Kalinko, we place sustainable livelihoods, quality, and style at the forefront of our operations. Our makers are small groups working on a cottage-industry scale. This enables them to run their families and homes alongside their work. Our main motivation is to ensure that they are best placed – socially and economically – to prosper as the country develops while providing our customers timeless items that are sustainably made and will stand the test of time.
Human Rights Due Diligence & Environmental Sustainability Manifesto
In light of the dynamic situation in Burma, we have developed a robust human rights due diligence methodology tracking shifts within the socioeconomic and governance landscape. This allows us to pre-emptively mitigate risks, when possible, while also staying flexible to adapt our supply chain operations in the event of unforeseen shifts.
Click below to read our sustainability pillars, human rights due diligence methodology, as well as our environmental sustainability practices and our supplier and maker charter.
B Corp Certified
We are a B Corp certified business. This means we have been assessed externally by an unbiased third-party to ensure that as a business we’re building something fair, transparent, and responsible, not just in principle but in practice.
Consumers want to make better choices, to be aware of their impact on people and the planet, but it can be difficult to pick apart what businesses are actually doing from what they intend to do or say they are doing. The B Corp means you don’t have to take our word for it that we’re doing business in the right way.
The process is very rigorous, and being certified means we have met the highest standards of accountability, transparency and sustainability and are legally committed to considering the interests of all stakeholders - employees, customers, communities, and the environment - in everything we do.
It’s not a badge for doing things perfectly. It’s a commitment to keep doing better and to keep holding ourselves to that standard.