Our ethical & Eco values

Respect as a core value

At Machja, our business is founded on the principle of respect:

Machja places respect at the heart of its work:

- Respect for the Individual: We abide by Fair Trade principles, ensure ethical business practices with respect for human rights in the work place and guarantee quality, safe, and healthy working conditions to our producers.

- Respect for the Environment: We use SKAL and Flo-Cert certified organic cotton and support the development of innovative ecological raw materials such as milk protein fiber.

- Respect for the Consumer: We pay extreme attention to the quality and the style of all our products down to the slightest detail.

At Machja, our business is founded on the principle of respect

Machja realized, very early on, the importance of ethical issues and sustainable development to a successful business model for the 21st century. When the company started operating, five years ago, it was a pioneer in ethical fashion, together with a small band  of dedicated French designers and manufacturers.Ms Catherine Soundirarassou, co-founder of Machja, whose family history links her to Vietnam, had always been aware of the importance of fair trade and ethical values in the clothing industry. Ms Soundirarassou understood, as she explains, that, “It was crucial to combine the quality and beauty of the products with good marketing and affordable prices, in line with ethical principles that go without saying, from my standpoint.”

Our ethical workshop in India and Vietnam working with eco fabrics.   

Machja has stemmed from the business originally set up by Ms Soundirarassou’s own family, which operated out of Vietnam by then, and was run along fair-trade principles long before the concept started getting wide coverage in the European media and clothing industry.
Machja has been at the forefront in the field of ethical and organic fashion. The company supports economic development not only in France, but also internationally, through its close partnerships with workshops in several developing countries – more particularly in India and Vietnam.
All of Machja’s clothes are made entirely from certified organic fabrics, including cotton. Machja uses organic cotton that is certified by Eco-cert, Skal or IMO, and which is free of pesticides and polluting chemicals. The company also works with beautiful silk and linen and also with innovative ecological raw materials, such as milk fibre.
Machja works with producers who guarantee their workers fair wages and decent working conditions. Machja’s sweatshirts and T-shirts are made in southern India at a workshop run by a Franciscan convent, which employs 120 young disabled women. Much of the cotton sourced by the French company is produced organically in southern India.
In South Vietnam, the family-run workshop that produces fabric for Machja is about to obtain Fair for Life certification from the Institute for Marketecology (IMO), an international agency for the inspection, certification and quality assurance of eco-friendly products. The Fair for Life certification guarantees social accountability and fair trade in agricultural, manufacturing and trading operations.
(Remettre photo de l'atelier en Inde et au vietnam)