KOW Lifestyle Manufacturing Co. Ltd
1.6
Siem Reap Province, Cambodia
March 2024
Apparel
Manufacturing
Cambodia,
Netherlands The,
United States
Kingdom of Wow makes handcrafted footwear from natural materials - wool, cotton, and leather - at their purpose-built workshop in Siem Reap, Cambodia. Every pair is made by hand, from thread to toe, by a skilled all-female artisan team who earn fair wages in a safe and healthy workplace. The brand works to tread lightly on the planet. Natural materials, low-waste craftsmanship, and designs built to last help to keep their footprint small. They offset their carbon footprint by supporting the Southern Cardamom REDD+ rainforest conservation project in Cambodia - protecting over 1.2 million acres of biodiverse forest, verified under the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) and Climate, Community, Biodiversity (CCB) Standards. Kingdom of Wow does not engage in lobbying or make political contributions. Governance is guided by a simple principle: good for people, good for the planet.
Overall B Impact Score
Governance 14.8
Governance evaluates a company's overall mission, engagement around its social/environmental impact, ethics, and transparency. This section also evaluates the ability of a company to protect their mission and formally consider stakeholders in decision making through their corporate structure (e.g. benefit corporation) or corporate governing documents.
What is this? A company with an Impact Business Model is intentionally designed to create a specific positive outcome for one of its stakeholders - such as workers, community, environment, or customers.
Workers 34.3
Workers evaluates a company’s contributions to its employees’ financial security, health & safety, wellness, career development, and engagement & satisfaction. In addition, this section recognizes business models designed to benefit workers, such as companies that are at least 40% owned by non-executive employees and those that have workforce development programs to support individuals with barriers to employment.
What is this? A company with an Impact Business Model is intentionally designed to create a specific positive outcome for one of its stakeholders - such as workers, community, environment, or customers.
Community 19.9
Community evaluates a company’s engagement with and impact on the communities in which it operates, hires from, and sources from. Topics include diversity, equity & inclusion, economic impact, civic engagement, charitable giving, and supply chain management. In addition, this section recognizes business models that are designed to address specific community-oriented problems, such as poverty alleviation through fair trade sourcing or distribution via microenterprises, producer cooperative models, locally focused economic development, and formal charitable giving commitments.
Environment 8.6
Environment evaluates a company’s overall environmental management practices as well as its impact on the air, climate, water, land, and biodiversity. This includes the direct impact of a company’s operations and, when applicable its supply chain and distribution channels. This section also recognizes companies with environmentally innovative production processes and those that sell products or services that have a positive environmental impact. Some examples might include products and services that create renewable energy, reduce consumption or waste, conserve land or wildlife, provide less toxic alternatives to the market, or educate people about environmental problems.
Customers 2.8
Customers evaluates a company’s stewardship of its customers through the quality of its products and services, ethical marketing, data privacy and security, and feedback channels. In addition, this section recognizes products or services that are designed to address a particular social problem for or through its customers, such as health or educational products, arts & media products, serving underserved customers/clients, and services that improve the social impact of other businesses or organizations.