GOEX Apparel
Missouri, United States
January 2024
Apparel
Manufacturing
Haiti,
United States
GOEX uses a simple tee to connect the customer and the maker, sustaining fair-wage jobs in Haiti that empower workers, lift them from poverty, and create ripple effects in their families and communities, where one employee’s wages often support six others. The company chooses better with every decision, always striving to do what is best for people and the planet. Each year, GOEX evaluates its fabrics and components to ensure it is using the most sustainable options available—from OEKO-TEX ECO PASSPORT certified fabrics to Fair Trade labels and tags, and innovative materials like Ciclo-enhanced fibers that help synthetics biodegrade more responsibly. Its garments are crafted from the most eco-friendly textiles it can source. GOEX is proud of its Fair Trade Federation Verification and its commitment to the organization’s nine principles of transparency and integrity. It is also a verified member of B Corp, the Fair Labor Association, the Social Enterprise Alliance, and the Social Enterprise World Forum. Supporting its teams is mission-critical in both the US and Haiti, and the company analyzes pay and benefits annually to ensure all employees can care for their families, stay healthy, and plan for the future.
Overall B Impact Score
Governance 18.3
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 22.8
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.
Community 35.2
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.
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.
Environment 14.9
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.
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.
Customers 3.5
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.