I’m Liam, nice to meet you! Ethical Schoolwear is the online school uniform shop for people who want affordable uniforms that do good for people & planet.

Why ethical school uniform?

Since I became a parent, when we adopted our children, I’ve realised that I ask a lot of questions. What’s that? Where’s it from? Who made it? What’s it made from? How much? Sorry, I think I misheard you… how much?!

Many of these questions have been about school uniform. Getting answers, and on occasion getting any response at all, has been difficult. So I decided to set up a shop myself. Ethical Schoolwear is for people like us. We're trying to do the right thing for the planet, the people who make school uniform, our kids who wear it and our bank balances! 

Ethical Schoolwear promises only to sell school uniform and branded clothing from manufacturers that:

• Are Ethical Trading Initiative members
• Are B Corp certified
• Use as much recycled fabric as possible
• Are certified CarbonNeutral
• Are signed up to the Better Cotton Initiative
• Pay the living wages for the countries in which they operate
• Align their values with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals
• Open up their factories to third-party independent inspection to ensure healthy and safe working practices, zero child labour and zero modern day slavery
• Take action to eradicate period poverty within their workforce
  

If we offer your school's uniform: discover the impact of your school uniform. 

If you'd like Ethical Schoolwear to become a supplier of your school's uniform, please share this page with your Principal. Or get in touch and we'll drop them a line. 

A tree planted for every order - 1,601 so far!

Our smallholding has a few small fields, some of which the previous owner had nurtured into a haven for wildlife, which include a pond and woodland. In 1999 they were certified by the Ulster Wildlife Trust as part of their Wildlife Areas Scheme. I plan to increase the amount of wild land by creating more woodland and native hedgerows to act as nature highways. I hope that by rewilding the land and creating an oasis for wildlife, as well as a carbon sink to absorb CO2, that our small efforts can make a lasting difference. 

Name your tree

For every order a tree will be planted. Your tree will soak up approximately a tonne of CO2 in its lifetime.

If you sign up to receive email updates from us, we'll ask you to name your sapling. Named trees will be planted - late Autumn to early Spring - here on our smallholding. Unnamed trees are planted across the globe in areas that have been decimated by deforestation with the help of Ecologi.

Naming your tree is a great way to show your child that every purchase we make leaves an impact - and that we can choose to make a positive one. Keep an eye on our socials this winter to spot your tree being named.