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How To Shop Ethically and Sustainably – Buy Local, Buy Fair Trade and Check Tags. Garment workers leave for the day in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

How To Shop Ethically and Sustainably – Buy Local, Buy Fair Trade and Check Tags

How to shop ethically and sustainably wherever you travel is a skill that’s easily learnt. And it’s one of the easiest ways for you to travel more responsibly. All you need to do is think hard about where and how you spend your money in the places in which you’re travelling.

Living in Cambodia, where the news often covers garment worker strikes and the deaths and injuries of workers – young people who slave for long hours making clothes and shoes for a pittance for some of the world’s biggest global fashion brands – has led me to further evaluate how I spend my money.

Below you’ll find my tips on how to shop ethically and sustainably when you’re away or at home. I’ve been following these for some years, however, I’m now also going to refrain from shopping at fashion brands I used to buy, such as Zara and H&M, until those companies demonstrate that the workers at their factories in Cambodia and elsewhere are being paid fair wages that are sufficient to live on.

According to a study by UK-based Labour Behind the Label and the Phnom Penh-based Community Legal Education Centre, workers in Cambodia require a minimum of US$150 a month to cover basic needs. Those working for Zara, H&M and other global fashion brands with factories in Cambodia, including Gap, Puma, Adidas, Nike, Debenhams, Next, Esprit, and Levi Strauss and others weren’t receiving that until recently.

I monitored the news closely in Cambodia throughout December and January 2014 when young textile workers like those above were injured, died or were detained during a brutal police crackdown while protesting for their right to fair payment for their work. Many of the global retailers I mentioned above signed letters condemning the shootings that resulted in the deaths and injuries.

However, those big, rich, global retail companies came to Cambodia because of the very fact that the labour is cheap, they can make their products more cheaply here than anywhere else, and they can therefore reap far greater profits – off the backs of workers who can barely survive on the meagre wages they are paying them. The multinational fashion brands need to take greater responsibility here.

But it was an encounter in 2014 with a former garment factory worker who now works in the travel industry that really brought home the situation for me. She described firsthand how she lived for several years while working in a factory making clothes for a major international fashion brand. She explained how she slaved for fourteen hours a day, seven days a week, working overtime for a measly $5 monthly bonus, only to take home a total of just $65 a month.

She told me that she only ever had a day off when she called in sick from exhaustion and she maintained that relentless pace for three years until she finally couldn’t take it anymore and found another job. If you find that story shockingly sad, I also recommend reading these firsthand accounts here in the Phnom Penh Post, Cambodia’s national English-language newspaper.

Catch the bus in or out of Phnom Penh early in the morning or in the evening and you can’t help but notice the young workers starting or ending their day at the garment factories on the dusty outskirts of Cambodia’s capital. As we were heading out of town on a day-trip some years ago we saw the bleary-eyed young women, above, tumble out of trucks, tuk tuks and ox carts, and on our return to the city in the early evening we witnessed them wearily pile back on again.

Cambodians are generally a cheerful lot. We often say they seem to be the happiest people in the world because they are so generous with their smiles and salutations. We’ve met the poorest of the poor in villages outside Siem Reap and Battambang and even after a hard day in the rice fields they have beamed at us as they warmly welcomed us to their homes. Yet, the women above weren’t smiling. They looked exhausted and unhappy.

Until the government announced a raise of the garment workers’ minimum wage to US$100 a month in 2014, they were earning $75 minimum a month, and last year many of the 600,000 or so workers were earning as little as $60 a month or $2 a day. I have a hard time understanding how the workers can survive on so little.

Sure, people earn even less in the villages, but they are often residing in their own homes or on family hand, so probably don’t have rent to pay, they can feed themselves from their own fresh produce and that of their neighbours by bartering, and the cost of living is far lower in the countryside than the capital.

In fact, the study I mentioned above (cited here) found that many garment workers suffer from malnutrition and fainting is common. At the time of writing this, there were no real outcomes from the letters the global fashion brands sent, and more mass protests took place in February that year.

Until these retailers can assure consumers that the workers who produce their clothes are earning more than the price of a shirt or pair of jeans each month, I’ll be spending my money elsewhere and I’d suggest you do the same.

Here are some more tips on how to shop ethically and sustainably when you travel.

How To Shop Ethically and Sustainably – Buy Local, Buy Fair Trade and Check Tags

Here are my tips to how to shop ethically and shop sustainably whether you’re at home or away:

1. Buy Ethical Brands

Do some research and read the labels and tags on the clothes you buy to ensure you’re buying products that are ethically made.

When we were in Paris, Christelle Bonnivard, who opened ethical boutique Mademoiselle Bambû after being inspired by the gorgeous garments she saw at an Ethical Fashion Show, gave me some fantastic tips on how to shop ethically and sustainably.

Christelle, who only sells ‘ethical fashion’, defines it as clothes, jewellery and accessories made by small independent designers who only use materials whose origins they know.

“The products must respect the environment, respect human beings, and be 100% biologique (organic),” Christelle said. “In France we have a strict certification and standards system – the tags should say where the product was made, what it’s made from, and whether it is organic cotton or 100% biologique.”

Look for similar information on tags, labels, in shops, on company websites, and online.

2. Support Fair Trade

Fair Trade goods are ethically made products that are produced and sold according to World Fair Trade Organization principles that require that education, training and employment opportunities be provided, that people be paid fairly, and that production be environmentally sustainable.

When we were in Bali, for instance, we could have bought souvenirs at the markets, but we had no idea where they came from, whether child labour was used, and whether workers who made them were fairly treated.

Instead we went to Ubud’s Threads of Life, which works with traditional weavers in villages too remote to benefit from tourism, helping to feed their families, educate their kids, train them, maintain their traditions, and enable their communities to prosper and grow.

By shopping at Fair Trade businesses you are helping too. To know whether a business is Fair Trade, look for stickers on shop windows and certificates on walls confirming their Fair Trade status.

3. Keep Traditions Alive

Wherever possible, try to seek out traditional crafts or at least contemporary applications of traditional techniques so that you are contributing to keeping traditions alive rather than contributing to their death.

I like to give the example of the distinctive candy-striped Catalan textiles, Les Toiles Du Soleil or The Cloth of the Sun, produced in Saint Laurent de Cerdans in the French Pyrénées for over 150 years, which enlivens everything from espadrilles to shop awnings.

Once, the entire village was devoted to the textile’s creation by traditional techniques, but as machine manufacturing expanded business declined.

Fortunately, thanks to three designers working under the umbrella ‘Made in Céret’, there’s been a resurgence of interest in the fabric.

4. Shop Local and Buy Direct

Make a habit of asking staff in shops where things come from and quiz them about the source if you have any doubts as to the origin.

By buying locally made products from local business owners, you know what you’re buying, and by buying direct from the source, from artists, designers and craftspeople, you know you’re directly supporting their work, helping to create demand for local products in a retail climate that increasingly favours cheap, mass-produced trinkets and clothes.

Local small business owners tend to re-invest profits into their community, whereas foreign business owners tend to send it home.

Shopping locally is therefore much more sustainable, as well as helping ensure places maintain their distinctive local character, the kind of character shaped by quirky one-of-a-kind shops like one of my favourites, Giovanna Canela Miranda’s Ave María In San Miguel de Allende.

Giovanna specialises in quirky, kitsch and cool Mexicana, and she also shared some wonderful advice on how to shop ethically and sustainably. “Buy local!” she said.

Everything Giovanna designs, sources and sells is made in Mexico. She either commissions Mexican artists to make her products or she travels around Mexico to source things directly from artisans and designers.

5. Be Eco-Friendly and Go Organic

When shopping for gifts and mementoes when you travel, look beyond souvenir shops.

If you’re settling into a place for a while, buy organic produce at local markets.

Wherever possible we always seek out farmers markets and buy local, seasonal, organic produce, which leaves a smaller environmental footprint than imported products that have been flown in or travelled considerable distance.

I will always try to buy recycled, handmade and eco-friendly gifts whenever possible, such as these in Venice from Pied à Terre, which sells vibrant velvet slippers with soles made from recycled tyres inspired by those that peasant farmers once made from jute seed bags, bicycle tyres and recycled rags for gondoliers.

I also love Dietro Langolo, owned by architects Federica Serena and Sylvia Saltarin who sell eco-friendly fashion, accessories and design objects made from recycled electric cable, silicon, candy wrappers, and fire hoses.

6. Choose Vintage

As we’ve travelled the world over the last decade or so I’ve been noticing vintage shops popping up everywhere, from Melbourne to Vienna, Edinburgh to Berlin.

Wherever we go I like to ask locals to point me toward vintage stores and charity shops, which always tend to be located in more interesting inner-city areas.

Buying vintage clothes for many is about creating an individual style statement from rare old pieces. I love buying clothes as souvenirs so that whenever I wear them I’m reminded of the place I discovered them.

But what also I love about buying vintage when I travel is that if it was rare in the place I bought it, it’s highly unlikely I’m going to see anyone wearing it elsewhere.

Most importantly, I’m recycling something old, which is far better than buying disposable fashion. Now, more than ever.

More Resources on Ethical Shopping and Sustainable Shopping

Labour Behind the Label

Fashion Karma: 7 Steps to Shopping Ethically

Shopping with Ethics: A 5-Step Guide

Shop Ethical: Your Ethical Consumer Guide (Australia)

A Guide to Buying Sustainable, Fair Trade and Cruelty Free Clothing (US)

Shopping Guide to High Street Clothes Shops from Ethical Consumer (UK)

Slavery Footprint

Fashioning Change

Sustainable Table

Published February 2014; Last updated July 2019.

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A travel and food writer who has experienced over 70 countries and written for The Guardian, Australian Gourmet Traveller, Feast, Delicious, National Geographic Traveller, Conde Nast Traveller, Travel+Leisure Southeast Asia, DestinAsian, TIME, CNN, The Independent, The Telegraph, Sunday Times Travel Magazine, AFAR, Wanderlust, International Traveller, Get Lost, Four Seasons Magazine, Fah Thai, Sawasdee, and more, as well as authored more than 40 guidebooks for Lonely Planet, DK, Footprint, Rough Guides, Fodors, Thomas Cook, and AA Guides.

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  1. Deb says

    February 8, 2014 at 6:24 am

    A thoughtful post on a subject that all too often gets brushed aside as we Americans rush to the mall for the latest fashions at the lowest price. The only way to support meaningful change are the choices we make in our spending habits.

  2. Mzuri says

    February 9, 2014 at 3:59 am

    Excellent piece, Lara! Really enjoyed reading it. The challenge is locating brands that are truly ethical and not only “advertised” as being ethical. It is sad but there are many companies that say they treat their staff ethically to get business from outsiders but when you get to know those companies locally it is often not the case. Shopping directly where possible might help – but often the language barrier could be a hinder, i.e. the sales person might speak a few words of English but the maker doesn’t and gets taken advantage of. I think spending the time to travel like locals, learning their language, living their lives could lead to meaningful shopping experience like no others! I love your slow travel philosophy. Keep up your great travel adventures and writing! :)

  3. Lara Dunston says

    February 9, 2014 at 12:48 pm

    Thanks, Deb. Don’t worry, it’s not only you Americans. Us Aussies, along with Brits and Europeans, are the same – just not in such large numbers. Two of the big disposable fashion brands with factories here in Cambodia – Zara and H&M – are European. So we’re all responsible for the fact that Cambodians like those above work long hard hours and yet still struggle to survive. Thanks for dropping by, Deb.

  4. Lara Dunston says

    February 9, 2014 at 12:56 pm

    Thanks, Mzuri. Greatly appreciate your comments and some good points made there. Christelle, who I met in Paris, who I mention above, directed me to some resources on the regulation of ethical brands and the strict requirements they have to meet to call themselves ‘ethical’. But how many people know about those? And, yes, I’m sure there are a lot of businesses that claim to be ethical because they know it’s something that is increasingly appealling to conscious travellers.

    In Cambodia there are profit businesses – from shops to restaurants – that imply they are non-profits and are doing work to train and support the disadvantaged and giving back to the community because they know it’s good for business. Just a few days ago I saw a blogger travelling through Siem Reap tweet on Twitter that she was so pleased she had been able to support the work of a particular restaurant – a restaurant that is very much a profit business but suggests it’s a hospitality training operation. People need to ask more questions and do a bit more research.

    Thanks again for stopping by and for your words – really appreciated :)

  5. Franca says

    January 5, 2015 at 5:36 pm

    Amazing piece Lara, this is something that should be more talked about. It’s a very important subject that we cannot ignore anymore!

  6. Lara Dunston says

    January 6, 2015 at 11:10 am

    Thanks, Franca! I completely agree. However, sometimes it takes something close to home to make people re-think how they shop and the decisions they make. I’ve always tried to shop responsibly but it wasn’t until we moved to Cambodia and learnt about the low wages and poor conditions the young garment factory workers are working in that I decided I wasn’t going to buy some of my favourite brands like Zara again – or until their pay/situation improved. It often takes something like that for people to take notice and change. Thanks for dropping by!

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Birds-eye chillies thrown in for free! They were on my list but the seller I spent most at (5,000 riel!) scooped up a handful and slipped them into my bag. She was my last stop and knew what I was making.

My Khmer is poor, even after all our years in Cambodia, as I don’t learn languages with the ease I did in my 20s, plus I’m mentally exhausted after researching and writing all day. I have a better vocabulary of Old and Middle Khmer than modern Khmer from studying the ancient inscriptions for the Cambodian culinary history component of our cookbook I’m writing.

So when one seller totalled my purchases I thought she said 5,000 riel but she handed back 4,500 riel! The sum total of two huge bunches of herbs and kaffir lime leaves was 500 riel.

Tip: if visiting Siem Reap, use Khmer riel for local shopping. We’ve mainly used riel since the pandemic started— rarely use US$ now as market sellers quote prices in riels, as do local shops and bakeries, and I tip tuk tuk drivers in riels. I find prices quoted in riels are lower.

Psar Samaki is cheaper than Psar Leu, which is cheaper than Psar Chas, as it’s a wholesale market, which means the produce is fresher. I see veggies arriving, piled high in the back of vehicles, with dirt still on them — as I did on this trip. 

The scent of a mountain of incredibly aromatic pineapples offloaded from the back of a dusty ute was so heady they smelt like they’d just been cut. More exotic European style veggies arrive by big trucks in boxes labelled in Vietnamese (from Dalat) and Mandarin (from China), such as beautiful snow-white cauliflower I spotted.

Note: the freshest produce is sold on the dirt road at the back of the market.

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My Vietnamese-ish meatballs and rice noodles recip My Vietnamese-ish meatballs and rice noodles recipe makes tender meatballs doused in a delightfully tangy-sweet sauce, sprinkled with crispy fried shallots, with carrot-daikon, crunchy cucumber and fragrant herbs. 

The dish is inspired by bún chả, a Hanoi specialty, but it’s not bún chả. No matter what Google or food bloggers tell you. Names are important, especially when cooking and writing about cuisines not our own.

This is an authentic bún chả recipe:  https://grantourismotravels.com/vietnamese-bun-cha-recipe/ You’ll need to get the outdoor BBQ/grill going to do proper smoky bún chả meat patties (not meatballs).

My meatball noodle bowl is perhaps more closely related to dishes such as a Central Vietnam cousin bún thịt nướng (pork skewers on rice noodles in a bowl) and a Southern relation bún bò Nam Bộ (beef atop rice noodles, sprinkled with fried shallots (Nam Bộ=Southern Vietnam) though neither include meatballs. 

Xíu mại= meatballs although they’re different in flavour to mine, which taste more like bún chả patties. Xíu mại remind me of Southern Italian meatballs in tomato sauce.

In Vietnam’s Mekong Delta, home to millions of Khmer, there’s bánh tằm xíu mại. Bánh tằm=silk worm noodles. They’re topped with meatballs, cucumber, daikon, carrot, fresh herbs, crispy fried onions. Difference: cold noodles doused in a sauce of coconut cream and fish sauce. 

Remove the meatballs, add chopped fried spring rolls and it’s Cambodia’s banh sung, which is a rice noodle salad similar to Vietnam’s bún chả giò :) 

Recipe here: (link in bio) https://grantourismotravels.com/vietnamese-meatballs-and-rice-noodles-recipe/

For more on these culinary connections you’ll have to wait for our Cambodian cookbook and culinary history. In a hurry to know? Come support the project on Patreon. (link in bio)

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It is pure coincidence that Pepper’s eye colour It is pure coincidence that Pepper’s eye colour matches the furnishings of our rented apartment. So, no, I did not colour-coordinate the interiors to match our cat’s eyes. 

I keep getting DMs from pet clothing brands wanting to “partner” with Pepper and send her free cat clothes and cat accessories. Although she did wear a kerchief for a few years in her more adventurous fashion-forward teenage years, I cannot see this cat in clothes now, can you? 

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