Decjuba has issued a statement in response to the F grade awarded to the company in the Baptist World Aid Australia ethical fashion report.
The report was released this week and looks to track and grade companies over their production standards.
Decjuba said that the report could be misleading to consumers and that the research team behind the survey could not verify details provided by companies in the report.
“We appreciate the intentions of the Baptist World Aid Guide, but also recognise it as an unregulated survey driven by the Baptist World Organisation's own set of beliefs.
“The ratings system is based on information submitted by participating companies and the Baptist World Aid research team do not conduct site inspections to verify these details.
“The Baptist World Organisation awards an F for non-participation which can be misleading to consumers.”
In its report, Baptist World Aid Australia outlined their decision behind awarding the F grade to companies who don't respond to the survey.
“Several companies have chosen not to disclose or make any information publicly available.
“Without this information, it becomes almost impossible for the public to know whether companies are investing sufficiently to ensure that workers are not being exploited.
“For this reason, these companies receive an F grade in the report.”
The report has previously received backlash and protests from companies over the credibility of the project and its reporting methods.
In their comment, Decjuba highlighted their commitment to improving production standards independently of the requirements of the report.
“At Decjuba, we have a very clear mandate around social and ethical compliance, we hold ourselves and our suppliers accountable to clear principles.
“Our suppliers comply with a contract which sets out our own set of non-negotiable principles regarding working conditions, wages, animal rights, sustainability and corruption.
“Each of our factories is audited by an external regulator, and our team visit the factories that we partner with to ensure that our code of conduct is being upheld.
“We have long-standing relationships with our factories, some of which we have collaborated with for more than 20 years."