Responsible Purchasing

Doing the right thing by the people who make our gear.

Our approach

The good buggers rule

At 3 Wise Men we follow the good buggers rule. This means not only hiring good buggers, working with good buggers and celebrating good buggers in our advertising but also being good buggers ourselves. We genuinely want to do the right thing by the people who supply product to us and work in the factories that these suppliers operate.

We get the impact of our purchasing decisions on people’s lives. So, we’ve given complacency the boot and have taken the first steps toward providing more visibility around the way we work with our suppliers. We’re the first to admit we don’t know everything in this field, so we’ve contracted an ethical sourcing specialist to guide us on this journey. Here’s what we’re up to.

What we're up to

How we buy

Design & Development

For over 15 years, we’ve collaborated with our suppliers to develop a range that our customers know, understand & love. Our suppliers are used to working with high volume, high quality brands and have systems in place to ensure high quality production in environments where their workers are valued and looked after. In other words, we’ve done the yards to find who the good ones are.

Quality at every level

Quality products last the distance and provide good value to our customers while minimising waste. Three big ticks there. We’ve also reduced getting product samples for new products only. Any samples that we do produce are either sold or donated with none thrown out.

Optimised Fabric Yield

For over 15 years, we’ve collaborated with our suppliers to develop a range that our customers know, understand & love. Our suppliers are used to working with high volume, high quality brands and have systems in place to ensure high quality production in environments where their workers are valued and looked after. In other words, we’ve done the yards to find who the good ones are.

Organic Cotton

It’s great stuff and we use it wherever possible. We are currently limited by fabric availability but we have found some opportunities in our most recent buying trip for future ranges. Watch this space.

How we work