OUR BC HAT BRAND IS ALL HAND-MADE IN OUR BYRON BAY, AUSTRALIA FACTORY.
We offset a percentage of our carbon footprint by planting and maintaining 2000 native hoop pines on our family owned property about 35km from the factory.
Our factory is a fume free zone. We use only nontoxic glues in our manufacturing. Australia is a very worker friendly country and we all have lots of fun creating shade for people.
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Our small, family run operation uses mostly Australian and New Zealand raw materials.
We have received a Declaration of Conformance for all of our leather used:
Customer: B. C. Leather Pty Ltd
Bovine Leather suitable for Hats
Safety Standards: EC DIRECTIVE 91/173(CHLORINATED PHENOIS)
EC DIRECTIVE 2002/61 (AZO DYES)
No banned substances have been used in manufacture, and the leather shall not contain the following, including: Organic biocides (PCP or TCP) from fungicides Aromatic Amines from Azo Dyes Sensitising Disperse Dyes Prohibited Metals Arsenis, Nickel, Cadmium, Mercury or Chrome V1 (Hexavalent Chromium) Flame Retardants (Brominated) Formaldehyde