The high ethical standards we place on ourselves translates to all of our Suppliers and accountability touches every step of our supply chain.

Factories producing our products are examined annually by an internationally recognized, independent auditing company to ensure that all laws regarding the importing of merchandise into the United States as well as all local laws and labor standards are adhered to.  Our Suppliers know that any evidence of child labor, prison labor, forced labor or discrimination based on sex, sexual orientation, culture, religion or political orientation will not be tolerated. 

We have established protocols that exceed accepted standards for testing and compliance. We take seriously our commitment to responsible sourcing and choose to work with fabrics that are not highly treated and do not have high chemical content. With our own staff of auditors in every factory every day, our continuous involvement and interaction with our suppliers results in the highest level of reliability and confidence with our customers.

Conflict Mineral Policy

Byer California is committed to sourcing materials from companies that share our values regarding human rights, ethics and environmental responsibility. On August 22, 2012, the final rule regarding sourcing of conflict minerals under Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“the Dodd-Frank Act”) was approved by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Conflict minerals include columbite-tantalite (coltan; i.e., tantalum); cassiterite (i.e., tin); wolframite (i.e., tungsten); gold or their derivatives. The rule imposes reporting requirements on publicly traded companies subject to the SEC to annually report the presence of conflict minerals originating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (“DRC”) or adjoining countries (“Covered Countries”) in the products they manufacture or contract to manufacture whereby the conflict minerals are necessary to the functionality or production of a product.

Byer California supports the humanitarian goal of the Dodd-Frank Act in ending the illegal trade of conflict minerals originating in the DRC.

Byer California is committed to: 
●     Avoiding the use of conflict minerals which directly or indirectly finance or benefit armed groups in the DRC or adjoining countries;
●     Enabling transparency in our supplier relationships;
●     Building responsible supplier relationships; and
●     Minimizing the environmental and social footprint of our supply chain.

In order to meet these commitments, Byer California will:
●     Utilize the Source Intelligence platform for supply chain tracing and transparency;
●     Routinely assess our suppliers’ compliance with this policy.

Responsible Sourcing of Cotton and Forced Labor Risk Policy

Byer California strictly prohibits all forms of forced labor, and the U.S. law prohibits the importation in the United States goods made with forced labor.

Byer requires that our suppliers not knowingly source cotton from Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, or the Xinjiang region of China for our product. All suppliers for Byer California must undertake due diligence measures to ensure that the goods supplied to Byer California are not affiliated with any organization on the U.S. Commerce Department Entity list such as, but no necessarily limited to, the XPCC (Xinjiang Production & Construction Corps) or any other XPCC subsidiaries.

For more information, please contact:

Byer California
66 Potrero Ave
San Francisco CA 94103
info @ byerca . com