Impact and accountability
What we commit to, and how you can hold us to it
Femieko exists to make intimate care safer, more accessible and less wasteful. This section is where we write down what that means in practice, what we have not solved yet, and how to tell us when we get it wrong.
Why this section exists
A brand that sells products worn against the body makes promises. Safety. Materials. Fair production. Care for the planet. Promises are easy to make and hard to check.
So we have written ours down. Each page below states a commitment, how it works day to day, who inside the company is answerable for it, and when it was last reviewed. Where we do not yet have the evidence to back something up, we say so on the page rather than leaving it out.
This is also the documentation we submit for external certification. It is written for our customers first, and it happens to be what an auditor needs to see.
Our commitments
Five short documents. Each one is a page, not a PDF, so it can be read, linked to and corrected.
01
Our purpose
Why this company exists, stated formally, and the five areas where we hold ourselves to a positive impact.
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Equity and inclusion
Access is the whole point of this business. What that means for our range, our language and our workplace.
Read03
Human rights
The people who make our products. What we require of suppliers, and where the real risks sit.
Read04
Public policy and advocacy
We do not lobby politically and we make no political donations. We do argue publicly for menstrual health. Here is the line between the two.
Read05
Raise a concern
How anyone, including people who do not work for us, can report a problem. Anonymously if they prefer.
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What we already do
Our sustainability work, the organisations we support and our education programmes are documented on their own pages.
Where our support has gone
Figures we can evidence. Each links to the page where the work is described in full.
What we have not solved yet
We would rather you read this from us than find it out elsewhere.
We do not yet hold chemical test reports on our waterproof layers
Our period underwear, menstrual swimwear and reusable pads contain a waterproof layer. We have begun a testing programme for fluorinated compounds on every layer of these products, and we have asked our material suppliers for signed declarations. Until those results are in, we will not claim our products are free of any substance we have not measured. What we can say today is that we do not intentionally add such substances, and our suppliers confirm this to us.
We have not measured our full carbon footprint
We know where our emissions are likely to sit, in materials, manufacturing and transport across more than twenty markets. We have not yet put a verified number on them. We are working on an estimate rather than waiting for a perfect one.
Our disposable range still creates waste
We make reusable products because they replace disposable ones. We also make organic disposable pads, tampons and liners, because not everyone can or wants to switch. Those products are still used once. We use organic cotton and a vegetal membrane, we have removed what plastic we can, and that is an improvement rather than a solution.
Price is still a barrier
Reusable products cost less over their life and more on the day you buy them. That first cost keeps them out of reach for exactly the people who would benefit most. Our donation partnerships exist because our pricing alone does not solve this.
Tell us when we get it wrong
Anyone can raise a concern with us. Customers, the people who make our products, our own team, partners, or someone who has simply read this page and thinks we are overstating something.
You can do it by name or anonymously. We confirm receipt within three working days and reply properly within thirty days.
