Quality System

Quality control plan

Pre-production → Shipment

  1. Pre-production risk review
    Known risks before bulk

  2. PP meeting
    Approvals locked

  3. Inline inspection
    During production

  4. Mid inspection
    Where the program requires it

  5. Final inspection
    Before shipment

  6. AQL / agreed method
    Acceptance basis

  7. Lab-test coordination
    As specified

  8. CAPA / root cause
    When results fail

  9. Shipment release
    Ready to go

Third-party inspection and Japanese-style piece-to-piece checking are available where commercially agreed.

Compliance

How a buyer standard is handled

Each buyer standard is verified at the partner factory and matched to the program — from intake through to issue escalation.

  • Intake
  • Factory-document review
  • Validity and scope check
  • Social/environmental mapping
  • Order-specific record
  • Issue escalation

Certifications and Audit

Quality you can trust

Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh
BSCI — Business Social Compliance Initiative

Certificates are checked project by project for validity and scope. Partner-factory certificates are access, not Bluebird-owned certificates.

Certified factories

How many of each certificate

Each number is how many partner factories hold that certificate. These marks are access at selected partner factories — not Bluebird-owned credentials.

  • 30+
    GOTS : Global Organic Textile Standard
    • Ecological and social criteria
    • Independent certification
    • Entire textile supply chain
  • 25+
    OCS : Organic Content Standard
    • 5–100% organic material
    • Source-to-product traceability
    • Verified organic proportion
  • 1+
    GRS : Global Recycled Standard
    • Recycled-content products
    • Entire supply chain
    • Traceability, environment, social, labeling
  • 40+
    OEKO-TEX : Oeko-Tex Standard 100
    • Independent certification system
    • Every processing stage
    • Environmental responsibility
  • 15+
    LEED : Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
    • Environmentally responsible buildings and sites
    • Used in the production of materials
    • Less waste, long-term sustainability

Commitment

Our Sustainability Commitment

We actively promote and engage in initiatives that advance sustainability.

Sustainability is not limited to using responsible materials in fashion; it extends across the entire value chain, from sourcing to production.

We have identified four simple practices for the whole group to adopt.

  1. Build Community
  2. Respect Water
  3. Think About Cycle
  4. Reduce The CO₂
A folded green knitted sweater tagged “sustainable fashion”.
Five balls of green wool yarn in a row.
A cream knitted sweater over denim with fern and blossom in the pocket.
Two pairs of vintage scissors on jute cloth with balls of twine.

Quality System

A control plan, not a slogan

Structured gates from pre-production risk review through to shipment release, plus compliance and sustainability.