ChunkiChilli Feathers McGraw Soft Toy
Our Rating System
A scale of 1–10 is applied to each of the 5 points and added together. The resulting total is represented as follows:
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1–10 points — Has one eco feature & responsibility statement
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11–20 points — Above & clean manufacturing
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21–30 points — Above & clean distribution
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31–40 points — Above & support good causes
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41–50 points — Above & a good ethos which is monitored
The Provenance
Meet Feathers McGraw, the nefarious penguin from Wallace and Gromit’s The Wrong Trousers, by Aardman Animation.
The humorous Feathers is completely hand knitted in soft Organic Cotton and measures 39cm from head to toe
The stuffing is Oeko-Tex certified polyester.
ChunkiChilli have been running a knitting community in Southwest China for almost 20 years. Shaun was completely hand knitted there.
Oeko-Tex
OEKO-TEX® is a union of 18 independent research and test institutes in the field of textile and leather ecology in Europe and Japan with contact offices in more than 60 countries. The partner institutes have joint responsibility for the development of test methods and limit values which form the basis for the following standards:
- Product labels according to STANDARD 100 by OEKO-TEX®, MADE IN GREEN by OEKO-TEX® and LEATHER STANDARD by OEKO-TEX®,
- Production facility certification according to STeP by OEKO-TEX® (Sustainable Textile & Leather Production),
- Chemicals certification according to ECO PASSPORT by OEKO-TEX®
- Status report according to DETOX TO ZERO by OEKO-TEX®
The independent OEKO-TEX® partner institutes are entitled to conduct appropriate laboratory tests or company audits in accordance with worldwide standardised guidelines. These comprehensive product and process tests guarantee risk management, consumer and environmental protection, as well as legal conformity.
