A Sisterhood.

The “B” in B Health stands for “behno,”

which means “sisters” in Hindi.

At our partner factories, individuals will refer to female colleagues

by their first name followed by the suffix of “behn” (sister).

In plurality, they become a community of sisters or “behno.”

With Us, You're Setting the Standard, too.

All of our products are made in factories that incrementally

implement "The behno Standard," which is a set of six guiding principles.

Your B Health purchases support the following:

Health

Provision of exemplary healthcare services including coverage and access to health clinics.
Access to fresh sanitized water and additional nutritional ammunition for those in need.

Garment Worker Social Mobility

Active acknowledgement of garment workers through fair and transparent agreements.
Elimination of child labor.
Equipping garment workers with specific high-end technical and creative craft trainings to further their skillset.
Fair wages.

Family Planning

Accessibility to and provision of affordable family planning education and services.

Women's Rights

Prioritization of women’s legal and physical social mobility by providing leadership opportunities to female workers.
Ensuring equal remuneration for women as their male counterparts in similar positions or roles.

Worker Satisfaction and Benefits

Development of clean recreational spaces within the factory setting where garment workers feel safe and welcome to relax, socialize, and find spiritual and educational resources.
Access to schools and educational and recreational resources for garment workers’ children.
Subsidies and reimbursements for transportation to and from home when appropriate.

Eco-Consciousness

Utilization of state of the art machinery geared towards safety and controlled carbon footprint and environmental waste.
Installment of safe foundation infrastructure abiding to international regulations on safety standards and worker rights.
Limiting fabric wastage.

Setting the Standard in the World.

Speaking Engagement: Fashion as a Social Mobilizer at the United Nations, NYC

behno founder, Shivam Punjya, was invited to the United Nations to speak on fashion as an industry capable of mobilizing communities and consumers for social change and global impact and share his story and social enterprise model. The talk was attended by diplomats, figureheads, and industry veterans.

For the first time, the United Nations discussed the fashion industry as a mobilizer for change by inviting six leaders in the fashion space to present their business models to discuss best practices and stimulate dialogue.

Showcasing The Garment Worker Project at Sotheby's, NYC

The Garment Worker Project debuted in July 2016 at Sotheby's in New York City. Created out of a collaboration between nonprofit organization Muni Seva Ashram (MSA), veterans of the garment industry, and the team behind behno, MSA Ethos is an ethical knits and wovens ready-to-wear factory that first implemented "The behno Standard."

Through the Garment Worker Project, behno’s founder, Shivam Punjya invited fashion photographer Dan Smith and documentary filmmaker Kent Mathews to MSA Ethos to explore the less visible side of fashion. Smith captured the unique individuals of MSA Ethos through an emotional series of intimate portraits while Mathews documented their personal stories and the unique infrastructure of the factory through documentary film.

Ultimately, the initiative demonstrates that garment workers are not a commodity and that garment production in the multibillion-dollar fashion industry does not need to be based on the exploitation of labor.

A Sisterhood.

The “B” in B Health stands for “behno,”
which means “sisters” in Hindi.

At our partner factories, individuals will refer to female colleagues by their first name followed by the suffix of “behn” (sister).

In plurality, they become a community of sisters or “behno.”

B Health.

Setting the Standard.

You may have heard of companies making a shift to more sustainable and ethical processes, so what makes B Health special?

The behno Standard.

Our mission is to redefine and bring sharp awareness to sustainability and ethics to fashion. We set a new standard for manufacturing for the global garment trade that revolutionizes the way garment workers and artisans are treated, viewed, and employed. Our aim is to become part of a global mission that inspires change, improves factory conditions, quality of life, and safety of individuals in developing countries by working with international factories that adhere to rigid compliances.

True to Our Roots.

Instead of making assumptions of the needs and desires of our garment workers and artisan partners, in 2013, we partnered with a large non-profit and successful industrialist of the garmenting industry to build an ethical factory called MSA Ethos. Through this partnership and our extensive research, our garment workers played the largest role in informing decision making.

That's how "The behno Standard" was born.

With Us, You're Setting the Standard, too.

All of our products are made in factories that incrementally implement "The behno Standard," which is a set of six guiding principles.