Our mission
Vision (why the company does it)
Mission (what the company does)
Values (how the company does it)
Our core values resonates strongly with the concept of sustainability in all its dimensions:
Ecological: Making fashion through the sustainable production of cotton that keeps on regenerating our environment with net-zero GHG emission.
Economic: Contributing to job creation and income generation for local communities in Mozambique.
Social: Offering local communities with well-needed social services, through the creation of an infirmary, a crèche, and a vocational training centre.
Cultural: Enhancing the local culture and lifestyle in our business model and our fashion products.
Ethical: Ensuring human rights are strictly complied with at any aspects of the business organization and any part of our fashion value chain, as per the AfroRicky Organique Code of Conduct. The company also guarantees animal welfare in all its agricultural endeavors.
Excellence: Creating fashion products that are meticulously sourced and exclusively designed to showcase African beauty.
United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
No poverty
AfroRicky Organique’s activities generate new income for rural communities that were initially below the poverty line
Zero hunger
AfroRicky Organique develops regenerative agriculture which consists in rotating crops between livestock, legumes and cotton, providing healthy food for the local communities, and maintaining food security
Good health and well-being
AfroRicky Organique develops a health centre as part of its regenerative cotton project to support local communities with basic health treatments.
Quality Education
AfroRicky Organique develops a vocational training centre as part of its regenerative cotton project to support young people with education that helps finding decent jobs.
Gender equality
AfroRicky Organique’s activities provide women with decent jobs either in agriculture, dyeing, cutting and sewing, while ensuring that no gender-based discriminatory behaviours are admitted in the company.
Clean water and sanitation
Affordable and clean energy
Decent work and economic growth
AfroRicky Organique’s activities provide local communities with decent jobs and new sources of income either in agriculture, dyeing, cutting and sewing.
Industry, innovation and infrastructure
Reduced inequalities
Sustainable cities and communities
Responsible consumption and production
AfroRicky Organique contributes to sustainable fashion by producing clothes from regenerative cotton, using natural dyeing methods and displaying its garments at eco-friendly fashion shows.
Climate action
AfroRicky Organique contributes to both climate mitigation and adaptation, especially by regenerating the soil’s capacity to sequester carbon and absorb heavy rainwater.
Life below water
AfroRicky Organique uses no agrochemical product such as pesticide or synthetic fertilizer for its agriculture activities which does not run off into groundwater, rivers, and the ocean.
Partnerships for the goals
AfroRicky Organique concluded trade partnerships with a Portuguese factory specialised in cotton spinning and weaving, as well as European retailers.
Partnerships for the goals
AfroRicky Organique’s activities provide local communities with decent jobs and new sources of income either in agriculture, dyeing, cutting and sewing.