About Smateria Australia
Smateria products are made available in Australia by Khmer Trading Pty Ltd, an Australian owned and operated company. We are proud to be able to bring Smateria to you, an innovative and socially responsible company that cares about their employees.
Smateria Australia Description
Smateria products are made available in Australia by Khmer Trading Pty Ltd, an Australian owned and operated company. Khmer Trading has evolved from our experiences living and working in Cambodia and our extensive travels through South East Asia. We are proud to be able to bring Smateria to you, an innovative and socially responsible company that cares about their employees.
Smateria was established in 2006 by two Italian friends, Jennifer and Elisa. Smateria transforms recycled and repurposed materials into gorgeous new fashion items by mixing Italian design and Khmer craftsmanship.
Smateria started out with two very clear objectives: to create a beautiful, high-quality products using ‘bizarre’ materials; and to employ Cambodian workers in a fair and sustainable way, giving priority to women and mothers. In today’s world it is not enough to create beautiful designs. Consumers want to know that a product has been produced sustainably and that the people who produced it are being treated well by their employers.
Smateria can confidently tick both those boxes. Smateria’s employees (85 percent of whom are women) enjoy comfortable working conditions, a thirteen-month salary, health insurance, professional training and the freedom to train across the whole organization – from pre-production to sales.
Smateria’s philosophy is simple: give new life to ‘poor’ materials, create something beautiful from materials that were meant for something else, and at every opportunity, recycle.