Fashion label
Australian fashion label founded by husband and wife Marnie Goding and Adam Koniaras in 2004 in Melbourne. Production mainly in China and India.
Company Assessment
(Last updated Jun 2024)
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ELK Accessories Pty Ltd
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Low carbon company
By meeting the requirements of LowCO2 certification under the NoCO2 Program, ELK is now a low carbon business. ELK have measured and offset their operational emissions.
Source: NoCO2
(2021)
4/5 for packaging performance
This company received a packaging performance level of 4 (Leading) in its 2024 APCO Annual Report. Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation (APCO) is a not-for-profit organisation leading the development of a circular economy for packaging in Australia. Each year, APCO Members are required to submit an APCO Annual Report and Action Plan, which includes an overall performance level from 1 (Getting Started) to 5 (Beyond Best Practice).
Source: APCO
(2024)
Efforts to pay a living wage
Oxfam Australia's 2019 Naughty or Nice list ranks the biggest and most popular clothing brands on what they are actually doing to protect and support the women making our clothes, especially on brands' commitment to paying a living wage. This company is on the 'nice' list.
Source: Oxfam Australia
(2019)
Turkmen Cotton Pledge signatory
This company has signed the Cotton Pledge with the Responsible Sourcing Network, signifying a public commitment to not knowingly source Turkmen cotton for the manufacturing of any of their products until the Government of Turkmenistan ends the practice of forced labor in its cotton sector. Each cotton season, Turkmen public sector workers are forced by the government to fulfill cotton picking quotas and private businesses are forced to contribute to the efforts financially or with labor. This places a huge burden on the health, education, and general well-being of Turkmen citizens.
1% for the planet
1% for the Planet is a global movement of 1300+ companies that donate 1% of their sales to a network of 2300+ environmental organisations worldwide.
Source: 1% for the planet
(2021)
Banksia Sustainability Award 2019
This company won the Medium Business Award at the 2019 Banksia Sustainability Awards. "ELK see it as their responsibility to work with integrity, transparency and honesty and to minimise their environmental footprint and promote positive social practices."
Source: Banksia Foundation
(2019)
Transparency Pledge
The Apparel and Footwear Supply Chain Transparency Pledge (Transparency Pledge) helps demonstrate apparel and footwear companies' commitment towards greater transparency in their manufacturing supply chain. Transparency of a company's manufacturing supply chain better enables a company to collaborate with civil society in identifying, assessing, and avoiding actual or potential adverse human rights impacts. This is a critical step that strengthens a company's human rights due diligence. This company is fully aligned with the Transparency Pledge, thereby committing to regularly publish on its website a list naming all sites that manufacture its products.
Source: Transparency Pledge
(2019)
Uzbek Cotton Pledge signatory
This company signed the Uzbek Cotton Pledge with the Responsible Sourcing Network, signifying a public commitment to not knowingly source Uzbek cotton for the manufacturing of any of their products until the Government of Uzbekistan ends the practice of forced labor in its cotton sector. However the Pledge was lifted in March 2022 after the Uzbek Forum for Human Rights, who monitored the annual cotton harvest since 2010, found no state-imposed forced labor in the 2021 harvest.
Source: Cotton Campaign
(2022)
Transparency claims
This company has extensive transparency claims on its website.
Source: company website
(2019)
CanopyStyle member
This company is a member of the CanopyStyle initiative, which came about when research found that millions of trees are used every year to produce dissolving pulp, a key ingredient for fabrics such as rayon/viscose. The campaign seeks to phase out the use of endangered forest fibre in fabric.
Source: Canopy
(2018)
Company Details
Type:
Family-owned private company
Employees:
45
(2015)
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Elk
ELK
Womens Fashion