Sustainability Summary

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Elk Sustainability Profile

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Sustainability Efforts

Making good progress

Measured Where it Matters Most

Products & sourcing

40%

Energy & climate

19%

Employee wellbeing

18%

Operational waste

15%

Packaging

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Sustainability Summary

This is an unclaimed profile. Elk has not joined Sustainability Tracker to verify their sustainability credentials. We gathered what we could from public sources.

ELK is an Australian fashion brand that presents its sustainability and ESG work through annual transparency reports. Its stated approach centres on transparency, honesty and integrity, with progress tracked against 2025 goals. The reports describe work across people, product and planet, including supplier sustainability action plans, preferred materials, renewable electricity, waste and recycling, packaging, volunteering, and partnerships with environmental and community organisations. ELK also states it is working towards B Corp certification and a net-zero emissions target using the Science Based Targets initiative framework.

Elk Sustainability Actions

1% for the Planet donations

We fulfilled our membership commitment to 1% for the Planet and donated 1% of all sales to environmental non-profit groups. This ongoing partnership reflects our strong commitment to protecting the environment. We donated a total of $210k in cash, products, and volunteer hours to our charity partners, up from $126K in TR2022.

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Matched giving with Karrkad Kanjdji Trust

In collaboration with our customers we donated $10k to our matched giving partner, Karrkad Kanjdji Trust, which is owned and led by First Nations people.

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TreeProject planting support

Through our ongoing partnership with TreeProject with our $2 donation for every online order, we have supported the planting of more than 135,000 native seedlings since 2020.

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Volunteering hours completed

We completed 333 hours of volunteering, just 5% shy of our target of 350 hours for this year. We have now achieved 55% of our 2025 target.

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Supplier sustainability action plans

We collaborated with 6 of our core suppliers to develop tailored sustainability action plans helping them set clear goals and take action to mitigate their environmental impact over a three-year timeline.

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Elk Sustainability Commitments

2025

2025 transparency goals

This is our fourth annual transparency report. It details how we operate as a fashion business and highlights our ethical and environmental journey. It serves as a public statement around our commitment to running a business with transparency, honesty and integrity, and tracks our progress against our 2025 goals.

2025

Volunteering target

We completed 333 hours of volunteering, just 5% shy of our target of 350 hours for this year. We have now achieved 55% of our 2025 target.

2024

Net-zero target framework

ELK’s leadership team has approved an ambitious project to set a Net-Zero emissions target using the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) framework by the end of 2024.