Elvis & Kresse is a UK-based luxury accessories brand specialising in durable goods made entirely from post-industrial waste streams—decommissioned fire hoses, leather off-cuts, parachute silk.
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Elvis & Kresse operates a genuinely circular business model built on waste-stream materials, eliminating virgin inputs entirely. Its farm-based operations achieve 74% on-site renewable energy and near-zero fossil fuel use. The critical gap: no formal emissions targets, no Scope 3 inventory, and no end-of-life product take-back scheme despite being a textiles company.
Elvis & Kresse scores 55/100 (Making progress) on SINK's independent climate assessment, scored from public data only. Fees pay for the review, never the result. Last verified May 2026.
That places Elvis & Kresse joint 50th of 847 companies scored, and joint 1st of 41 in Apparel (Durable / Outdoor).
Elvis & Kresse shares top spot among apparel (durable / outdoor) peers.
Among the 41 major apparel (durable / outdoor) brands we've scored, Elvis & Kresse is tied =1st of 41, with 2 others.
Its three lowest-scoring questions, and what the evidence didn't show.
No GHG Protocol-aligned formal report published.
No virgin inputs eliminates embedded Scope 3 emissions versus conventional apparel.
The full reasoning is in the ten questions below.
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Get in touch →Strongest on Resource Use & Waste and Controversies & Red Flags (9/10, 9/10). Weakest on Carbon Footprint — Operations and Carbon Footprint — Supply Chain (4/10, 4/10).
Elvis & Kresse leads its sector. These are the next 3 down.
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Elvis & Kresse is a UK-based luxury accessories brand specialising in durable goods made entirely from post-industrial waste streams—decommissioned fire hoses, leather off-cuts, parachute silk. Founded in 2005, it operates its own workshops in Kent and Istanbul, owns a 17-acre regenerative farm, and has diverted over 300 tonnes of material from landfill. It is a B Corp certified since 2015.
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