SKFK

Production Locations

• India: about 60% (cotton garments)
• China: about 15% (technical pieces and recycled jackets)
• Spain and Portugal: about 15% (European linen and post-consumer recycled pieces)
• Turkey: about 10% (cellulosic fibres from Lenzing)

Working Conditions & Living Wages

For cotton, the brand works with Chetna, a small independent cooperative in Telangana and Odisha, India. SKFK joined Chetna in 2016 and claims to use Fairtrade® certified organic cotton. Fairtrade sets minimum prices and pays a premium to farmer groups. 

The brand also says it has travelled down its supply chain all the way to the cotton fields and built personal relationships with the people involved.

Fairtrade covers the cotton farmers, but COSH! found no information about working conditions in the sewing factories in India, China and Turkey. China and India are high-risk countries for labour rights. There is no mention of living wages, factory audits, a code of conduct, a supplier list or membership of an organisation.

Materials

• Fairtrade organic cotton from the Chetna cooperative
• European linen
• Cellulosic fibres from Lenzing
• Elasthane

At Chetna, beans are planted between the cotton rows, which the brand claims boosts farmers’ income and food security and attracts helpful insects.

Packaging

No information available. 

Water Usage & Chemicals

The brand says the cotton fields at Chetna are rain-fed, which reduces the water footprint. Organic farming replaces chemical pesticides and herbicides with composting, crop rotation and traditional pest control.

For dyeing, SKFK claims to use low-impact reactive dyes that don’t contain harmful chemicals. The brand says it tests its dyes every season to make sure they are safe for skin and the environment. SKFK has tried natural dyes, but says they fade too quickly. It chooses durable dyes so clothes last longer. 

Circular Product Design

SKFK makes zero waste garments. The pattern is designed to fit the full width of the fabric, so no fabric is thrown away during cutting. That’s why these pieces are geometric and one-size. Cool detail: the pattern is printed as a label inside the garment, so customers can see for themselves how it was made. However, COSH! doesn’t know what share of the collection is zero waste. 

Circular Business Models

SKFK has its own second-hand platform, run together with Nopli. Customers can buy pre-loved SKFK and Skunkfunk pieces, or sell their own. After selling, you get a voucher worth 120% of the sale price (valid for 12 months) or a cash payout of 85%. A great way to keep clothes in use for longer!

There is no take-back service for worn-out items, and no repair or rental service is mentioned.

Distance & Complexity of the Supply Chain

• India
• China
• Spain
• Portugal 
• Turkey
• SKFK HQ is located in the Basque Country, Spain.

SKFK claims that more than 85% of the economic value of its garments stays in Europe, even when they are made in India. 

Transportation

• Transportation in the supply chain: The brand says producing close to the raw materials helps reduce global transport. However, there is no information on how goods are shipped.
• Transportation in e‑commerce: No information on delivery partners or shipping methods.

• Wool 

COSH! found no information on where animal materials come from and no animal welfare policy.

Product Design

SKFK mainly designs clothing and accessories for women. Think colourful dresses, skirts, knitwear, jackets and tees. 

Since 2010, the brand has worked with artists from around the world.

Slow Fashion Processes

SKFK releases two collections a year (spring/​summer and autumn/​winter). The brand says it works on each collection one year in advance to take it slow and design with care.

Transparency on Product

On every product page, customers find the material composition , along with fit and size details and a link to discover the origin and impact of the item. 

On top of that, costumers find a link to the product’s own environmental cost page. There they can see the total score for the garment, both as a full figure and per 100 g, plus a durability coefficient. The page breaks the impact down per life cycle stage: raw materials, spinning, weaving or knitting, finishing and dyeing, sewing, transport, use and end of life. It also shows the climate impact in kg CO₂e and scores for 16 impact categories, such as water use, freshwater ecotoxicity and microfibres. Each page is linked to the product’s barcode and lists who submitted the data and when, along with the Ecobalyse version used. 

The lower the score, the lower the impact. This gives costumers a clear, comparable figure for each product. 

Transparency on Processes

SKFK shares a detailed step-by-step explanation of how its cotton garments are made, production percentages per country, and the name of its cotton cooperative. 

However, there is no supplier list for factories and no annual sustainability or social report.