From: @elvisandkresse.com Subject: Re: Elvis & Kresse has been shortlisted for JUST Approved Date: 8 October 2016 at 2:32 AM To: Jacinta FitzGerald [email protected]

We co-operate the site in Istanbul - it is technically our site. B-Corp form is a year out of date.

Elvis & Kresse Tonge Mill Church Road Tonge, Kent ME9 9AP www.elvisandkresse.com On 6 October 2016 at 21:53, Jacinta FitzGerald wrote: Hi I have one quick question regarding some information that you have sent through. In the BCorp report, you mention that the brand works with a manufacturing partner in Istanbul, however in your previous email to me, you have said that your brand produces all its own products. Can you please clarify this for me? Thanks so much, Jacinta

Jacinta FitzGerald Research Project JUST

Instagram / Facebook / Twitter On 5/10/2016, at 8:45 PM,

@elvisandkresse.com> wrote:

Hi Jacinta, I just requested access to the file. I will have a read as soon as it arrives. Best,

Elvis & Kresse Tonge Mill Church Road Tonge, Kent ME9 9AP www.elvisandkresse.com On 5 October 2016 at 03:18, Jacinta FitzGerald wrote: Hi I have reduced down the B Corp report so that it is only showing the specific information we have referred to in our research notes. If we make this into a PDF document, are you happy for this to be linked from our website? https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BOVgS16JXNe5dYS4MIr1JemYSemzv7sYt_cKsLgZzjo/edit#gid=1846193865 Look forward to hearing back from you. Kindest, Jacinta

Jacinta FitzGerald Research Project JUST

Instagram / Facebook / Twitter On 29/09/2016, at 10:29 AM,

@elvisandkresse.com> wrote:

Hi Jacinta, In its current form it probably reveals too much of the B Corp / B Lab IP. Is there anyway we can summarize the info? Best,

Elvis & Kresse Tonge Mill Church Road Tonge, Kent ME9 9AP www.elvisandkresse.com On 28 September 2016 at 22:16, Jacinta FitzGerald wrote: Hi Just one other thing. In my earlier email I asked if it is acceptable for us to link information from our website to a copy of the B Corp Report - see HERE (it is currently private). Can you please confirm you are happy for this to happen. Kind regards, Jacinta

Jacinta FitzGerald Research Project JUST

Instagram / Facebook / Twitter On 28/09/2016, at 2:52 AM,

@elvisandkresse.com> wrote:

Hi Both, Please see replies below.

Elvis & Kresse Tonge Mill Church Road Tonge, Kent ME9 9AP www.elvisandkresse.com On 21 September 2016 at 10:56, Jacinta FitzGerald wrote: Hi I’m Jacinta and I work with Megan on brand research at JUST.

I’m Jacinta and I work with Megan on brand research at JUST. I have good news! Elvis & Kresse has been shortlisted for JUST Approved. We have researched your brand and read through all the information on the website and in the B-Corp report. We still have some more questions and I've pasted them in below. From here we will take the research to our JUST Approved committee in early October (watch out on social media for an announcement about who is on this committee) and the committee will deliberate on whether or not Elvis & Kresse will make the list. Like I said before, the more information we have the better! Secondly, I have been able to make a copy of the B-Corp report in a Google Sheet HERE (this is currently a private doc). Would it be acceptable for us to link information about your brand on our website, to this document? Here are the questions we have:

Size / Business Model: Can you please share the Elvis & Kresse mission statement with us?​ Do More,

Be Better​ Are you able to tell us how many suppliers you use, and how many workers are employed throughout your supply chain?​ We are vertically integrated for over

95% of our work. We employ 11 people.​ Are you able to tell us what the lead times are for your products, and how many products you plan to make this year?​ We have fantastic stock generally but

can take 5-6 weeks for orders in excess of 200 pieces of one type.​ Can you tell us how long your products are designed to last?​ A very, very long time. We also do everything we can to repair, to keep things running. We repaired a 7 year old bag about 2 months ago.​ Transparency: Do you intend to report on your sustainability progress and practices annually?​

No, we report continually throughout the year as we track waste and donations.​ Can you tell us more about the transparency workshop that you run?​ We run a transparent workshop - anyone can visit, anytime. We also do open-book accounting with our stakeholder partners.​ Are you able to share with us the KPIs/metrics that you have identified and defined, and that you use to measure Elvis & Kresse’s social and environmental performance? (As referred to in your B-Corp Report).​ We measure the amount

of material we reclaim, and our annual donations.​ Social: Can you tell us more about the criteria you use to evaluate your suppliers on their ongoing social and environmental performance, and how often you monitor this?​ All external suppliers are SA8000 or better, and as mentioned, this is

a very small part of what we do. Are you able to tell us how you ensure the people working in your supply chain are paid fairly?​ Their certifications​ Do you have any policies in place to ensure reasonable lead times and reasonable and sustainable order placement?​ We produce all our own goods.​ Is Elvis & Kresse directly involved in any training initiatives within its supply chain, or do you plan to be in the future?​ We are constantly working on

developing the skills of all our teams.​ Environment Do you have any policies in place to reduce pollution and resources used for transport?​ We use a carbon neutral courier. ​

Do you have any plans in place to measure your greenhouse gas emissions?​

No, but we are powered by Bulb, a renewable energy supplier and fellow B Corp.​ Can you tell us more about how your employees are incentivised to achieve environmental and social progress?​ We work together as a close knit team,

we have strong shared values about environmental stewardship. This isn't something we incentivise, it is what we look for in new team members.​ Are you able to tell us how Elvis & Kresse ensures its suppliers monitor the use of toxic chemicals in production?​ We control the vast majority of our

production and purchase all our own inputs, so we control this very tightly.​ Can you tell us any more about if / how you monitor the environmental impacts of your supply chain?​ We largely are our supply chain - so we monitor it

very tightly Intention Can you tell us about any social and environmental goals the brand has and how you plan to track and achieve them?

​ o solve the problems we choose to tackle, entirely and in perpetuity. We track T our annual volumes and we have grown each year over the last decade.​ We would appreciate if you could get any further information back to us by Friday September 30th, to give us time to review and process. Thanks so much for your time, I look forward to hearing back from you soon! Kindest regards, Jacinta Jacinta FitzGerald Research Manager JUST instagram | facebook | twitter ------------------------------------------Begin forwarded message: From: [email protected] Subject: Fwd: Elvis & Kresse has been nominated for JUST Approved Date: 16 September 2016 at 9852853 PM NZST To: Natalie , Jacinta FitzGerald

Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: @elvisandkresse.com> Date: 16 September 2016 at 7:33:30 PM AEST To: Megan Subject: Re: Elvis & Kresse has been nominated for JUST Approved

Hi Megan, We definitely can't provide general access to this, in this format, as we manage all of our B Corp activity through the site. In terms of a solution, I can respond in particular to your questionnaire and those replies can be shared? Equally, we run a transparent workshop... anyone can come, anytime, and ask anything they want. We also do open

anyone can come, anytime, and ask anything they want. We also do open book accounting with our charity partners. So there are fairly strong oversights in place. Best,

Elvis & Kresse Tonge Mill Church Road Tonge, Kent ME9 9AP www.elvisandkresse.com On 16 September 2016 at 09:20, Megan wrote: Amazing! Thank you! I do have another question though. On our site we link all the information to evidence (whether that be a document or a website). Are we able to do this? Thanks again Megan On 16 Sep 2016, at 5:43 pm,

@elvisandkresse.com> wrote:

Hi Megan, I don't seem to be able to print the report - but I can give you access.

You will get a login page, user is password is

and the

There are 19 pages so it may take you a while to peruse. When you are finished can you let me know as I will change the password. Best,

Elvis & Kresse Tonge Mill Church Road Tonge, Kent ME9 9AP www.elvisandkresse.com On 16 September 2016 at 04:23, Megan wrote: Hi again I wanted to let you know the latest. We just had a meeting to shortlist brands for our Leather Goods and Handbags category and we really really really want to shortlist Elvis & Kresse. We would just need that report you mentioned from B Corp to make it official. We truly love the work you are doing and think that the products you make are both clever and beautiful. The more information you are able to share with us, the more likely it is that our expert committee will be able to approve you. We will send follow up questions if we have any.

will send follow up questions if we have any. If we don’t hear back from you unfortunately we will have to move on to a different brand. All the best,

Megan O’Malley Head of Research, Project JUST www.projectjust.com Instagram / Facebook / Twitter On 15 Sep 2016, at 8:32 pm, Megan wrote: That sounds fantastic! Please do! On 15 Sep 2016, at 8:01 pm,

@elvisandkresse.com> wrote:

Hi Megan, I can probably share the assessment with you - so not the score the story behind the score. As you can imagine, a lot of work goes into this, so it would be amazing to not have to duplicate. Best,

Elvis & Kresse Tonge Mill Church Road Tonge, Kent ME9 9AP www.elvisandkresse.com On 15 September 2016 at 10:49, Megan wrote: Hi Thanks for getting in touch. Unfortunately the BCorp assessment only gives scores and does not share details about what those scores mean specifically for your business. We would require information about where and how your products are made. Take a look at one of our denim JUST Approved brand pages. It’s a good example of what we do with the information brands provide. Please let me know if you have anymore questions at all. All the best,

Megan O’Malley Head of Research, Project JUST www.projectjust.com Instagram / Facebook / Twitter On 15 Sep 2016, at 7:35 pm,

@elvisandkresse.com> wrote:

Hi Megan, Thank you for thinking of us. I just had a look at your questions and as these and more are covered by the B Lab impact assessment (and we are a founding UK B Corp) I wonder if you can use our assessment?

The output is here:

I can of course provide additional info, logos etc. but this seems like the best way to make use of information which has already been gathered and 3rd party assessed. Best,

Elvis & Kresse Tonge Mill Church Road Tonge, Kent ME9 9AP www.elvisandkresse.com On 15 September 2016 at 00:56, Megan wrote: Hi there, Elvis & Kresse has been nominated for JUST Approved and we are considering you guys for our shortlist. We just need to know more! My name is Megan and I’m the Head of Research at Project JUST. We are building a community to help shoppers learn the stories behind their clothes. Our online platform, Project JUST, profiles 70+ fashion brands researched by ethical, social, and environmental factors and a magazine of features including shopper profiles, neighborhood guides and styling posts to help shoppers put their values into action. In April we announced JUST Approved, our curated lists of the best fashion brands moving the industry in a positive direction. We decided to develop brand lists across each apparel category to help people navigate the choices, discover new brands, and shop smart. Once shortlisted, brands are thoroughly researched and those that make the cut will be reviewed and approved by a committee of experts. Our latest category is Handbags and Leather Goods and your products provide a wonderful leather alternative. I really love what you guys are doing and it would be great if we could get as much information about your practices as possible. Your products provide a wonderful leather alternative. All the instructions about the information we need can be found here. Once you press the submit button on the page you will be taken to a Google Doc with detailed information. Please pay special attention to the first link. It takes you to a spreadsheet that has all the questions we're looking to answer (but if you have more information beyond these questions we would love to have that too). We are currently shortlisting brands so we do need as much information as you can provide as soon as possible. Please let me know if you have any questions at all. Congratulations again on all the great work you're doing and I very much look forward to hearing from you soon. All the best,

Megan O’Malley Head of Research, Project JUST www.projectjust.com Instagram / Facebook / Twitter

Megan O’Malley Head of Research, Project JUST www.projectjust.com Instagram / Facebook / Twitter

Megan O’Malley Head of Research, Project JUST www.projectjust.com Instagram / Facebook / Twitter