DKNY
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Fashion and leather goods
Founded by Donna Karan in 1989. In 2016 the G-III Apparel Group acquired the company from LVMH, who had owned DKNY since 2011.
Company Ownership
Donna Karan International Inc | USA | website | ||||
G-III Apparel Group, Ltd ![]() owns 100% of Donna Karan International Inc |
USA | website | ||||
Apparel Founded in 1956. Owns a number of brands, plus licenses several well-known brands. Acquired Donna Karan International in 2016. |
Company Assessment
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Donna Karan International Inc | ||||
This company received a score of 0/100 (retrieved 10-Oct-2020) in the Corporate Information Transparency Index (CITI), a system for evaluating supply chain practices in China, particularly in regards to environmental management and water pollution. Scores are calculated using government compliance data, online monitoring data, and third-party environmental audits, as well as trends in the environmental performance of factories in the company's supply chains.
Source: IPE (2020)
The 2020 Fashion Transparency Index reviewed 250 of the world's largest fashion brands and retailers and ranked them according to how much they disclose about their social and environmental policies, practices and impacts. Brands owned by this company scored 2%, signifying it has little to no information about their supply chain practices or policies available to the public. The average score was 23% and the highest score was 73%.
Source: Fashion Revolution (2020)
A 2018 report by China Labour Watch found numerous labor law violations in a Chinese factory which is one of this company's suppliers. Female workers at the factory went on strike after trying to negotiate with factory management in an effort to defend the basic rights granted to them by Chinese labor laws as well as receive compensation for their owed wages.
Source: China Labor Watch (2018) |
In March 2018 Morris Goldfarb, CEO of G-III, parent company of DKNY and Donna Karan, announced that both brands will be going fur-free in 2019.
Source: news article (2019)
This company is a member of the Supplier Ethical Data Exchange (Sedex), a not-for-profit, membership organisation that leads work with buyers and suppliers to deliver improvements in responsible and ethical business practices in global supply chains. Tens of thousands of companies use Sedex to manage their performance around labour rights, health & safety, the environment and business ethics.
Source: Sedex (2018)
California, the UK and Australia have all enacted legislation requiring companies operating within their borders to disclose their efforts to eradicate modern slavery from their operations and supply chains. Follow the link to see this company's disclosure statement.
Source: Modern Slavery Registry (2016) |
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G-III Apparel Group, Ltd | ||||
In 2020, twenty CEOs furloughed (temporarily laid off) a majority of their workforces due to COVID-19 while having made more than 1,000 times their median employee's compensation in 2019. Altogether, the total compensation of these twenty CEOs could have supported more than 30,000 jobs at their companies' median employee level of compensation. In 2019 this company's CEO was paid US$16,597,492, while the median employee pay was US$10,833, giving a CEO Pay Ratio of 1,532:1.
Source: AFL-CIO (2020)
This company received an S&P Global ESG Score of 8/100 in the Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods category of the S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment, an annual evaluation of companies' sustainability practices (last updated 7 Feb 2021). The rankings are based on an analysis of corporate economic, environmental and social performance, assessing issues such as corporate governance, risk management, environmental reporting, climate strategy, human rights and labour practices.
Source: S&P Global (2021) |
California, the UK and Australia have all enacted legislation requiring companies operating within their borders to disclose their efforts to eradicate modern slavery from their operations and supply chains. Follow the link to see this company's disclosure statement.
Source: Modern Slavery Registry (2017) |
Company Details
Type | Wholly-owned subsidiary |
Contact Details
Address | New York, New York, USA |
customerservice@dkny.com | |
Website | www.dkny.com |
Products / Brands
DKNY
DKNY Womens Fashion DKNY Luxury Brands Donna Karan Womens Fashion Donna Karan Luxury Brands |