Parker Clay is a certified B Corporation. They make luxury bags and accessories from the highest quality, hand selected leather. They create timeless pieces while also creating opportunities for vulnerable women in Ethiopia to escape prostitution and become economically independent.
Parker Clay
Parker Clay is a certified B Corporation. They make luxury bags and accessories from the highest quality, hand selected leather. They create timeless pieces while also creating opportunities for vulnerable women in Ethiopia to escape prostitution and become economically independent.
Transparency
- Parker Clay has one factory, located in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
- Parker Clay has more than 150 employees in their Ethiopian factory, 80% are women.
- Hear from their community here.
- Parker Clay developed a Center of Excellence to address challenges their employees face and provide personal and professional development.
- Parker Clay sources its raw materials from local, sustainable ranchers.
Fair Labor
- Parker Clay welcomes open discussions among makers through a monthly Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony.
- Parker Clay provides a living wage to their workers and to protect against the fluctuating currency, wages are paid in USD.
- Their Center of Excellence provides job and soft skill training.
- Parker Clay provides their makers with self development workshops, classes, and team events.
- The employee contracts are in line with the Ethiopian Labor Standards, while providing additional benefits.
- The contracts are also based in USD to protect from currency fluctuations.
Sustainably Made
- Parker Clay products are handmade and sourced from tanneries that use by-product leather.
- Their suppliers recycle 100% of their water.
- The company has goals for using sustainable materials. Their leather is not derived from plastic, wood fibers, or other non-animal materials that would need to be produced with chemicals and leave behind industrial waste.
- The local tanning process used for Parker Clay leather goods recycles water and is non-artificial, and uses traditional local practices.
- Parker Clay uses traditional, local sourcing and handcrafting practices that reduce the impact of chrome and other chemicals in their products. The brand demands their partners adhere to environmentally sustainable processes in their tanning and preparation of the leather.
- The brand is taking initial steps to minimize and control waste.
- Parker Clay can improve their Sustainability Made score by creating a plan to reduce waste in more than 50% of their products.
