DK Active
On Track. Pays or is working towards a living wage, with gaps still to close.
Last researched 24 October 2026 · 9 sources
Brisbane women's activewear label selling leggings and sports bras.
DK Active makes its women's activewear and athleisure in its own factories in Australia, where labour laws are strong and legal wages are about a living wage.
Also worth knowing
It uses some recycled fibres and has GOTS certification for only part of its range.
Best available in activewear. No brand in this category is Good yet, and DK Active is the strongest we've rated: no serious red flags, and paying or working towards a living wage. How we pick
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Why it's graded On Track
- Not met: Meets 6 of 7 Good requirements.
- Met: No red flags.
Good requirements 6 of 7
- Met: Pays a living wage, or holds a strong fair-pay certificationLiving wage: presumed because legal wages in Australia are about a living wage, not checked at the company
- Met: Respects worker rights
- Met: Supply chain independently audited or certified, or at least 80% made in countries with strong labour standardsPresumed from where it's made, not audited
- Not met: Shows where its earlier production stages happen, not just the final oneA "Made in" claim can cover only the final stage. Earlier stages to show: yarn, fabric, dyeing and, for shoes, uppers
- Met: No child or forced labour findings or links
- Met: Names the factories or farms that make its products, or is fully certified by a scheme that holds and audits that listMakes its products in its own factories
- Met: High-risk raw materials (cotton) traced or certified, or not a major part of its rangeTraced or certified in the few products that use it: cotton
Red flags 0
None found.
| Star | Awarded for |
|---|---|
| Open supply chain |
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Estimates for its products
Our rules applied to one kind of product at a time, using DK Active's evidence and, where it has product lines, that line's countries. They're estimates: we don't know which factory made any single item.
Activewear: On Track, the same as DK Active overall, because nothing we know differs between them.
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Where it's made
From DK Active's own disclosure: it makes its products in its own factories.
| Country | Worker rights | Legal minimum wage | Forced labour risk |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | Strong protections | About a living wage | Low |
Evidence
What we found
- Uses cotton in only a few products, so the raw-material check doesn't hold it back for Good. It traces or certifies all of its cotton.
- Owns or runs its own production
- Uses recycled metals or fibres
- Traces all of its cotton to the country of origin or beyond, or buys all of it certified
- "Made in Australia" only means the last major stage happened there: under customs and consumer law, yarn, fabric, dyeing and, for shoes, uppers can be made elsewhere. It hasn't shown where those earlier stages happen, so where it's made counts towards On Track but not Good. Source
Research notes DK Active says its activewear is ethically made in Australia, and it cuts and sews at its own headquarters and factory in Brisbane. Most of the range is recycled nylon and elastane, with a small GOTS-certified organic cotton range; it says it keeps fabric production in Australia as much as possible, but it does not name its fabric mills or say which fabrics are made where. It publishes no code of conduct, audits or wage information, and no labour problems have been reported; an early feature called it Ethical Clothing Australia accredited, but its website does not mention accreditation.
What independent sources say
| Source | Result | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Ethical Clothing Australia | Unclear | An early feature called the brand Ethical Clothing Australia accredited, but it is not on a published list of accredited brands and its website does not mention accreditation. View |
Sources and actions
Sources 9
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- DK Active - Good On You · search the archive · People rated 'Not Good Enough' (2 of 5): no evidence of a supplier code of conduct, audits or living wage commitment (June 2025)
- Spotlight on: D+K (Fashion Journal) · search the archive · Based in Brisbane, the label produces its entire offering locally
- Inside the factory of an Australian ethical activewear brand (The Green Hub) · search the archive · Describes the Brisbane headquarters and factory with in-house sampling, cutting and sewers, and calls the then-new brand ECA accredited
- Sustainability Spotlight: dk active (Commission Factory, 2022) · search the archive · Every operation stage in-house; keeps fabric production in Australia as much as possible; ECONYL and REPREVE recycled yarns
- Here's every fashion brand in Aus right now accredited by Ethical Clothing Australia (Fashion Journal) · search the archive · DK Active is not on the list of accredited brands
Published by DK Active or its owner
- DK Active - Elite Range · search the archive · Brand describes its tights as Australian made and 'Ethically made in Australia'
- DK Active - For Everybody & Every Body · search the archive · Brand page described as 'Ethical activewear made in Australia'
- DK Active - Our Fabrics · search the archive · Core Comfort is 77% recycled nylon and 23% spandex; recycled content across collections; organic cotton range is 100% GOTS certified; OEKO-TEX Standard 100 fabrics; no mills or countries named
- DK Active - About us · search the archive · Brisbane-founded women's activewear brand; OEKO-TEX fabrics, recycled nylon and GRS-certified pieces; no country of manufacture stated
Company details
- Headquarters
- Australia
- Last researched
- 24 October 2026
- Cite this page
- Labour Lens, "Is DK Active ethical? Labour rating", https://www.labourlens.net/brand/dk-active, last researched 24 October 2026, accessed [date].
- Method
- Researched with AI assistance against published rules. How we check · What On Track means
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