Glasshouse Fragrances
On Track. Pays or is working towards a living wage, with gaps still to close.
Last researched 2 November 2026 · 5 sources
Sydney maker of scented candles, diffusers and bodycare.
Glasshouse Fragrances makes its scented candles, diffusers and bodycare in its own factories in Australia, where labour laws are strong and legal wages are about a living wage.
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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: materials and parts such as fabric, timber, glass, metal and ceramics
- 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 (such as timber and cotton) traced or certified, or not a major part of its rangeNone recorded in a major share of its range
Red flags 0
None found.
| Star | Awarded for |
|---|---|
| Open supply chain |
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Where it's made
From Glasshouse Fragrances'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
- No high-risk raw materials (such as timber and cotton) are recorded in a major share of its range, so the raw-material check doesn't hold it back for Good.
- Owns or runs its own production
- "Made in Australia" only means the last major stage happened there: under customs and consumer law, materials and parts such as fabric, timber, glass, metal and ceramics 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.
Research notes Glasshouse makes its candles in its own facility in Rydalmere, Western Sydney, opened in 2009, and is adding a US manufacturing site; Australian factory staff are covered by Australian award wages. It publishes no supplier list, modern slavery statement or sourcing policy for inputs such as glass vessels, wax and fragrance oils, or for its bodycare range, so conditions further down its supply chain are not disclosed. No labour abuse findings were found.
What independent sources say
Sources and actions
Sources 5
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- Beyond the burn: How a trans-Pacific leap built Glasshouse Fragrances (Forbes Australia, Aug 2026) · search the archive · Own manufacturing facility in Rydalmere, Sydney, since 2009; new US manufacturing centre; 240 staff; founder-CEO
- Built To Shine: The Glasshouse Story (Beauty Independent, Feb 2025) · search the archive · Privately owned and self-funded
- Burning ambition (SmartCompany, 2015) · search the archive · Sold in David Jones stores since 2010 and Peter Alexander
- Glasshouse Fragrance's Nicole Eckels (The CEO Magazine, 2020) · search the archive · Makes its own candles rather than using a contract supplier; part of Sapphire Group
- Glasshouse Fragrances launches in Anthropologie (Business Wire, Oct 2025) · search the archive · Founded in Sydney in 2006 by Nicole Eckels, founder and CEO
Company details
- Owned by
- Privately owned by founder Nicole Eckels (Sapphire Group)
- Headquarters
- Australia
- Employees
- About 240
- Last researched
- 2 November 2026
- Cite this page
- Labour Lens, "Is Glasshouse Fragrances ethical? Labour rating", https://www.labourlens.net/brand/glasshouse-fragrances, last researched 2 November 2026, accessed [date].
- Method
- Researched with AI assistance against published rules. How we check · What On Track means
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