Lukfook Jewellery
Lacks transparency. Publishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.
Last researched 30 October 2026 · 3 sources
Hong Kong jewellery chain selling gold, diamond and gem jewellery.
There's no proof Lukfook Jewellery pays more than the legal minimum, which in China is below a living wage, and it has no full independent audit.
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Why it's graded Lacks transparency
- Not met: Meets 1 of 6 Good requirements.
- Holds the grade back: It has 3 red flags: no evidence of a living wage, a hidden, unaudited supply chain in high-risk countries and untraced high-risk mined materials. Two or more red flags means a poor grade.
- It isn't Harm on record, because there's no serious confirmed problem on its record.
- Lacks transparency is still a poor grade: in supply chains like this, workers who can't be seen to be treated fairly are usually underpaid or unprotected.
Good requirements 1 of 6
- Not met: Pays a living wage, or holds a strong fair-pay certificationLiving wage: no evidence
- Not met: Respects worker rightsMost of its products are made in China, India and Thailand, where unions are heavily restricted, and it has no full supply chain audit.
- Not met: Supply chain independently audited or certified, or at least 80% made in countries with strong labour standards
- Met: No child or forced labour findings or links
- Not met: Names the factories or farms that make its products, or is fully certified by a scheme that holds and audits that list
- Not met: Conflict-free: diamonds, gems and gold traced to the mine, lab-grown, recycled or Fairmined (the Kimberley Process alone isn't enough)
Red flags 3
- Red flag: No evidence it pays a living wage
- Red flag: Hidden supply chain, mostly in countries with poor worker rights
- Red flag: Relies on high-risk mined materials it can't traceShown to explain the grade. It isn't one of the 2 red flags that set it.
- Red flag: Fails its category's raw-material check (means Lacks transparency)
Stars it would earn as Good
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Where it's made
Lukfook Jewellery names some of the countries it makes in: China. The rest is shown as where jewellery and watches are usually made.
| Country | Worker rights | Legal minimum wage | Forced labour risk |
|---|---|---|---|
| China | No guarantee of rights | Below a living wage | Moderate |
| IndiaUsual for the industry | No guarantee of rights | Well below a living wage | High |
| ThailandUsual for the industry | No guarantee of rights | Below a living wage | Moderate |
| ItalyUsual for the industry | Strong protections | Close to a living wage | Low |
| SwitzerlandUsual for the industry | Regular violations | About a living wage | Low |
Evidence
What we found
- Risk across the industry, not a finding about this company: gold and gemstone mining are linked to child labour, forced labour and mercury poisoning.
- Makes part of its range in its own factories
- Relies on gold and gemstones from artisanal mines where workers face mercury poisoning, silica dust and deadly collapses. It hasn't shown any steps to trace these materials to the mine, so it's graded Lacks transparency until it does.
Research notes Lukfook makes jewellery at its own processing plant in Nansha, Guangzhou, and also buys from 331 key suppliers, mostly in Hong Kong and mainland China; it does not publish a supplier list or say how much it makes itself. Gold is bought through the Shanghai Gold Exchange and diamonds from De Beers (it has been a sightholder since 2015) and Kimberley Process suppliers, but it does not trace gold or gems to the mine and reports no Responsible Jewellery Council certification. 98% of key suppliers have signed its code of conduct; assessments focus on environmental checks and no social audit results are published.
Sources and actions
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Published by Lukfook Jewellery or its owner
- Lukfook: Corporate profile · search the archive · About 2,800 points of sale in 16 countries and regions including Australia; own processing plant in Nansha, Guangzhou; De Beers sightholder since 2015
- Luk Fook Holdings Sustainability Report 2024/25 · search the archive · Nansha plant; 331 key suppliers mostly in Hong Kong and mainland China; Shanghai Gold Exchange gold; Kimberley Process diamonds; 98% of key suppliers signed code; 6,900+ staff
- Lukfook Group Expands Footprint in Australia · search the archive · Shop opened in the Queen Victoria Building, Sydney, adding to stores at The Glen, Melbourne and Westfield Chatswood
Company details
- Headquarters
- Hong Kong
- Employees
- About 6,900
- Last researched
- 30 October 2026
- Cite this page
- Labour Lens, "Is Lukfook Jewellery ethical? Labour rating", https://www.labourlens.net/brand/lukfook, last researched 30 October 2026, accessed [date].
- Method
- Researched with AI assistance against published rules. How we check · What Lacks transparency means
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