Soxy Beast
On Track. Pays or is working towards a living wage, with gaps still to close.
Last researched 2 November 2026 · 7 sources
Australian brand of artist-designed socks raising money for charity.
Soxy Beast makes its artist-designed unisex socks in its own factories in Australia and carries the Australian Made label.
Also worth knowing
Ethical Clothing Australia checks that every worker in its Australian supply chain is paid award wages and entitlements.
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Why it's graded On Track
- Not met: Meets 5 of 6 Good requirements.
- Met: No red flags.
Good requirements 5 of 6
- Met: Pays a living wage, or holds a strong fair-pay certificationLiving wage: award wages independently checked (Ethical Clothing Australia)
- Met: Respects worker rights
- 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
- 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
- Not met: High-risk raw materials (cotton) traced or certified, or not a major part of its rangeNot traced or certified: cotton
Red flags 0
None found.
Stars it would earn as Good
None yet. Stars only show on Good companies. About stars
Accreditations 2
- Ethical Clothing AustraliaCounts as proof of a living wage for products made in Australia, because it checks workers get the legal pay rates for their job, and in Australia those are about a living wage.
- Australian MadeCounts as made in Australia for the final stage. For Good, the brand also needs to show where its materials and parts are made.
Estimates for its products
Our rules applied to one kind of product at a time, using Soxy Beast'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.
Socks: On Track, the same as Soxy Beast overall, because nothing we know differs between them.
- A product made without cotton: Good
Holding one? Scan its barcode for an estimate that uses its care label or ingredients.
Where it's made
From Soxy Beast'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
- Owns or runs its own production
- Doesn't show where its cotton comes from. Cotton is linked to forced labour in Xinjiang and Turkmenistan, and child labour in several growing regions, so it can't be graded Good until it traces or certifies it.
Research notes Soxy Beast is an artist-collaboration sock brand, launched in 2014 as a subscription, that raises money for Australian charities. It is owned by Compuknit Hosiery Australia, a third-generation family sock maker founded in 1994 that knits and finishes every pair at its own factory in Thomastown, Victoria. Soxy Beast is in Ethical Clothing Australia's current directory, which checks that local workers are paid award wages and entitlements, and the listing says 100% of its products are made in Australia. Staff numbers and yarn sources are not published.
What independent sources say
| Source | Result | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Ethical Clothing Australia | Certified | Listed in Ethical Clothing Australia's current brand directory as accredited, with 100% of products made in Australia. View |
| Fair Wear | Not covered | No indication of Fair Wear membership; not expected for a locally made brand. View |
| B Corp directory | Not listed | No B Corp certification is mentioned by the brand or its owner. View |
| Business & Human Rights Resource Centre | Not listed | No labour allegations against the brand or Compuknit appear in news or NGO reporting. View |
Sources and actions
Sources 7
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- Ethical Clothing Australia: Soxy Beast brand page · search the archive · Listed as ECA accredited; 100% of its products are made in Australia.
- Ethical Clothing Australia brand sitemap · search the archive · Soxy Beast is one of the 57 brands in the current ECA directory.
- Good On You (ethical.org.au) Shopping Guide: Soxy Beast · search the archive · Brand of family-owned Compuknit Hosiery, Thomastown VIC; all products made in Australia; ECA accredited.
- Australian Made: Compu Knit Hosiery Australia (Soxy Beast) · search the archive · Australian Made licensee; socks manufactured in Melbourne from a cotton blend.
- ABN Lookup: ABN 14 078 904 828 · search the archive · Business name SOXY BEAST is held by Compu Knit Hosiery Australia Pty. Ltd., an active Victorian private company.
- Compuknit Hosiery · search the archive · Family company founded 1994; every process done at its own Thomastown, Victoria factory; holds ECA accreditation.
Published by Soxy Beast or its owner
- Soxy Beast shop · search the archive · Online shop selling 27 sock designs at $20 a pair.
Company details
- Headquarters
- Australia
- Last researched
- 2 November 2026
- Cite this page
- Labour Lens, "Is Soxy Beast ethical? Labour rating", https://www.labourlens.net/brand/soxy-beast, 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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