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    WE’RE IN BUSINESS TO CULTIVATE JOY & PROTECT KEYSTONE SPECIES

    WE’RE IN BUSINESS TO CULTIVATE JOY & PROTECT KEYSTONE SPECIES

Using our platform, business and community, we aim to promote joyful living, while raising funds to protect the precious wildlife on our planet.

We can have a world of peace. We can move toward a world where we live in harmony with nature. Where we live in harmony with each other.

JANE GOODALL
Primatologist & Conservationist

2014

Elizabeth’s first collections were born, Tilework, Hamsa & Ellyphant. 

Elizabeth Scarlett born on the back of a piece of paper in the South of France. 

2015

The Elizabeth Scarlett website launched.

2016

The signature pineapple & palmier collections were born.. 

2017

We first collaborated with Kelly Eastwood of the London Chatter to launch Our sell-out Watamu Turtle Collection in support of the Local Ocean Conservation. 

We launched into Fenwick with a concession stand in Brent Cross.

2018

Elizabeth Scarlett removes all animal products from our accessories & homewares. 

2019

We launched our monogramming service. Embroidering up to three initials onto our signature Pouches & Makeup Bags.

The Kenya collection was born inspired by Elizabeth's honeymoon safari in East Africa. The collection contains our signature African Palmier & Zebra designs.

2020

All of our cotton is now BCI Certified. 

Our Pouch for Purpose sold out raising enough to cover the cost of 5,000 bottles of specialist formula milk to feed, grow and restore 10 orphan elephants for a whole month.

We partnered with Bobbi Brown on their annual Pretty Powerful Campaign in support of Smartworks Charity. 

Our Watamu Turtle collection sold out for the 3rd time, bringing the grand total raised for the Local Ocean Conservation to £30,000.

From 2021, we are pledging 2% of our annual sales to the preservation of keystone species.

This means that, whether we make money or not, we tax ourselves for using earth’s resources and honour the animals that embellish our much - loved textiles.

LEARN MORE

Being transparent is important to us, so we want to introduce you to the people who make your little luxuries so joyful.

We only work with trusted, certified factories that are regularly audited by us or our partners. This ensures they uphold our values and have the same vision for social and environmental practices that we do. These are factories that are free from forced or underage labour; where employees benefit from a safe working environment and are paid a decent, living wage.

Each collection is produced in small batches every few months to ensure we are never overstocked.

EMBROIDERY & COTTONS

EMBROIDERY & COTTONS

Our family has worked with Susan and her team for generations. We cut and finish all our embroidered textile products here, and work closely with Karen, Wendy and Susan to source new fabrics, packaging and techniques to improve each of our products.

Shandong Province | China

MONOGRAMMING & PERSONALISATION

When we first met Marci she worked at the local school uniform shop. She now operates independently with her husband Doug, personalising your pouches, purses and bags daily.

Hertfordshire | England
MONOGRAMMING & PERSONALISATION
GLASS & CANDLE POURING

GLASS & CANDLE POURING

Our first candles were poured and set with Artur and his team in Poland. As we look to bring candles back, we’re in talks with a handful of unique French and UK producers.

Radom | Poland

There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.

NELSON MANDELA

WHY KEYSTONE SPECIES MATTER

Keystone species uphold balance in their ecosystems, enabling biodiversity. The term is coined to describe the key role they play within their natural habitat. While they may not be the most productive species, or the most endangered, their very existence helps prevent a dramatic, disastrous change in their ecosystem.

Given Elizabeth’s passion for wildlife, we consider supporting keystone species our most valuable contribution to conservation efforts. We cannot promise to save this much-challenged world, but, having defined our focus, will do our best to drive change in the areas we can.

SAVING ANIMALS EVERYDAY

We are delighted to be funding the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust’s Mara Mobile Veterinary Unit in full for 2021.

The Unit is one of five fully equipped Mobile Veterinary Units operated by the Sheldrick Trust, in partnership with the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), to alleviate the suffering of injured wild animals across Kenya.

The Mara Unit responds to all manner of wildlife emergencies often caused by human-wildlife conflict across the critical conservation area, the Masai Mara. As a rapid response team with a custom-made vehicle, the Mara Unit aids countless injured, distressed or sick species, including giraffes targeted for their meat and skins, and elephants who have been subject to poaching.

We are supporting the Mara Mobile Vet Unit this year to provide aid for the animals that inspire our embroidered collections, and to honour our mission and promise to protect the keystone species that define our ecosystem.

We are also excited to invite your charity or project to apply to receive funding from 2% To The Wild.

So far, with your help, we've awarded over £75,000 to charities and projects that support keystone species. Beneficiaries include the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust - in support of Elephants, Giraffes and other iconic African Wildlife - and Local Ocean Conservation - in support of Turtles. In 2021, we're specifically looking for grassroots projects in the UK that support Bees, Beavers and Red Squirrels.

Apply Here

We are also excited to invite your charity or project to apply to receive funding from 2% To The Wild.

So far, with your help, we've awarded over £75,000 to charities and projects that support keystone species. Beneficiaries include the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust - in support of Elephants, Giraffes and other iconic African Wildlife - and Local Ocean Conservation - in support of Turtles. In 2021, we're specifically looking for grassroots projects in the UK that support Bees, Beavers and Red Squirrels.

Apply Here

Look deep into nature and you will come to understand everything better.

ALBERT EINSTEIN

As part of our commitment to support a fair, biodiverse planet we are continuously transitioning our fabrics, packaging and processes to reduce our footprint. Although we are a small team, we aim to ensure you can shop with a clear conscience.

BETTER COTTON

BETTER COTTON

All our textiles are made from 100% natural materials, not plastics, which makes recycling possible and ensures that they biodegrade over time.

Elizabeth Scarlett cotton comes from Better Cotton Initiative farmers in the Shandong Province, China.

THE BETTER COTTON INITIATIVE

The BCI is a non-profit initiative, which intends to make the growing and extraction of cotton more sustainable. BCI farmers are trained on how to use water efficiently, care for the soil and natural habitats and apply decent work principles within their teams. You can read more about their work here.

Only 81,000 of the 24 million cotton farmers in China are BCI certified, which puts our cotton in the top 0.3% of cotton grown there. Industry wide change can’t come quick enough. As of 2017, Better Cotton accounted for only 14% of global cotton production, but cotton is in 70% of all fashion garments.

At Elizabeth Scarlett we are pushing our efforts one step further, and we’ll be introducing organic and recycled materials to our repertoire in 2021

THE BETTER COTTON INITIATIVE
CARE IN EVERY DETAIL

CARE IN EVERY DETAIL

Our packaging is recyclable, plastic-free and FSC certified, which means that the paper in our mailers or boxes is grown in responsibly managed forests.

Our gift boxes, Our cards - We never use animal products.

We aim to make timeless, seasonless products that will stand the test of time.

Work to be
done

Begin the transition to organic cotton by introducing it in new and existing products.*

Introduce recycled materials to promote and advance a more circular economy.

Prioritise renewable, recycled and organic fabric solutions where possible.

Design, publish and commit to a formal code of conduct for our supplier relations.

Evaluate our environmental impact in the way of waste, water, carbon and raw materials.

Ask us your
questions

There is always more we can do and lots going on behind the scenes. If there is something we haven’t covered, do get in touch.

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