OUR PRODUCTS
We will make our products more sustainable by using lower impact materials and ensuring that everything we make lasts as long as possible. To help our customers make more sustainable choices, we will tell them how, where and with what impact our products are made. We want to drive positive change to both supply and demand for more sustainable products.
OUR COMMITMENTS
Make more sustainable products
We want all of our products to be made more sustainably – including both lower impact materials and how they are produced.
OUR GOALS
- By 2030, have 100% organic, recycled or other lower impact materials in all our products
- By 2025, phase out 100% of all conventional cotton
- By 2030, have 100% FSC cellulosic materials (viscose, modal, lyocell & acetate)
WHERE WE ARE
- To learn more about our progress, please see our latest Sustainability Report!
Accelerating traceability and transparency
We want our customers to know the origin and impact of their wardrobe.
OUR GOALS
- By 2025, reach full supply chain transparency for at least 80% of our production
- By 2025 at the latest, be transparent on product climate footprint
- By 2023, be transparent with tier 2 factories on our website
WHERE WE ARE
- To learn more about our progress, please see our latest Sustainability Report!
KEY ACTIONS
- Trace products to ensure supply chain transparency on an increasingly larger scale
- Improved and transparent customer communication on product sustainability (e.g., CO₂, water consumption, chemical use)
- Work together with supply chain partners to access environmental and climate data
Our progress
When it comes to our products, choosing the right material is key. The right choice means a smaller environmental footprint and less harm to both humans and wildlife. The fabrics we use that are more sustainable* are certified by independent third party accredited agencies.
A fabric’s raw materials affect its durability and environmental performance. With a lower impact material we mean one that comes from renewable or recyclable sources – and uses less water, energy, or chemicals in their production than conventional alternatives.
*such as organic cotton, recycled cotton, recycled polyester, LENZING™ ECOVERO™ Viscose, TENCEL™ Lyocell, TENCEL™ Modal, Naia™, and other organic / recycled and/or more sustainably produced materials
AIMING FOR SUPPLY CHAIN TRANSPARENCY
Our long-term goal is to achieve full supply chain transparency. A mission that most likely will take years to complete. Since 2021, we are fully transparent with our tier 1 factories - the factories that produce our garments, where the cutting, sewing and finishing takes place. We are now continuing that journey to improve transparency in tier 2 and beyond, which includes all the suppliers of the fabric, yarn and raw materials that we use. This work will enable us to work more closely with our suppliers throughout the supply chain, and proactively support them to improve working conditions, lower their negative environmental impacts, and progress carbon reduction initiatives.
We want our customers to know where our products are made. Therefore, you can now see information about our factories in the product descriptions on our website, starting with the factory name and address for all new products and increasing the information moving forward. You can also find a list of all our producing factories here, and we are working to complement this list with processing factories. As we strongly believe in industry collaboration, our list of producing factories is also shared with Open Supply Hub, which is an open-source map and database of global apparel facilities and their affiliations worldwide.
Read more about our traceability and transparency work in our 2023 Sustainability Report (PDF)
