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Minimising our environmental impact

We recognise that we have a responsibility to mitigate and reduce our impact on the environment, and we place a specific focus on COâ‚‚ emissions and water use across our supply chain.
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Carbon footprint

In 2022, we started collecting data from our suppliers to build a more complete picture of our climate impact. Now, in our third year, we have primary data for all suppliers, giving us a precise view of emissions and emission drivers per supplier.

Our carbon footprint is calculated according to the leading GHG Protocol Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard, complemented with the French Bilan Carbone method. Every year, we strive to improve our data collection and adjust our calculations where necessary.

Read more in our sustainability report (opens in new tab)

Transparency in action

Carbon emissions from raw materials to product disposal

Share of total carbon emissions, by value-chain stage (%)

Raw materials production and manufacturing represents

71%

of total emissions

Raw material
12%
Yarn
17%
Fabric
33%
Garment
3%
Upstream transportation
6%

Own operations and downstream activities represent

29%

of total emissions

Downstream transportation
1%
Stanley/Stella
1%
Decoration
6%
Users
15%
Waste / disposal
6%
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Our decarbonisation strategy

After two years of intensive work mapping every aspect of our operations and value chain to measure our total carbon footprint, we have embarked on an ambitious decarbonisation mission: to reduce our relative carbon emissions by 30% by 2030, across the entire value chain (from a 2022 baseline).

Given our historic and projected growth, working with absolute reduction targets presents challenges. Our decarbonisation strategy therefore uses a relative target, taking the total absolute emissions and expressing them in relation to the weight of products produced and sold. This allows us to see, by produced and sold products, how we can reduce our relative impact by 30% in just under eight years.

Our decarbonisation strategy

relative carbon emissions by 2030
-30%
baseline year
2022
achieved in three years
-13.9%

Relative carbon emissions, measured in tCO2e per tonne of product.

Carbon intensity evolution (tonnes of COâ‚‚eq per tonne of product)

15.38
2022
14.33
2023
13.14
2024
10.44
2030
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Water

We treat water as the invaluable resource it is. Across our entire supply chain, we aim to minimise the amount of water used and reduce its contamination.

Water is a critical input for the successful cultivation of organic cotton. However, unlike conventional farming, organic farming does not involve harmful chemicals, so any runoff water is free from contamination. All our partner factories have on-site Effluent Treatment Plants (ETPs), in line with legal requirements, and have in-house specialists and testing facilities. This ensures that wastewater can be treated and then released back into nature without harming the environment.

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Our collaboration

Removall is a project developer specialised in designing and operating certified carbon offset projects.

In 2024, we started collaborating with Removall as a trusted partner for carbon offset initiatives. We chose Removall due to the nature of its projects, their proximity to areas where our suppliers operate, as well as the integrity of the projects. For example, carbon credits are certified by independent third parties, and are 'ex-post', meaning that the credits we purchase represent carbon savings that have already been realised, rather than promised or expected.