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Ettitude uses majority lower impact fibers in its products, including organic bamboo lyocell, hemp, and recycled polyester. It also uses OEKO-TEX certified and FSC certfied materials. The brand has plans to increase its use of recycled content in its products and has reported on this progress in the past year.

Ettitude uses some (<50%) renewable energy in its production processes, and the brand requires that all new suppliers use at least 15% renewable energy. The brand has a global supply chain, as is standard in the industry, but has plans to relocate majority of supply chain manufacturing to Peru to be closer to US market.

Ettitude has made efforts to reduce the amount of virgin plastic in its packaging, but it is not clear what eco-friendly materials the brand is using. The brand has a target to reduce customer shipment emissions by reducing air shipping by 50%, but Commons could not find reported progress against this goal.

Ettitude does not offer repair services or a warranty. It gives detailed and environmentally conscious care instructions for its garments.

Ettitude has a take back program that accepts any brand's items for resale, upcycling, or recycling.

Ettitude offers a core evergreen collection with limited new releases. The brand limits overproduction and waste by engaging in small batch production.

Commons is still analyzing this brand's marketing emails.

Ettitude features sustainability information on its Impact webpage, including materials, emissions measurement, and emissions reduction efforts. The brand also has a detailed annual report, which a clear, impact-driven strategy and progress reporting. The last report is from 2023.

Ettitude is Climate Neutral certified by the Change Climate Project. It internally measures and publiclly reports its full company-level emissions, including a breakdown by scope. In 2023, its estimated emissions footprint was 634 tCO2e.

Ettitude has science-aligned medium-term emissions reduction targets that have been submited for SBTI approval. The brand has reported progress in the past year and is on track to meet its targets. Ettitude offsets its full company emissions using vetted offset projects.

Ettitude publishes the names and locations of partners across its fully supply chain (Tiers 1-4) and claims 100% supply chain traceablity. It publicly shares a supplier code of conduct, which disallows subcontracting, protects collective bargaining, requires a living wage, and prohibits forced labor. The brand conducts third-party audits of its suppliers.