The Children's Place

The Children's Place reports that a majority of its products are made with lower emissions or certified materials, primarily cotton sourced through the Better Cotton initiative. It also uses some higher emissions materials like virgin polyester and spandex. It uses materials that have certifications from OEKO-TEX. It has plans to reduce its reliance on high emissions materials, which include achieving 100% responsibly sourced cotton by the end of 2025 and 25% recycled poly by 2030. It has reported on progress towards these goals within the last year, and is on track for some of them.

The Children's Place doesn't share information on its energy strategy. We hope for more transparency from large brands. The Children's Place sources and manufactures its materials globally, which is standard practice in the textile industry.

The Children's Place doesn't share much information on its packaging materials. It appears to use a mix of virgin plastic and cardboard. It has general goals for increasing the volume of recycled content in its packaging. It doesn't appear to have any initiatives to minimize its packaging or shipping emissions.

The Children's Place doesn't offer repair services or support. The Children's Place doesn't offer a warranty. It gives basic care instructions that can help extend product lifespan.

The Children's Place sponsors donations through Give Back Box, but it doesn't promote this program to customers, which severely limits its reach and efficacy. This program accepts any brand's clothes for donation. The Children's Place doesn't share details on the efficacy of this program. We expect larger brands to promote these programs and share this information.

The Children's Place offers some products across multiple seasons but also releases new items frequently throughout the year for partnerships and limited editions.

Commons is still evaluating this brand's marketing emails.

The Children's Place doesn't appear to have a sustainability page or centralized source or information on its main consumer-facing site. It has a buried page on its corporate site, but it doesn't link consumer to this resource. It publishes a detailed annual report with a clear, impact-driven strategy and progress reporting. Its last annual report was published in 2023, but was lacking many of the details shared in previous reports.

The Children's Place measures its emissions, but doesn't share its process and no longer shares its full data. Its last reporting period was 2022, and in this update its estimated emissions footprint was 602,036 tons CO2e.

The Children's Place has SBTi-approved emissions reduction targets for the medium-term (5-10 years). It last reported on its progress in 2023. In this update it shared that it had achieved some targets, set some new ones, and was on track for the remaining targets. However, it didn't share how it was achieving its targets, and Commons couldn't find evidence that this brand offsets any emissions.

The Children's Place publishes some information about its supply chain, but doesn't provide details on geography or traceability. We expect larger brands to include sufficient details on sourcing, manufacturing, and other supply chain partners. It publicly shares a supplier code of conduct, which prohibits forced or child labor, ensures the right to collective bargaining, and disallows unauthorized subcontracting. Its code of conduct doesn't ensures a living wage or enforce regular audits.