Veja

Veja uses some low impact materials, including organic and recycled cotton, ethically harvested rubber, and LWG certified leather. It also uses some high impact materials, including synthetic rubber and virgin leather.

Veja procures renewable energy in the form of RECs for its operations, including stores and offices. With the Aegean Project they have begun producing Vejas in Portugal to more locally serve the EU market.

Veja has made efforts to reduce the amount of virgn plastic in its packaging. It's eco-friendly materials include FSC-certified materials. The brand minimizes its packaging by reducing its packaging size. It is reducing its shipping emissions by reducing the amount of air freight.

Veja has a repair program. It gives detailed care instructions to extend garment lifespan.

Veja has a take back program that accepts its own brand's shoes for recycling.

Veja offers a core evergreen collection with limited new additions and releases.

Commons is still analyzing this brand's marketing emails.

Veja has a prominent, dedicated sustainability web page with specific, data-driven details on materials, packaging, labor practices, current initiatives and progress, circularity, energy use, emissions measurement, and emissions reduction. It was last updated in 2022.

Veja internally measures and publicly reports its company-level emissions, including a breakdown by scope. In 2021 its estimated emissions footprint was 69,781.3 tCO2e.

Commons could not find verification that it offsets any emissions. Commons could not find emissions reduction targets for Veja. Larger brands have an outsized impact and responsibility to reduce their emissions.

Veja publishes the locations of their primary material sourcing, including their rubber and cotton suppliers. It does not share its supplier code of conduct, but it makes statements regarding prohibiting forced labor, protecting the right to collective bargining, and ensuring a living wage for part of its supply chain. It regularly audits its suppliers and works with some fair trade certified partners.