Everlane

Everlane uses 80% lower impact materials in its garments, including certified organic cotton, recycled fibers, and FSC-certified fibers. It has plans to eliminate all high impact fibers from its garments and has reported on its progress in the past year.

Everlane reports on the specifics of its renewable energy use. It has 100% renewable energy via RECs for its office and stores, and under 50% of its production sites use renewable energy. It has plans to expand this in its supply chain. Everlane sources and manufactures its materials globally, which is standard practice in the fashion industry.

Everlane has made efforst to reduce plastic in its packaging. Its uses eco-friendly materials, including FSC-certified material and 100% recycled paper stock. Everlane is working to reduce the impact of shipping emissions by encouraging customers to choose Ground shipping.

Everlane does not offer repair services or a warranty. It does give detailed care instructions to extend garment lifespan.

Commons could not find information on any take back programs.

Everlane offers both an evergreen collection, as well as frequent new releases. It has implemented tighter quality assurance measures to reduce the number of returned items.

Commons is currently evaluating Everlane's marketing emails.

Everlane has a dedicated sustainability page on their website with information about materials, labor practices, emissions measurement, emissions reduction, supply chain partners, and production waste. However, it is not prominently displayed. Larger brands have a greater responsibility to make this information clearly available due to its outsized impact. Everlane has a detailed annual impact report, with a clear, impact driven strategy and progress reporting. The latest annual report is from 2023.

Everlane internally measures and publicly reports its overall company-level emissions. Everlane identifies its top driver of emissions, by including detailed breakdowns.

Everlane has GHG emissions targets that are science-aligned (but not SBTi approved). These targets are on the medium and long-term, and progress has been reported on them in the last year. They do not appear to be on track for these goals. Everlane offsets emissions primarily through customer opt-in shipping offsets, not an internal program.

Everlane publishes specific information about some of its supply chain partners (across Tier 1 and 2). It has a supplier code of conduct, which requires regular audits of partners, allows collective bargaining, prohibits forced labor, disallows subcontracting, and more. It does not make mention of a living wage.