Aldo

Aldo reports 100% of its shoes are made with LWG leather, but does not report on certifications or proportions of other materials. It also uses high emissions materials including polyurethane. Aldo makes its shoes with responsibly sourced rubber, including recycled rubber, but it's unclear what proportion of its overall rubber usage this covers. Commons couldn't find any stated plans to increase low emissions materials and/or decrease synthetic materials. It has more eco-friendly products in the following collections: Lower Impact

Aldo utilizes hydropower and RECs in its direct operations and an unknown portion of its production. It doesn't have stated targets to increase its use of renewable energy. Aldo sources and manufactures its materials globally, which is standard practice in the fashion industry.

Aldo has made efforts to minimize the amount of material used in its packaging. It uses eco-friendly materials in its packaging, including ones that are FSC-certified and/or recycled. It still uses some plastic in its packaging, but doesn't identify if any portion of it is recycled.

Aldo offers paid repair options, including: repair kits for sale. Aldo doesn't offer a warranty. Commons couldn't find care instructions for this brand.

Aldo has a take back partnership with Give Back Box, but doesn't promote it to consumers on its site. This greatly limits the programs reach and potential efficacy. This program accepts any brand's shoes, clothes for donation.

Aldo is a fast fashion brand which continually overproduces products, incentivizes overconsumption, and creates excess waste.

Commons is still evaluating this brand's marketing emails.

Aldo has a sustainability page with high-level details on its climate strategy, but this page is hard to find on its website. It publishes annual reports at the corporate level as Aldo Group, with limited, high-level information on initiatives and impact. Its last annual report was published in 2023.

Aldo internally measures and publicly reports its company-level emissions in partnership with, or with auditing from, a third party. It includes a breakdown by scope. The last reporting period was 2022. In its most recent update, its estimated emissions footprint was 273,784 tons CO2e.

Aldo has SBTi-approved emissions reduction targets for the medium-term (5-10 years). It has reported on its scope 1+2 progress within the past year, and is on track, but hasn't provided progress reporting on its scope 3 goals, which make up the largest portion of its emissions. The brand offsets emissions from its ecommerce shipping.

Aldo publishes information about its supply chain partners, disclosing their geographic locations across Tier 1 (final production manufacturing). It publicly shares a supplier code of conduct, which prohibits forced labor, prohibits child labor. Its code of conduct is more sparse than we'd hope for a large brand - it doesn't disallow unauthorized subcontracting, ensure the right to collective bargaining, ensure a living wage, establish grievance mechanisms, include environmental clauses. Aldo doesn't have a stated policy of regularly auditing its supply chain partners. This may increase human and environmental risks.