Levi's

Levi's uses a majority (~85%) lower impact materials, including recycled cotton and organic cotton. It uses a minimal amount of high impact materials, including polyester, conventional cotton, and elastane. The brand has plasn to reduce its use of these high impact materials by 2030 and has reported progress against these goals within the past year.

Levi's procures renewable energy credits for some of its electricity usage in its production facilities, stores, and offices. It has non-specific goals to incorporate more solar and reduce coal at its production sites by 2030. Levi's sources and manufactures its materials globally, which is standard practice in the fashion industry.

Commons could not find information on this brand's current packaging materials. It has stated that plans to phase out plastic packaging have been paused. We assume larger brands still have the standard practice of plastic packaging and excess waste.

Levi's has a repair program. Levi's offers a 2 year warranty for manufacturer defects. It gives detailed care instructions to extend garment lifespan.

Levi's has a take back program that accepts this brand's clothing for resale.

Levi's offers a core evergreen collection. It limits new additions and releases to a mostly seasonal level.

Commons is still analyzing this brand's marketing emails.

Levi's has a sustainability page with high-level information about energy use, circularity, materials, and packaging. Levi's also has a detailed annual report, with a clear, impact driven strategy and progress reporting. Its latest annual report is from 2023.

Levi's internally measures and publicly reports its company-level emissions, including a breakdown by scope. In 2023 its estimated emissions footprint was ~3.7 million tCO2e.

Levi's has short, medium, and long-term approved reduction targets with SBTi. They have shared progress on these targets in the last year, but are not on track. They offset emissions for company operations through EACs and RECs.

Levi's publishes the names and locations of most of its supply chain partners. It has a supplier code of conduct, which protects the right to collective bargaining and prohibits forced labor. It does not restrict subcontracting or mentions a living wage.