Wild Rye

Commons couldn't find information on the overall proportion of materials this brand uses. For a small brand, we assume use of a mix of material types. Wild Rye makes garments with a mix of lower emissions materials, including non-mulesed merino wool, organic cotton, and 100% recycled polyester, as well as high emissions materials such as nylon, spandex, and polyester. It doesn't share any plans to improve its materials mix.

Commons couldn't find information on this brand's energy use. Wild Rye sources and manufactures its materials globally, which is standard practice in the fashion industry.

Wild Rye has tried to reduce the volume of virgin plastic in its packaging. Its eco-friendly packaging materials include recycled and recyclable paper mailers, and recycled poly bags. Wild Rye is working to reduce the impact of shipping emissions by giving customers the option to offset their shipping on checkout.

Wild Rye doesn't offer repair services or support, but it offers a lifetime warranty for manufacturer defects. It gives environmentall conscious care instructions for its garments.

Wild Rye has a take back program, Wild Rye (redux), that accepts its own brand's clothing for resale. It doesn't share details on the efficacy or impact of this program.

Commons couldn't find enough information on its production strategy. For a small brand, we assume they have some limits on overproduction due to their scale of operations.

Commons is still evaluating this brand's marketing emails.

Wild Rye has a sustainability page located prominently in its header, it includes information about materials, packaging, emissions reduction, and circularity. It's unclear how often this page or information is kept up to date. Like many small brands, it doesn't publish an annual sustainability report.

Wild Rye internally measures its company-level emissions and is climate neutral certified through Change Climate. It reports emissions on an organization level. In its 2023 update, its estimated total footprint was 1,880 tons CO2e.

Commons couldn't find emissions reduction targets for Wild Rye, but it shares some interim reduction plans on its Change Climate page. Wild Rye offsets its full value chain emissions through its climate neutral certification.

Wild Rye doesn't publish information about its supply chain partners. It doesn't have or doesn't make public any supplier code of conduct. Wild Rye is a B Corp.