Unspun

Unspun makes products with a majority of low emissions materials, including recycled cotton and biodegradable elastane, as well as some high emissions materials such as conventional cotton and virgin polyester. It has multiple stated goals to reduce its reliance on these high emissions materials, and it has reported progress towards these within the last year. All of its materials are stated to be vegan.

Unspun uses renewable energy in an undefined portion of its production, and its proprietary production process boosts its energy efficiency. It sources and manufactures its materials globally, which is standard practice in the industry, but it's working to localize its manufacturing to lower its emissions footprint.

Unspun has made efforts to reduce virgin plastic in its packaging. It uses 100% biodegradable and compostable packaging, though it doesn't directly identify these materials. It's working to reduce shipping emissions by optimizing its distribution processes.

Unspun has a free repair program for 6 months post-purchase, but doesn't offer a warranty. It gives detailed and environmentally conscious care instructions for its garments.

Unspun has a take back program that accepts its own brand's clothing for downcycling or upcycling. It reports on the efficacy of this program.

Unspun limits production waste by exclusively offering an evergreen collection and utilizing made to order production for all items.

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Unspun has a prominent sustainability page, with details on materials, emissions measurement, energy use, production waste, and circularity. It publishes a detailed annual update, with a clear, impact driven strategy and progress reporting. Its latest annual report is from 2024.

Unspun internally measures its scope 1 and 2 emissions and reports them on a company level along with some product-level LCAs. Its 2024 estimated total for scopes 1+2 was 0.33 t CO2e .

Unspun has interim emissions reduction goals for the long term. It has shared progress in the last year, but it's not currently on track.

Unspun publishes full information about its supply chain partners from Tier 1 to Tier 3, and it has tracked some of its supply chain. It has a supplier code of conduct but doesn't make it publicly available.