Eileen Fisher

Eileen Fisher reports that 75% of its products are made with lower emissions or certified materials, including organic linen, deadstock, regenerative wool, LWG leather, and organic cotton. It uses materials that have certifications from RWS, GRS, GOTS, FSC, and Bluesign. It has plans to reduce its reliance on high emissions materials, which include a focus on all materials being regenerative, renewable, recyclable. Commons wasn't able to find recent reported progress on this goal within the last year. We expect large brands to report at least annually on any stated goals.

Eileen Fisher shares information on its energy strategy. It has started to incorporate renewable energy to power its production sites, and uses 100% RECs for its scope 2 electricity needs, Eileen Fisher has general targets for expanding its use of renewable energy. It implements energy efficiency measures in its production sites, corporate offices, and storefronts. Eileen Fisher sources and manufactures its materials globally, which is standard practice in the textile industry.

Commons couldn't find information on Eileen Fisher's consumer packaging materials, but we assume larger brands still have the standard practice of plastic packaging and excess waste. Eileen Fisher reports that plastic packaging for upstream and internal shipments was fully moved to recycled plastic as of 2022.

Eileen Fisher offers free repair options, including: shared repair guides. Eileen Fisher doesn't offer a warranty. It gives detailed and environmentally conscious care instructions for its products.

Eileen Fisher has had a take back program, Renew (Second Life), since 2013 that accepts its own brand's clothing for resale, donation, upcycling, recycling, or downcycling. It shares details on how successful this program is at diverting items from landfills.

Eileen Fisher offers some products across multiple seasons but also releases new items seasonally each year. It limits overproduction and waste via reusing waste/deadstock.

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Eileen Fisher has a series of prominent sustainability pages with information about materials, circularity, production waste, and labor practices. It also publishes an annual B Corp report for consumers to reference recent updates, but it doesn't appear to release its own annual sustainability report.

Eileen Fisher 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 and identifies drivers of emissions. The last reporting period was 2023. In its most recent update, its estimated emissions footprint was 32,179 tons CO2e.

Eileen Fisher has SBTi-approved emissions reduction targets for the short-term (1-5 years), medium-term (5-10 years). It last reported on its progress in 2023, and was on track for most of its targets. Commons couldn't find evidence that this brand offsets any emissions.

Eileen Fisher publishes information about its supply chain partners, disclosing their names and locations throughout all tiers of production on Open Supply Hub. It doesn't have, or doesn't make public, any supplier code of conduct. We require larger brands to have a public code of conduct. It's a B Corp and reports conducting partner audits, though it's unclear how regularly.