Allbirds

Allbirds reports a high proportion of its garments are made with lowest impact fibers, including chitosan fiber, FSC-certified TENCEL Lyocell, and green EVA. It does not use any leather and has developed a plant-based leather as an alternative. It plans to further reduce its reliance on high impact fibers by 2025, though Commons was not able to find recent reported progress on this goal within the last year.

Allbirds provides specific information on the amount of renewable energy used in its stores and offices, but not in its production sites. It has a target to reach 100% renewable energy for their production facilities by 2025 by purchasing renewable energy credits. Commons was not able to find recent reported progress on this goal within the last year.

Allbirds uses 100% plastic-free packaging. Its eco-friendly packaging materials include FSC-certified cardboard. It has undergone specific effots to minimize its packaging, including reducing the weight of its packaging.

Allbirds does not offer repair services or a warranty. It gives detailed care instructions to extend garment lifespan.

Allbirds has a take back program that accepts this brand's shoes for resale. It does not share details on the efficacy or impact of these programs.

Allbirds offers a core evergreen collection and limits new additions and releases.

Commons analyzed its email marketing messaging and found it followed aggressive overconsumption tactics. It sent us emails in the first seven days. Of these, mentioned sales, and used language to generate a sense of urgency.

Allbirds has a prominent sustainability page, with details onmaterials, current initiatives and progress, energy use, emissions measurement, emissions reduction, circularity Allbirds does not have a sustainability page. This page was last updated in 2024 Allbirds has a detailed annual report, with a clear, impact driven strategy and progress reporting. Its latest annual report is from 2023.

Allbirds internally measures its overall emissions. It reports emissions on a product level. Allbirds identifies its top driver of emissions, by including detailed breakdowns.

Supply Chain & Labor

Allbirds does not publish information about its supply chain partners. It has a supplier code of conduct, which includes provisions audits of partners, allowing collective bargaining.