Clothing
Uniqlo
Uniqlo is rated Fair because its parent company has worked to take responsibility for its emissions, but there's still room to improve.
Uniqlo is still reliant on high emissions materials, including polyester, conventional cotton, spandex, nylon, synthetic leather. It has plans to reduce its use of these materials, but it's making slow progress. Its parent company doesn't share enough information about packaging, but Uniqlo appears to use primarily plastic packaging of a virgin or undisclosed source, which contributes greatly to waste production and excess energy use.
On the plus side, its parent company reports on its renewable energy strategy, and emissions measurement and SBTi-approved reduction targets, which are on track. Uniqlo helps take responsibility for the full lifecycle of its products by offering repair services, and a limited take back program for recycling or upcycling.
Uniqlo is owned by Fast Retailing Group.
