Christy Dawn - Sustainability Rating (original) (raw)

Our “Planet” rating evaluates brands based on the environmental policies in their supply chains, from carbon emissions and wastewater to business models and product circularity. Here we rate Christy Dawn “Good”. These are a few factors influencing its score:

• It uses a medium proportion of lower-impact materials including organic cotton.
• It follows a slow fashion model such as limited production runs and seasonless products.
• Its use of lower-impact materials minimises chemicals, water, and wastewater in production.
• While it offers resale of second hand products, there’s no evidence it’s taking further action to address textile waste in its supply chain.

Workers’ rights are central to our “People” rating, which assesses brands’ policies and practices on everything from child labour to living wages and gender equality. Here we rate Christy Dawn “Great”. These are a few factors influencing its score:

• It traces most of its supply chain.
• It provides jobs for workers from local communities and has demonstrated its positive impact.
• There's no evidence it has a Code of Conduct but it has a formal statement covering workers rights.
• It ensures some workers in the final production stage are paid living wages, though not in its entire supply chain.

Brands’ animal welfare policies and, where applicable, how well they trace their animal-derived products are the focus of our “Animals” rating. Here we rate Christy Dawn “It’s a Start”. These are a few factors influencing its score:

• It appears to use wool and exotic animal hair.
• It uses some recycled leather in its leather products.
• It doesn’t appear to use down, angora, fur, or exotic animal skin.
• It’s published a general statement about minimising animal suffering but not a formal animal welfare policy.

Based on all publicly available information we’ve reviewed, we rate Christy Dawn “Good” overall.