CARAVANA

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 CARAVANA “It's a Start”. These are a few factors influencing its score:

• It uses some lower-impact materials including jute.
• It uses low-impact dyes in some of its products.
• There’s no evidence it’s taking meaningful action to reduce water use.
• It completes the first and second stages of production closer to home to reduce its climate impact.

Workers’ rights are central to our “People” rating, which assess brands’ policies and practices on everything from child labour to living wages and gender equality. Here we rate CARAVANA “It's a Start”. These are a few factors influencing its score:

• It partners with independent artisans in Mexico
• There's no evidence it has a Code of Conduct.
• There’s no evidence it ensures workers are paid living wages in its supply chain.
• It traces most of its 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 CARAVANA “It's a Start”. These are a few factors influencing its score:

• It uses few animal-derived materials.
• It appears to use leather.
• It doesn’t appear to use exotic animal hair, wool, down, fur, angora, or exotic animal skin.

Based on all publicly available information we’ve reviewed, we rate CARAVANA “It's a Start” overall.