CP Shades
Rated: It's a start
price:location: United States
CP Shades clothing is made in the San Francisco Bay Area and their range has a focus on shirting and shirt dresses in a range of fabrics including cotton silk, corduroy and velvet.
CP Shades sustainability rating
Planet
People
Animals
Overall rating: It's a start
Our ratings are based on a scale from 1 (We avoid) to 5 (Great) How we rate
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 CP Shades “Not Good Enough”. These are a few factors influencing its score:
- It uses few lower-impact materials.
- There’s no evidence it minimises textile waste in its Supply Chain.
- There’s no evidence it’s taking meaningful action to reduce water use.
- There’s no evidence it takes action to minimise its packaging, which is a driver of plastic waste.
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 CP Shades “It's a Start”. These are a few factors influencing its score:
- Its final production stage happens in the USA, a medium risk country for labour abuse.
- It partly traces its supply chain including all of the final production stage.
- 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 visits its suppliers regularly.
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 CP Shades “Good”. These are a few factors influencing its score:
- It appears to use exotic animal hair.
- It doesn’t appear to use leather, wool, down, fur, angora, or exotic animal skin.
Based on all publicly available information we’ve reviewed, we rate CP Shades “It's a Start” overall.
