Festina

Festina is owned by Festina Group.

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 Festina “Not Good Enough”. These are a few factors influencing its score:

• There’s no evidence it uses any lower-impact materials.
• There’s no evidence it’s taken any action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in its supply chain.
• There’s no evidence it’s taking meaningful action to reduce or eliminate hazardous chemicals in manufacturing.
• While it offers watch recycling to consumers, it doesn’t report on its results.

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 Festina “Very Poor”. These are a few factors influencing its score:

• There's no evidence it has a Code of Conduct
• There's no evidence it audits its suppliers.
• There’s no evidence it provides financial security to its suppliers, which can result in poor working conditions and wages.
• It traces some of its supply chain.
• There’s no evidence it ensures workers are paid living wages in 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 Festina “Not Good Enough”. These are a few factors influencing its score:

• It appears to use leather.
• It doesn’t appear to use angora, exotic animal skin, fur, shearling, wool, cashmere, alpaca, mohair, or down.
• There’s no evidence it has an animal welfare policy.

Based on all publicly available information we’ve reviewed, we rate Festina “Not Good Enough” overall.