NEOCOCO

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

• It uses some lower-impact materials including recycled materials.
• 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.
• It follows a slow fashion model such as limited production runs and seasonless products.

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 NEOCOCO “Good”. 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.
• It has a social mission to provide jobs to refugees.
• It partners with women artisans or women-owned enterprises.

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 NEOCOCO “Good”. These are a few factors influencing its score:

• It appears to use silk.
• It doesn’t appear to use leather, wool, down, fur, angora, exotic animal skin, or exotic animal hair.

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