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On Running

Rated: It's a start

price:
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location: Switzerland

On Running sustainability rating

Planet

3 out of 5

People

2 out of 5

Animals

3 out of 5

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 On Running “It’s a Start”. These are a few factors influencing its score:

  • It uses some lower-impact materials including recycled materials.
  • It offers clothing recycling to consumers to help address end-of-life textile waste.
  • There’s no evidence it takes action to minimise its packaging, which is a driver of plastic waste.
  • To reduce its climate impacts, it uses renewable energy in its supply chain.
  • There’s no evidence it’s taking meaningful action to reduce or eliminate hazardous chemicals in manufacturing.
  • There’s no evidence it’s taking actions to protect biodiversity in its supply chain.

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

  • It partly traces its supply chain including the final and some of the second production stages.
  • It sources its final stage of production from countries with extreme risk of labour abuse.
  • Its Code of Conduct covers ILO Four Fundamental Freedoms principles.
  • None of its supply chain is certified by crucial labour standards that help ensure worker health and safety, living wages, and other rights.
  • There’s no evidence it ensures workers are paid living wages in its supply chain.
  • It ensures some workers in the final production stage are paid living wages, though not in its entire supply chain.
  • During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, it did not disclose adequate policies or safeguards to protect workers in its supply chain from the virus.

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 On Running “It’s a Start”. These are a few factors influencing its score:

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

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

Last updated 2025-02-13