Opera Sport

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 Opera Sport “Great”. These are a few factors influencing its score:

• It uses a high proportion of lower-impact materials including recycled materials.
• Its use of lower-impact materials minimises chemicals, water, and wastewater in production.
• To minimise waste, it limits its production runs.

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

• Its entire final production stage is certified by Business Social Compliance Initiative Code of Conduct - BSCI, Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) certified organic cotton, and Worldwide Responsible Accredited Production - WRAP.
• There’s no evidence it has a Code of Conduct.
• It partly traces its Supply Chain including all of the final production stage.
• 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 Opera Sport “Good”. These are a few factors influencing its score:

• There’s no evidence it has an animal welfare policy.
• It appears to use recycled exotic animal hair, and silk.
• It uses recycled wool in all of its wool products.
• It doesn’t appear to use leather, down, fur, angora, or exotic animal skin.

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