Prada

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

• It uses few lower-impact materials, and it does not publish an aggregate breakdown of materials used.
• It claims to use Leather Working Group certified tanneries but doesn’t specify details about its certification.
• It’s set a science based target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in both its direct operations and supply chain but there’s no evidence it is on track.
• It provides evidence on its efforts to minimise packaging.

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

• Much of its final production stage happens in Italy.
• It has a basic policy to support diversity and inclusion in its direct operations and supply chain.
• It has an external grievance mechanism for workers in its supply chain to anonymously report concerns like harassment and unpaid wages.
• There’s no evidence it ensures workers are paid living wages in its supply chain.
• It has not taken sufficient steps to remediate its links to cotton sourced from Xinjiang, a region in China at risk of Uyghur forced labour.

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

• It appears to use leather, shearling, wool, cashmere, mohair, down, crocodile skin, snakeskin, decorative exotic feather, other animal products, and materials derived from wild animals.
• Some of its animal-derived materials consist of recycled or certified alternatives to conventional cashmere, wool, mohair, alpaca, and down.
• It doesn’t appear to use alpaca.
• It has a formal policy aligned with the Five Domains of Animal Welfare.
• It’s committed to eliminating some animal-derived materials but has not set a target date.

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