Where Does It Come From?

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 Where Does It Come From? “Great”. These are a few factors influencing its score:

• It uses a medium proportion of lower-impact materials including organic cotton.
• It uses lower-impact materials that help limit the chemicals, water, and wastewater in its supply chain.
• It completes the first and second stages of production closer to home to reduce its climate impact.
• It takes some action to reduce water use in the second production stage.
• It avoids plastic 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 Where Does It Come From? “Great”. These are a few factors influencing its score:

• It provides jobs for workers from disadvantaged communities and has demonstrated its positive impact.
• Part of its final production stage is certified by WFTO Guarantee System.
• It traces most of its supply chain
• It audits some of its supply chain including all of the final production stage.

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 Where Does It Come From? “It's a Start”. These are a few factors influencing its score:

• It appears to use alpaca.
• It doesn’t appear to use fur, angora, exotic animal skin, leather, shearling, wool, cashmere, mohair, or down.
• It’s published a general statement about minimising animal suffering but not a formal animal welfare policy.
• It uses few animal-derived materials.

Based on all publicly available information we’ve reviewed, we rate Where Does It Come From? “Good” overall.