
Sustainability
Being Very responsible


We’re helping our people and our customers make sustainable choices, reducing our impact on the environment and supporting our communities.
Our sustainability strategy addresses our impact on society and the environment, and is allied with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.
Focusing on planet, circularity, product, communities and people, we have ambitious 2025 targets based on industry best practice.
Because we’re committed to transparency, we publish a list featuring 100% of our tier one factories and mapped tier two processing sites every six months. We are working to map our supply chain down to tier three and contribute all details to the Open Apparel Registry.
CEO commitment
I continue to be proud of our work on sustainability and the progress we are making, and I am confident that we will make even greater strides over the next 12 months.Henry Birch, Group CEO

Our progress
80%
recycled content in our dispatch bags
90%
of cotton used in our own brand clothing sourced via the Better Cotton Initiative
11000
female workers supported in Southern India through our five resource centres
70%
reduction in our carbon footprint after switching to renewably sourced energy
Our 2025 targets
Planet | Reach net zero for our direct operations | Find out more |
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Circularity | Offer takeback schemes to consumers across all product types | Find out more |
Product | Use sustainable raw materials in 75% of our own brand fashion and home product | Find out more |
Communities | Launch financial literacy training in five key communities | Find out more |
People | Train 100,000 third party colleagues across our supply chain | Find out more |

Planet
We’re investing to set science-based targets and become a carbon-neutral business by 2040

Circularity
We’re reducing waste and prolonging the life of products to become a circular business

Product
We’re putting sustainable materials at the centre of our product ranges

Communities
We’re delivering financial literacy training across communities in the UK and overseas

People
We’re training 100,000 people in our supply chain in subjects like social dialogue, inclusivity and sustainability

Latest sustainability news

Very drives sustainable denim progress with Jeanologia partnership

Very picks up UN award for work to empower women in Indian textile industry
