Sustainability

Being Very responsible

We recognise the social and environmental impacts of our operations, and aim to manage these responsibly in the way our customers, colleagues, and other stakeholders would expect.

We have aligned our sustainability strategy with the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals to help us make a meaningful impact in line with the global 2030 agenda, and to monitor our progress against those aims.

We have four strategic focus areas: planet, product, circularity, and communities. Together, these will allow our customers and colleagues to make more sustainable choices, help us move towards carbon-neutral, and enable us to have a positive impact in the communities in which we operate.

CEO commitment

Sustainability is a key priority for The Very Group and I’m proud of the progress we’re making. We’ll keep investing in sustainability to deliver even greater change in the months and years ahead.

Lionel Desclée, Group CEO

Read our latest COP report

Our progress

80%

recycled content in our dispatch bags

75%

of cotton used in our own brand clothing sourced via the Better Cotton Initiative

31000

mill workers in India supported with training

40%

reduction in our carbon footprint after switching to renewably sourced energy

Our 2025 targets

Planet	Carbon neutral for Scope 1 and 2	Find out more
Circularity	Offer takeback schemes to customers across all product types	Find out more
Product	Use more sustainable raw materials in 75% of own brand fashion and home product	Find out more
Communities	Train 100,000 workers in our supply chain	Find out more