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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

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 2Find out more

Circularity

Offer takeback schemes to customers across all product typesFind out more

Product

Use more sustainable raw materials in 75% of own brand fashion and home productFind out more

Communities

Train 100,000 workers in our supply chainFind out more

Planet

We’re investing to set science-based targets and become a carbon-neutral business by 2035

Planet

Circularity

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

Circularity

Folded clothes

Product

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

Product

Communities

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

Communities

Our latest CSR report

Sustainability at The Very Group