
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

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 |
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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 |

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

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

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

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

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
