Burberry scores 6 out of 16 at Rank a Brand: Compare how transparent, green and fair your favorite brands are

Burberry Info

Rank a Brand score:

6 out of 16
Please scroll down the score report.

Brand Owner: Burberry Group plc
Head Office: London, UK
Sector: Fashion, Clothing & Shoes
Categories: Designer
Free Tags: High-end, Popular, Accessories

Widget

EMAIL BRAND

Burberry Logo

Find out how green, fair and transparent your favorite brands are.

Compare Other brands

BRAND NAME Brand_name_botline

PERFORMANCE Brand_name_botline

Last Updated: 21 September 2011
Last Verified: 16 December 2011

Burberry Score Report

Questions about Climate Change/ Carbon Emissions

1 out of 4


1. Is there a policy for the brand (company) to minimize, reduce or compensate carbon emissions?	Burberry has various policy measures to reduce carbon emissions, such as an energy saving program and reducing air travel (see Environment ‘2010/2011 Results’).	SOURCE
2. Has the brand (company) disclosed the annual carbon footprint of its 'own operations' and has the brand already reduced or compensated 10% of these emissions in the last 5 years?	Burberry provides incomplete information regarding emissions from all of their own operations. It's based on air travel and global building energy, however, the given carbon emissions are normalized based on turnover.	SOURCE
3. Has the brand (company) set a target to reduce the carbon footprint of its 'own operations' by at least 20% within the next 5 years?	Burberry has not quantified its future targets to reduce carbon emissions, and gives no reference to the total carbon footprint.	SOURCE
4. Does the brand (company) also have a policy to reduce/compensate carbon emissions generated from the product supply chain that is beyond own operations?	Except for the shipping of end products, Burberry has not made public a policy to reduce carbon emissions in the production chain. Moreover the year 2011 has seen an increase usage of air freight while reducing the sea freight by 8%.	SOURCE

Questions about Environmental Policy

0 out of 4


1. Does the brand (company) use environmentally 'preferred' raw materials for more than 5% of its volume?	Burberry has not published its policy on using environmentally preferred materials like organic cotton, however in 2010 it started a Raw Materials Traceability project aiming to create transparency of the material origins.	SOURCE
2. Does the brand (company) use environmentally 'preferred' raw materials for more than 10% of its volume?	See remark for environmental policy question 1.	SOURCE
3. Does the brand (company) use environmentally 'preferred' raw materials for more than 25% of its volume?	See remark for environmental policy question 1.	SOURCE
4. Does the brand (company) have an environmental policy related to the ‘wet processes’ within the production cycle, like bleaching and dying of fabrics?	Burberry has not published its environmental policy for the impact of textile processing like dying and bleaching.	SOURCE

Questions about Labour Conditions/ Fair Trade

5 out of 8


1. Does the brand (company) have a supplier Code of Conduct (CoC) which includes the following standards: No forced or slave labour, no child labour, no discrimination of any kind and a safe and hygienic workplace?	All standards are mentioned in Burberry Ethical Trading Policy (see pages 3-5).	SOURCE
2. Does this CoC include at least two of the following workers rights: 1. to have a formally registered employment relationship 2. to have a maximum working week of 48 hours with voluntary paid overtime of 12 hours maximum 3. to have a sufficient living wage?	All rights are mentioned in the Burberry Ethical Trading Policy (see pages 4 & 5).	SOURCE
3. Does this Code of Conduct include the right for workers to form and join trade unions and bargain collectively; and in those situations where these rights are restricted under law, the right to facilitate parallel means of independent and free association and bargaining?	This right is mentioned, with reference to parallel means for the situation of law restrictions (see page 3).	SOURCE
4. Does the brand (company) have a published list of direct suppliers, that have collectively contributed to more than 90% of the purchase volume?	Burberry states that the majority of its products are manufactured in Europe through third-party suppliers, but no list of direct suppliers found.	SOURCE
5. Is the brand (company) a member of a collective initiative that aims to improve labour conditions, or does the brand (company) purchase its supplies from accredited factories with improved labour conditions?	Burberry is a member of the Ethical Trading Incentive.	SOURCE
6. Do independent civil society organizations like NGO's and labour unions have a decisive voice in this collective initiative or in these certification schemes?	Burberry is a member of Ethical Trading Incentive, which means that Labour Unions and/or business-independent NGO’s have a formal and co-decisive voice within the initiative and are co-responsible for the integrity and credibility of the initiative.	SOURCE
7. Does the brand (company) annually report on the results of its labour conditions policy?	In 20010/2011, over '700 Audits, training programmes, factory management follow-up visits and hotline programmes' were carried out, but it is not clear how much these factories represent of the total purchase volume. Information about the location and regions of the factories is also not found.	SOURCE
8. Has the brand's labour conditions policy resulted in a 'compliance level' of at least 30% of the purchase volume, or a 'monitored level' of at least 80%?	Burberry wants their factories to be compliant with the CoC, but no information about compliance or improvements in labour standards was found (see pp 2-3).	SOURCE