ZEROBARRACENTO
ZEROBARRACENTO is an Italian fashion brand offering a range of denim, dresses, coats, jackets & blazers, shorts, and suits. The brand is committed to sustainable production by using recycled and low-impact materials, employing low-waste cutting techniques, and utilizing compostable packaging, though there is room for improvement in labor transparency.
Range: Menswear,Womenswear
Price: Moderate
Location: Italy
Sustainability Rating
- Planet: 5
- People: 4
- Animals: 4
Analysis
Planet
Rating: Great
- Uses a high proportion of lower-impact materials, including recycled materials.
- Utilizes low-impact materials that help limit the chemicals, water, and wastewater in its supply chain.
- Employs low-waste cutting techniques to maximize fabric use.
- Uses compostable packaging.
- Manufactures products closer to home to reduce the climate impact of long-distance shipping.
People
Rating: Good
- Final production stage occurs in Italy, a medium-risk country for labor abuse.
- Partially traces its supply chain, including all of the final production stage.
- No evidence of a formal Code of Conduct.
- No evidence of ensuring workers are paid living wages in its supply chain.
Animals
Rating: Good
- Appears to use exotic animal hair and recycled exotic animal hair.
- Sources wool from non-mulesed sheep.
- Does not appear to use leather, down, fur, angora, or exotic animal skin.
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