Ziener
Ziener is a German accessories and apparel brand offering a diverse range of products including shirts, gloves, belts, stockings & tights, underwear, shorts, and satchels & totes. While the brand uses some lower-impact materials, it has significant room for improvement in environmental initiatives and labor transparency.
Range: Menswear,Womenswear
Price: Moderate
Location: Germany
Sustainability Rating
- Planet: 3
- People: 2
- Animals: It's a Start
Analysis
Planet
Rating: It's a Start
- Uses some lower-impact materials, including recycled materials.
- No evidence of meaningful action to reduce water use.
- No evidence of minimizing textile waste in its supply chain.
- No evidence of actions to minimize its packaging, which contributes to plastic waste.
People
Rating: Not Good Enough
- Doesn't disclose where all of its final production stages occur.
- Claims to audit some of its supply chain but doesn't specify the percentage.
- Partially traces its supply chain.
- No evidence of ensuring workers are paid living wages in its supply chain.
Animals
Rating: It's a Start
- No evidence of an animal welfare policy.
- Appears to use leather, wool, and exotic animal hair.
- Doesn't appear to use down, fur, angora, or exotic animal skin.
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