Zusss
Zusss is a Netherlands-based womenswear brand offering skirts, sweaters, dresses, jackets & blazers, and tops & blouses. While its designs are contemporary, the brand has significant room for improvement in environmental practices and labor transparency.
Range: Womenswear
Price: Moderate
Location: Netherlands
Sustainability Rating
- Planet: 2
- People: 1
- Animals: 3
Analysis
Planet
Rating: Not Good Enough
- Uses few lower-impact materials.
- No evidence of minimizing textile waste in its supply chain.
- No evidence of actions to reduce or eliminate hazardous chemicals in manufacturing.
- No evidence of actions to reduce its climate impacts.
People
Rating: Very Poor
- Doesn't disclose where its final production stage occurs.
- Claims to audit some of its supply chain but doesn't specify what percentage.
- No evidence of a Code of Conduct.
- 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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