Sustainable Cotton Ranking 2020


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MAXIMUM SCORE
Policy20.0
Uptake55.0
Traceability25.0
TOTAL SCORE100.0
COLOR
  • Leading the way
  • Well on the way
  • Starting the journey
  • Not yet started
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What do results show?

companies journey

Sustainability efforts are driven by 11 companies leading the way (5 in 2017), followed by 13 more companies that are well on their way (8 in 2017) and 15 others just starting the journey (18 in 2017).

Of the 77 companies assessed, the remaining 38 have not yet started the journey (48 in 2017), including 26 companies that scored 0 points.

POLICY
  • Top 5 in 2020: C&A, H&M Group, Woolworths, Levi Strauss & Co., IKEA.
  • 33 companies are leading the way, 5 are well on the way, 5 are starting the journey, and 34 have not yet started the journey.
  • 11 companies have a target for sourcing 100% more sustainable cotton by 2020 (unchanged compared to 2017): Adidas, C&A, Decathlon, H&M Group, IKEA, Levi Strauss & Co., Marks & Spencer Group plc, Nike Inc., Otto, Tchibo, Woolworths.
  • 34 companies have some kind of target for sourcing more sustainable cotton (19 in 2017).
  • 27 companies have no clear policies on cotton (35 in 2017).
  • Top 5 progress since 2017: Lojas Renner, Target, S. Oliver, El Corte Inglés, Next.

Read our analysis of the policy results.

UPTAKE
  • Top 5 in 2020: Adidas, IKEA, H&M Group, Otto, Tchibo - all of them source 80% of their cotton as sustainable.
  • 11 companies are leading the way, 7 are well on the way, 6 are starting the journey, and 53 have not yet started the journey.
  • 29 companies report some sourcing of more sustainable cotton (in volume and/or percentage of total use) (22 in 2017).
  • 25 companies publicly disclose the percentage of more sustainable cotton used (18 in 2017).
  • 52 do not source more sustainable cotton or do not disclose this information publicly.
  • 25 companies disclosed the volume of more sustainable cotton they use, publicly or in confidence (20 in 2017).
  • Top 5 progress since 2017: Decathlon, Bestseller, Levi Strauss & Co., H&M Group, Columbia Sportswear.

Read our analysis of the uptake results.

TRACEABILITY
  • Top 5 in 2020: Gildan, Benetton, Esprit, Nike Inc., C&A.
  • 4 companies are leading the way (1 in 2017), 9 are well on the way (6 in 2017), 16 are starting the journey (15 in 2017), and 48 have not yet started the journey (53 in 2017).
  • 11 companies publish information on the absolute volume of all cotton lint used: IKEA, C&A, Otto Group, Marks and Spencer Group plc, Levi Strauss & Co., Nike Inc., Benetton Group S.r.l., PVH Corp., Hugo Boss AG, Gildan Activewear Inc., VF Corporation.
  • Only IKEA, C&A, and VF Corporation publish some information on the countries of origin of the cotton they use.
  • 4 companies publish some information on their yarn manufacturers (2 in 2017): Benetton Group S.r.l., Esprit Holdings Ltd, Gildan Activewear Inc., H&M Group.
  • 10 companies publish some information on their tier-2 suppliers (fabric makers) (3 in 2017).
  • 26 companies publish some information on their tier-1 finished products suppliers (18 in 2017) including 13 publishing 100% of their suppliers for this tier.
  • Top 5 progress since 2017: Benetton, Gildan, Esprit, Adidas, Nike Inc..

Read our analysis of the traceability results.

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    • Adidas AG
    • Aditya Birla
    • Amazon.com, Inc.
    • American Eagle Outfitters Inc.
    • Arcadia Group Ltd.
    • Ascena Retail Group, Inc.
    • Associated British Foods plc 
    • Benetton Group S.r.l.
    • Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
    • Bestseller A/S
    • C&A
    • Calzedonia SpA
    • Camaieu S.A.
    • Carrefour S.A.
    • Carter's, Inc.
    • Casas Pernambucanas
    • Columbia Sportswear Company
    • Decathlon Group
    • El Corte Inglés S.A.
    • Esprit Holdings Ltd
    • Express, Inc.
    • Fast Retailing Co., Ltd.
    • Foot Locker Retail, Inc.
    • Forever21, Inc.
    • G-III Apparel Group
    • Gildan Activewear Inc.
    • Giordano International Limited
    • Giorgio Armani S.P.A.
    • Groupe Auchan SA
    • Grupo Guararapes
    • H&M Group
    • Hanesbrands Inc.
    • Heilan Group Co. Ltd
    • Hudson's Bay Company
    • Hugo Boss AG
    • IKEA
    • INDITEX S.A.
    • ITC Ltd.
    • J. C. Penney Company, Inc.
    • Kiabi Europe SAS
    • L Brands Inc.
    • Lalbhai Group
    • Levi Strauss & Co.
    • Lojas Renner
    • Lululemon Athletica Inc.
    • Marks and Spencer Group plc
    • Max Mara Fashion Group
    • Metersbonwe Group
    • Mr Price Group
    • New Look
    • New Yorker Group
    • Next PLC
    • Nike, Inc.
    • Nordstrom, Inc.
    • OTB Group
    • Otto Group
    • PVH Corp.
    • Punto Fa, S.L.
    • Ralph Lauren Corporation
    • Raymond Group
    • S Oliver Group
    • Samsung C&T Fashion Group
    • Shanghai La Chapelle Fashion Co
    • TJX Companies, Inc.
    • Target Corporation
    • Tchibo GmbH
    • Tendam
    • Tesco PLC
    • The Gap, Inc.
    • Tom Tailor Holding AG
    • Trendy International Group
    • Under Armour, Inc.
    • VF Corporation
    • Walmart, Inc.
    • Woolworths Holdings Ltd
    • Youngor Group
    • Zhejiang Semir Garment Co., Ltd.
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Total Score
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MAXIMUM SCORE
Policy20.0
Uptake55.0
Traceability25.0
TOTAL SCORE100.0
COLOR
  • Leading the way
  • Well on the way
  • Starting the journey
  • Not yet started
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