C&A

How sustainable is C&A?

This screening has been done by Fairify on March 31^st 2020

C&A is a Dutch-Ger­man-Bel­gian fashion retai­ler. The com­pa­ny has been around since 1841 and has stores all over the globe. While low prices like C&A’s are usual­ly a red flag, quite the oppo­site is true with the Ger­ma­nic brand. It has mana­ged to pro­duce clo­thing for a rela­ti­ve­ly low price, while being a trans­pa­rent com­pa­ny that mea­sures and reduces its impact on the cli­mate. The com­pa­ny is the world’s lar­gest buyer of orga­nic cot­ton, sources 49% sus­tai­na­bly, and is acti­ve­ly impro­ving wor­king condi­tions and wages in its sup­ply chain. Through the Laudes foun­da­tion (for­mer C&A foun­da­tion), it’s acti­ve­ly com­ba­ting cli­mate change and inequa­li­ty.

C&A is not per­fect. There are impro­ve­ments to be made concer­ning packa­ging, rene­wable ener­gy and more sus­tai­nable mate­rials. But it’s great to see a com­pa­ny of this size spea­rhea­ding the change towards affor­dable but fair clothing.