Prada

Mar 01, 2023

Prada is an Italian fashion retailer founded in 1913 in Milan by Mario Prada. The multinational clothing-retail company creates luxury fashion for women and men.

Prada makes clothing, accessories, shoes, underwear, jewelry, eyewear, luggage, and fragrances. The Italian luxury fashion house, Prada S.p.A., owns Prada along with other brands such as Car Shoe, Miu Miu, Church's, and more.

Prada is the largest company in the Prada group. It operates more than 620 stores and has over 13,000 employees in stores, factories, logistics, brands, and subsidiaries across 70 countries where it does business.

Prada has placed sustainability at the heart of its business approach and wants to achieve long-term sustainable growth by investing in people, distribution, technology, manufacturing, and sustainability.

The Prada group's sustainability commitment aims to contribute to People, Planet, and Culture. And it considers environmental protection a very important matter.

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Sustainability Rating: 6/10

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Category: Clothing, accessories, shoes, bags, jewelry

For: Women, men

Type: Basics, denim, knitwear, underwear, loungewear, outerwear, nightwear, sneakers, boots, sandals, flats, heels

Style: Chic, classic

Quality: High

Prices: $$$

Sizes: XS-2XL, 0-10 (US), 6-16 (UK), 32-42 (EU), 8-18 (AU)

Fabrics: Cotton, linen, hemp, jute, viscose, cupro, acetate, polyester, nylon, spandex, acrylic, neoprene, polyurethane, rubber, leather, wool, silk, down

100% Organic: No

100% Vegan: No

Ethical & Fair: No

Recycling: Yes

Producing countries: Italy, France, Romania, United Kingdom

Certifications: GOTS, FSC, Oeko-Tex, SA8000

Sustainability Practices

Prada takes wide-ranging measures to protect biodiversity, reduce its consumption of water, energy, and other resources, avoid waste, and combat climate change.

It wants to be better and more efficient by looking at every aspect of its value chain to ensure the healthy functioning of our planet. However, the majority of its business remains detrimental to the environment.

Prada only uses a tiny proportion of organic materials such as organic cotton and hemp or recycled materials such as recycled polyester and regenerated nylon.

Most of the fabrics it uses are either natural without relevant certifications, such as regular cotton or linen, or synthetic petroleum-based fibers, such as polyester, nylon, acrylic, and more.

Prada publishes a list of all its manufacturers but not its processing facilities on its corporate website, the Prada group. It promotes an internal culture based on respect for human rights and encourages responsible, conscious behavior regarding health and safety.

The 2022 Fashion Transparency Index gave Prada a score of only 18% based on how much the group discloses about its social and environmental policies, practices, and impacts.

The Italian clothing retailer does show some labor certification standards that would ensure good working conditions, decent living wages, health, safety, and other crucial rights for workers in its supply chain.

Prada has a code of conduct that applies to all its suppliers and subcontractors based on the regulations set by the International Labor Organization (ILO).

Prada assesses compliance with its Code of Conduct by informal visits or third-party audits with or without notice. It commits to environmental protection and environmental and social standards.

Prada doesn't use fur and has been fur-free since the SS20 Women's collection. However, it uses exotic animal skin, hair, and angora. It also makes many products with leather, wool, silk, and down feathers.

These animal-derived materials are cruel and unethical. They also harm the environment by producing greenhouse gases and waste. More sustainable alternatives exist.

Sustainability Goals

Prada has committed to reducing its environmental impact across the entire supply chain. It's on a journey towards the progressive reduction of GHG emissions directly related to its operations and the value chain.

Prada plans to reduce absolute scope 1 and scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 29.4% by 2026 from a 2019 base year and reduce absolute scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions by 42% by 2029 from a 2019 base year to achieve net-zero emissions in 2050.

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