Dockers
Rated: It's a start
price:location: United States
Dockers has good policies to manage water use in its supply chain but is not taking adequate steps to ensure payment of a living wage for its workers.
Dockers sustainability rating
Planet
People
Animals
Overall rating: It's a start
Our ratings are based on a scale from 1 (We avoid) to 5 (Great)
Dockers is owned by Levis Strauss.
Our “Planet� rating evaluates brands based on the environmental policies in their supply chains, from carbon emissions and wastewater to business models and product circularity. Here we rate Dockers “Good�. These are a few factors influencing its score:
- It uses some lower-impact materials including recycled materials.
- It implements water reduction initiatives in its supply chain.
- There’s no evidence it’s taking actions to protect biodiversity in its supply chain.
- It’s set a science based target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in both its direct operations and supply chain, and it claims it’s on track.
Workers� rights are central to our “People� rating, which assess brands� policies and practices on everything from child labour to living wages and gender equality. Here we rate Dockers “It’s a Start�. These are a few factors influencing its score:
- None of its supply chain is certified by crucial labour standards that help ensure worker health and safety, living wages, and other rights.
- It received a score of 51-60% in the 2023 ʹapp Transparency Index.
- It sources its final stage of production from countries with extreme risk of labour abuse.
- It claims to have a program to improve wages but there’s no evidence it ensures its workers are paid living wages in most of its supply chain.
- It’s taken insufficient steps to remediate its links to cotton sourced from Xinjiang, a region in China at risk of Uyghur forced labour.
Brands� animal welfare policies and, where applicable, how well they trace their animal-derived products are the focus of our “Animals� rating. Here we rate Dockers “It’s a Start�. These are a few factors influencing its score:
- It has a formal policy aligned with the Five Freedoms of animal welfare but no clear implementation mechanisms in place.
- It appears to use leather, and wool.
- It doesn’t appear to use down, fur, angora, exotic animal skin, or exotic animal hair.
- There’s no evidence it traces any animal-derived materials to the first production stage.
Based on all publicly available information we’ve reviewed, we rate Dockers “It’s a Start� overall.
