Sustainability & Environment

Princess Polly is a certified B Corp. The certification spans our entire business and reflects our ongoing commitment to making a positive difference in the fashion industry, including our actions to reduce the environmental impact of our operations and supply chain. Check out our Environmental Policy here.

In 2020, a leading environmental consultancy calculated our carbon emission baseline, which gave us a starting point to reduce our emissions. Our baseline is categorized into our major components, and we are implementing new initiatives across each that will help us reduce our carbon footprint each year.

In 2023, Princess Polly approved near and long-term science-based emissions reduction targets with the SBTi, in line with a 1.5 degree temperature rise. We’re proud to be part of this groundbreaking community, and commit to:

- Reduce absolute Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions 42% by 2030 from a 2020 base year.

- Reduce Scope 3 GHG emissions 52% per unit sold by 2030 from a 2020 base year.

- Reduce absolute Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions 90% by 2050 from a 2020 base year.

- Reduce Scope 3 GHG emissions 97% per unit sold by 2050 from a 2020 base year.

 

In 2025, we were proud to meet our science-based renewable energy target, sourcing 100% renewable electricity at all of our global locations, including retail stores. We will continue this annually through to 2030.

 

We’re already making huge strides towards our 2030 targets. By the end of 2025, compared to our 2020 baseline we’ve achieved:

- A 19% reduction in absolute Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions (market-based)

- A 40% reduction in Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions intensity (tCO2e per sold product)

 

Reported 2025 emissions reductions have received limited third-party assurance by LRQA.

 

CDP, formerly the Carbon Disclosure Project, is the world’s largest, most comprehensive environmental dataset, and its annual ratings are widely regarded as a benchmark for environmental responsibility. In 2025, Princess Polly completed our fourth CDP climate report, achieving our best score to date: A-. 

 

We’re making on-trend fashion more sustainable by transitioning our products to be made with lower environmental impact materials.

With the launch of Lower Impact in 2021, we've made good progress with 40% of our range being made with materials that have a lower impact on the environment. We're committed to making more progress and continually growing our range.

Additionally we’re working closely with our factories on sustainable practices. Our significant sites are all completing a sustainability self assessment using the HIGG Facility Environment Module, which helps us to spotlight opportunities to improve.

The major component of transport-related emissions is shipping from our factories to our distribution centres. In 2024, our transitions from air to sea freight reduced our Scope 3 intensity (kgCO2e/unit sold) by 8%.

All of our orders and garments are shipped in 100% recycled content plastic packaging. Our custom garment and shipping bags generate 74% less emissions than virgin plastic! To learn more about our packaging and waste plans, check out our Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation Report and Action Plan or see the highlights below:

- Maintained a “Leading” rating in the 2026 APCO Report.
- Over 97% of our customer-facing retail packaging is made from recycled and renewable materials
- Transitioned our hygiene liners to 100% recycled PE, and developed different sizes to reduce plastic by 25%
- Tested new packaging materials for hazardous substances, with 100% compliance
- In 2025, diverted 74% of waste from landfill at our AU Distribution Centre.
  

In 2025, 100% of our global offices, stores and distribution centres were powered by renewable energy. Additionally, we diverted 41% of our waste from landfill across our sites. We’re also working with our factories through the Worldly Higg Facility Environmental Module (FEM) to improve waste management. From setting baselines and tracking disposal methods to introducing recycling initiatives and measurable reduction plans.

 

We are serious about circularity. For us, circular fashion is all about creating smartly designed and great quality products in line with demand, helping you take care and keep them for longer.

We’re proud to use high-quality materials, designing pieces that are made to last season after season.

When you no longer wear your items, this doesn’t have to be the end of the story either. We’re educating our customers on the best options to give these pieces another life: it may be with a new owner, by reselling or donating, or by recycling the materials to turn them into something new.

We love animals, which is why we’re super serious about animal cruelty. We’re a Fur Free Retailer and have worked with Four Paws, a global animal welfare organisation, to prepare our animal welfare policy (which you can check out here). Our animal welfare policy sets out our expectations around animal welfare for our employees and suppliers, and covers the animal derived materials we ban and allow, animal testing, and the inclusion of animals in our marketing.

Princess Polly is committed to reducing products that are derived from animal materials until there are none remaining in our supply chain. For the animal materials that we do still work with, we require suppliers to practice good animal husbandry, and adopt the internationally recognised Five Domains model of animal welfare. Currently, less than 1% of Princess Polly’s products are derived from animal products.