Bottega Veneta sustainability score: 34/100
Bottega Veneta is an Italian luxury leather goods and apparel brand founded in 1966 and headquartered in Vicenza. Known for intrecciato-woven leather and minimalist design, it operates as a house within Kering Group.
More about Bottega Veneta
The brand maintains global retail networks and artisanal production facilities, employing approximately 300 people.
Founded 1966Head office Vicenza, ItalyStaff ~4,500Revenue ~€1.7BWebsite ↗
Bottega Veneta publishes no brand-level sustainability data, relying entirely on Kering Group reporting. Operational emissions, supply chain footprint, and water impact remain unquantified despite the brand's leather-heavy model and significant manufacturing footprint. Material weakness: zero direct disclosure paired with material environmental exposure.
Bottega Veneta scores 34/100 (Below expectations) on SINK's independent climate assessment, scored from public data only. Scores are free. Companies can never pay for anything about their own score. Last verified May 2026.
That places Bottega Veneta joint 565th of 934 companies scored, and joint 35th of 43 in Apparel (Durable / Outdoor).
What is Bottega Veneta doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Controversies & Red Flags and Energy Source (7/10, 5/10). Weakest on Carbon Footprint: Operations and Carbon Footprint: Supply Chain (2/10, 3/10).
Where Bottega Veneta lost points
For each question that lost points, the evidence our public rubric looks for that we didn't find.
- Emissions from its own operations2/10No emissions figures for its own operations, not even an estimate from energy bills.
- Emissions from its supply chain3/10No assessment of where its supply-chain emissions come from.
- Whether its emissions are falling3/10No evidence its emissions are falling, not even from energy bills or mileage.
- How clean its energy is5/10Less than half its energy shown to be renewable, or no transition plan.
- Its effect on nature3/10No assessment of its effect on nature, and no basic environmental policy.
- How it uses materials and handles waste4/10No measurable waste or recycling targets reported publicly.
- Its effect on water3/10No monitoring of water use, or no measures to reduce it.
- Its climate targets4/10Its targets aren't science-based or committed to the Science Based Targets initiative.
- How openly it reports4/10No dedicated sustainability role, board oversight or public report.
- Its record on controversies7/10Points deducted for controversies or its business model. The finding is under question 10.
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How is Bottega Veneta's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleWhat evidence is Bottega Veneta's score based on?
15 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
13% of them were published by Bottega Veneta itself; the rest come from independent sources.
Scored on 9 April 2026 under an earlier version of our method. We're re-checking it under the current method.
13 of 15 sources are independent of the company.
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How does Bottega Veneta compare with other apparel (durable / outdoor) companies?
Where Bottega Veneta sits among apparel (durable / outdoor) peers.
Among the 43 major apparel (durable / outdoor) brands we've scored, Bottega Veneta is tied =35th of 43, with 1 other.
Who scores higher in Apparel (Durable / Outdoor)?
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