Apparel (Durable / Outdoor)

Vivienne Westwood sustainability score: 30/100

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About Vivienne Westwood

Vivienne Westwood is a London-founded (1976) fashion and apparel brand known for punk aesthetics and provocative designs. Mid-sized with ~700 employees, ~£155M revenue (2024), operating globally with manufacturing in Italy and Asia.

More about Vivienne Westwood

Listed on the FTSE AIM market.

Founded 1976Head office London, United KingdomStaff ~700Revenue ~£155M (~$195M)Website ↗

Our verdict

Vivienne Westwood conducts sustainability assessments but discloses almost no results. Independent raters downgrade it for greenwashing: Good On You dropped it to 2/5, Remake scored it 21/100. Gap between climate rhetoric and operational evidence is the dominant weakness across carbon, water, nature, and targets.

Vivienne Westwood scores 30/100 (Significant gaps) 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 Vivienne Westwood joint 687th of 934 companies scored, and 38th of 43 in Apparel (Durable / Outdoor).

The ten questions

What is Vivienne Westwood doing well, and where does it fall short?

Strongest on Controversies & Red Flags and Energy Source (5/10, 4/10). Weakest on Carbon Footprint: Supply Chain and Emissions Trajectory (2/10, 2/10).

What's missing

Where Vivienne Westwood lost points

For each question that lost points, the evidence our public rubric looks for that we didn't find.

  • Emissions from its own operations3/10No emissions figures for its own operations, not even an estimate from energy bills.
  • Emissions from its supply chain2/10No assessment of where its supply-chain emissions come from.
  • Whether its emissions are falling2/10No evidence its emissions are falling, not even from energy bills or mileage.
  • How clean its energy is4/10Less than half its energy shown to be renewable, or no transition plan.
  • Its effect on nature2/10No 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 water2/10No monitoring of water use, or no measures to reduce it.
  • Its climate targets2/10No specific targets with dates.
  • How openly it reports4/10No dedicated sustainability role, board oversight or public report.
  • Its record on controversies5/10Points deducted for controversies or its business model. The finding is under question 10.

A score changes when the evidence does. We use new published evidence at the next rescore. Anyone can send us new evidence, free. How to send it.

The calculation

How is Vivienne Westwood's SINK score calculated?

Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.

SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × Scale
Industry base impact
Apparel (Durable / Outdoor) sector ceiling.
30 / 100
Performance score
Sum of the ten questions, each scored 0 to 10.
30 / 100
Raw score
Weighted average before scale penalty.
(0.3 × 30) + (0.7 × 30) = 30.0
Scale penalty
Multiplier based on total emissions. Bigger polluters lose more.
× 1
Final score
Rounded. Significant gaps.
30 / 100
Where the evidence comes from

What evidence is Vivienne Westwood's score based on?

10 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.

30% of them were published by Vivienne Westwood 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.

[1]Self-reported
Vivienne Westwood Sustainability — Carbon Emissions and Waste (US)
Ongoing
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[2]Self-reported
Vivienne Westwood Sustainability — Carbon Emissions (GB)
Ongoing
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[3]Independent source
Good On You — Vivienne Westwood Brand Directory
2025
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[4]Independent source
Vivienne Westwood Denounces Her New Documentary — Remake
Unknown
Q2Q9Q10
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[5]Public record
Fashion Network — Vivienne Westwood Sales and Profits Rise (2024)
2024
Q3
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[6]Public record
Fashion Network — Vivienne Westwood Sales and Profits Jump Again (2025)
2025Archived copy from 2025-12-04: the original link no longer opens for us.
Q3
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[7]Public record
Best Sustainable Luxury Brands — Pomp
Unknown
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[8]Public record
Vivienne Westwood Is Not Eco-Friendly — Eluxe Magazine
Unknown
Q10
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[9]Self-reported
Vivienne Westwood Sustainability — Main Page
Ongoing
Q9
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[10]Public record
Vivienne Westwood Sustainability Info — Luxiders
Unknown
Q7
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Vivienne Westwood in context

How does Vivienne Westwood compare with other apparel (durable / outdoor) companies?

Where Vivienne Westwood sits among apparel (durable / outdoor) peers.

Among the 43 major apparel (durable / outdoor) brands we've scored, Vivienne Westwood sits 38th of 43.

38/43
Vivienne Westwood's rank
42
Industry average
18
Industry low
55
Industry high
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