Overview

• Assessing 200 leading brands, the report finds transparency concentrated in corporate operations, with 60% disclosing energy sourcing in-house versus 11% in supply chains.
• Only 10% publish renewable electricity targets for suppliers and 6% set broader renewable goals, while just 6% disclose capital expenditure to help factories transition.
• No brand reports factory heat or humidity data despite growing evidence of unsafe indoor conditions, according to Fashion Revolution.
• Coal remains embedded in processing: fewer than one in five disclose phase-out targets, and roughly 2% report purchased steam, with H&M noted as an exception.
• The report urges pilots to electrify low-temperature process heat using electric boilers and heat pumps powered by renewables, paired with worker-led heat monitoring to unlock investment and break supplier–utility deadlock.