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The North Face

How ethical and sustainable is The North Face? The summary ethical rating for The North Face is shown here. You will also find the average score for the whole product category too – so you can see how ethical and sustainable The North Face is in comparison to other brands. These ethical scores are long-trusted because they are based on a very wide analysis of the brand’s ethical performance, across multiple ethical criteria, including sustainability, animal welfare and human issues.  You will see the full breakdown of The North Face’s ethical results on this page also.

Ethical performance in category

0

GSG score

53
68

GSG category benchmark

100

Ethical Rating

Environment

  • Environmental Report

    Good

  • Organic

    Poor

  • Nuclear Power

    Good

  • Better Cotton Initiative

    Good

  • Fossil Fuels

    Good

Animal

  • Animal Welfare

    Good

People

  • Armaments

    Good

  • Code of Conduct

    Good

  • Political Donations

    Poor

  • Ethical Trading Schemes

    Poor

  • Human Rights

    Poor

  • Human Rights+

    Poor

Other

  • Ethical Accreditation

    Poor

  • Other Criticisms

    Good

= GSG Top Rating = GSG Middle Rating = GSG Bottom Rating