Wacoal Europe

Lingerie and swimwear

Founded as Eveden in 1920, today they have sales in 50 countries. Six brands designed and produced - Fantasie, Freya, Freya Active, Goddess, Eloni, Fauve. Sold to Japan's biggest lingerie company Wacoal in 2012.

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Owned JPN

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Company Ownership

Wacoal EMEA Ltd

Wacoal Holdings Corp

owns 100% of Wacoal EMEA Ltd

JPN

Lingerie and other apparel

Japan's biggest lingerie company. Acquired Eveden in 2012.

Company Assessment

(Last updated Mar 2024)

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Wacoal EMEA Ltd

Information

Modern Slavery statement

California, the UK and Australia have all enacted legislation requiring companies operating within their borders to disclose their efforts to eradicate modern slavery from their operations and supply chains. Follow the link to see this company's disclosure statement.

Source: company website (2017)

Wacoal Holdings Corp

Praise

CDP Climate Change score of B

In 2023, the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) asked companies to provide data about their efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and mitigate climate change risk. Responding companies are scored across four key areas: disclosure; awareness; management; and leadership. This company received a CDP Climate Change score of B.

Source: CDP (2023)

Criticism

11/100 S&P Global ESG Score

This company received an S&P Global ESG Score of 11/100 in the Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods category of the S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment, an annual evaluation of companies' sustainability practices (last updated 7 Feb 2021). The rankings are based on an analysis of corporate economic, environmental and social performance, assessing issues such as corporate governance, risk management, environmental reporting, climate strategy, human rights and labour practices.

Source: S&P Global (2021)

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Sustainable Apparel Coalition member

This company is a member of the Sustainable Apparel Coalition, a multi-stakeholder initiative launched in March 2011 by a group of global apparel and footwear companies and non-profit organizations (representing nearly one third of the global market share for apparel and footwear). The Coalition's goals are to reduce the apparel industry's environmental and social impact, and to develop a universal index to measure environmental and social performance of apparel products.

Source: Sustainable Apparel Coalition (2023)