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WE-AR4

Rated: Good

price:
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location: United States

WE-AR4 is a New York-based responsible fashion brand, crafting our designs from luxury deadstock and upcycled materials. The result is thoughtfully designed, elevated essentials that deliver immediate, climate-positive impact.

WE-AR4 sustainability rating

Planet

4 out of 5

People

3 out of 5

Animals

4 out of 5

Overall rating: Good

Our ratings are based on a scale from 1 (We avoid) to 5 (Great) How we rate


Our “Planet” rating evaluates brands based on the environmental policies in their supply chains, from carbon emissions and wastewater to business models and product circularity. Here we rate WE-AR4 “Good”. These are a few factors influencing its score:

  • It uses a high proportion of lower-impact materials.
  • It uses lower-impact materials, but there’s no evidence it’s taking further action to reduce its energy use or greenhouse gas emissions.
  • To minimise waste, it limits its production runs.
  • It provides evidence on its efforts to minimise packaging.

Workers’ rights are central to our “People” rating, which assess brands’ policies and practices on everything from child labour to living wages and gender equality. Here we rate WE-AR4 “It's a Start”. These are a few factors influencing its score:

  • It traces most of its supply chain.
  • Its Code of Conduct covers ILO principles.
  • It audits some of its supply chain, including all of the final production stage.
  • There’s no evidence it ensures workers are paid living wages in its supply chain.

Brands’ animal welfare policies and, where applicable, how well they trace their animal-derived products are the focus of our “Animals” rating. Here we rate WE-AR4 “Good”. These are a few factors influencing its score:

  • It appears to use leather, wool, and cashmere.
  • A high proportion of its animal-derived materials consist of recycled or certified alternatives to conventional leather, cashmere, and wool.
  • It doesn’t appear to use shearling, alpaca, mohair, down, angora, fur, exotic animal hair, or exotic animal skin.
  • There’s no evidence it has an animal welfare policy.

Based on all publicly available information we’ve reviewed, we rate WE-AR4 “Good” overall.

Last updated 2026-07-15