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03 - 05 Vestiaire Collective makes the world go around

Impact

Report 2022

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03 - 05 Vestiaire Collective makes the world go around

A Closer
Look at our
impact on
the planet

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AVOIDING A BIG IMPACT
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DOING OUR BIT FOR THE PLANET
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Going Bigger
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Where does Vestiaire's impact come from?

AVOIDING A BIG IMPACT

What’s the impact of shopping on Vestiaire Collective like compared to fashion in general?

70% of the items bought on Vestiaire Collective replace a first-hand purchase, but there’s more it than that. We’re not in the business of greenwashing - we know using Vestiaire still has an impact on the environment. From tech and marketing to logistics and authentication, we do everything we can to minimise this impact.

Once you take everything we do into account, you can clearly see the difference versus the traditional fashion model. Here’s what we found.

90%

By shopping on Vestiaire Collective, you save 90% of the environmental cost of a new item

DOING OUR BIT FOR THE PLANET

We’ve calculated the environmental cost of every purchase on Vestiaire Collective

We’d love to say it was simple, but it wasn’t quite. Bear with us here.

To understand our overall environmental impact we had to combine different environmental impacts which can’t usually be measured in a comparable way. For example how can you compare tonnes of CO₂e with litres of water polluted, or with biodiversity loss?

To overcome this, we created a monetary equivalent for each impact. This meant we could simply and fairly compare different types of impacts in different local contexts. It's not perfect, but it creates a standard, and is a great first step.

0.39€

Vestiaire Collective

New item

GHG EMISSIONS (CO₂e)

AIR POLLUTION

WASTE

WATER CONSUMPTION & POLLUTION

LAND
USE

This method is called ‘monetisation’. It’s an innovative approach, used by everyone from Kering to PwC, and translates an environmental impact into one that can be understood easily by consumers.

Whether you like it or not, money talks a language that everyone understands, including businesses. Monetisation means that companies can clearly see their environmental impact in a way they understand, and they can use this to incentivise responsible initiatives, better working practices and strong environmental policies.

We hope others will follow in our footsteps.

Going Bigger

Every year an estimated 120 billion items of new clothing and footwear are purchased14

Resale is expected to double its market share between 2020 and 2030, from 9% to 18%. 15 If this stopped the production of the equivalent amount of new items by 2030, this would save the planet : 16

38B€

Did you know: A significant proportion of water pollution occurs as a direct result of air pollution. It’s another knock-on effect from the production and transport of raw materials, which buying from Vestiaire helps to reduce.

0.11 €
0.39 €

WATER POLLUTION

Buying from Vestiaire also produces less greenhouse gas per item, because there is no production involved.

0.23 €
1.44 €

GHGs

As with air pollution and GHGs, but buying on Vestiaire you avoid the land use associated with the production of raw materials - for example crop farming for textile fibres or livestock for leather products.

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0.67 €

LAND USE

The majority of waste from the fashion industry comes when items are thrown away at the end of their life. As Vestiaire gives a second life to items, there is minimal waste created!

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0.42 €

WASTE

Without the production of a new item, the water consumption cost with Vestiaire purchases is minimal. Fashion production uses a huge amount of water, from watering crops and livestock to washing and treating fabrics.

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0.62 €

WATER CONSUMPTION

Buying from Vestiaire creates less air pollution per item on average, compared with new. This is because emissions are avoided from the processing of raw materials like textiles, plastics and paper.

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0.3 €

AIR POLLUTION

How much CO₂ is saved when a second-hand item is bought on Vestiaire Collective instead of a new one?

17kg

CO₂e saved

in comparison it's like 100 km driven in an average petrol car

Where does Vestiaire's impact come from?

Greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) account for the majority of our impact.

This mainly comes from transporting items from our sellers to buyers. Being a global business comes at a cost in terms of the distance items travel, but it does mean that we have more chance of matching pre-loved items with fashion lovers who can give them a second life. The challenge now is how to do this as efficiently as possible.