We are guided by the purpose of being a responsible and sustainable fashion and lifestyle ecosystem, to enchant and innovate with transparency in every step of the way.
We always work connected to the continuous evolution of our practices, with a balance between economic, social, environmental, and corporate governance aspects.
Here we recount the beginning of our sustainability journey. Our trajectory is marked by courageous commitments and concrete results, consolidated in recognitions and certifications. This background brings us to the next, even more ambitious step.
The years from 2018 to 2021 were transformative. During the period, we developed our Responsible Fashion strategic cycle guided by five objectives, which brought together the priority themes for advancing sustainability management, to minimize the relevant socio-environmental risks in our chain, and to generate value for our stakeholders, society, and for the environment. Click here to learn about the new cycle of sustainability, with commitments and goals for 2030.
of less impactful clothing products
of corporate energy consumption from renewable and low-impact sources
of greenhouse gas emissions neutralized
reduction in absolute corporate emissions of CO²
of products with certified cotton
of products with certified viscose
of the national and international resale chain with socio-environmental certification
Association to ABVTEX – Brazilian Textile Retail Association
Creation of the Lojas Renner Institute
Creation of the Sustainability Committee
Launch of the reverse logistics program EcoEstilo perfumery
Adoption of Sustainability as a corporate value
Launch of the Compliance Program
Disclosure of the strategic guidelines for responsible fashion and sustainability
Milestone of 100% of neutralized emissions
Launch of the reverse logistics program for clothing
Start of environmental assessment in audits of resale suppliers
Launch of the Cleaner Production Program
Launch of Public Commitments 2021
Launch of the Re – Responsible Fashion seal and Re Jeans: circular economy
Launch of Re Malha: circular economy and Re collections
ESG linked to executive compensation
Launch of the first circular store in Brazilian retail
Delivery of public commitments made in 2018
SBTi approves climate change target
Launch of Brazil’s first jeans 100% traceable by Blockchain
New sustainability cycle – 2030 commitments
8th listing year and 1st fashion retailer in the world.
Categorized as low risk and positioned as the 2nd best fashion retailer in the world in the ESG risk ranking.
2nd best in the industry in ESG in the Refinitiv ESG Scores, with an ESG A rating and top score in product responsibility.
Renner and Youcom with the 4rd highest score among 60 Brazilian retailers evaluated.
11th consecutive year, present since the index was created.
Advance in 2022 classification from A to AA rating, 1st place in the sector in the Supply Chain Labor Standards category, one of the 27 Brazilian companies named as leaders in the MSCI Brazil ESG Leaders Index, and the only retailer named among the top 10 Brazilian companies as the best performer on MSCI ESG ratings.
11th consecutive year submitting information to the CDP Climate Change Index, with an improvement in its score from A- to A, being the only retailer in Brazil to be part of the CDP “A-List”, and making up the portfolio of the CDP Brazil Index – Climate Resilience (ICDPR-70).
Listed in the “Right on Track” category of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) ranking.
A “maturing” rating, ranking among the top 14 companies in the sector.
7th consecutive year.
In 2021, we were listed 1stBank of America’s ESG ranking in Brazil, based on MSCI, Refinitiv, and Sustainalytics scores.
9th listing year and 1st place in the retail sector in the world.
Global initiative that unites companies and organizations to support human rights, good labor practices, environmental preservation, and the fight against corruption.
Brazilian network managed by the Institute of the National Pact for the Eradication of Slave Labor, which promotes the prevention and the eradication of slave labor and the fight against child labor in the country's productive chains.
Entity that gathers the most representative national and international fashion retail chains, which commercialize clothing, footwear, handbags, accessories, and home textiles. The organization represents the effort of the sectorial retail chains to implement the best socio-environmental practices among their suppliers and subcontractors.
Movement led by ABVTEX that seeks to build a socially responsible fashion in Brazil. This is an industrywide effort to commit to good labor practices throughout the fashion value chain.
SAC is the leading alliance of the clothing, footwear and textile industry for more sustainable production. They count on with some work fronts and are affiliated with the Social & Labor Convergence (SLCP) of the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC), which provides the tools and system to measure working conditions in global supply chains. We are also associated with the Higg Index, which consists of a set of tools for standardized measurement of value chain sustainability and is fundamental to SAC's mission of transforming business, in order for it to have an exponential impact.
Initiative of Childhood Brasil, a non-governmental organization created in Sweden with the objective of protecting childhood and Making sure that “children be children", combating sexual exploitation of children and adolescents on Brazilian highways.
The Business Ambition for 1.5ºC proposes carbon’s emissions reduction, aiming to limit the global average temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. The commitments are based on scientific criteria, established by the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi).
Initiative that invites companies to establish targets based on scientific data to reduce emissions, amount to contribute to limiting global temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels.
Initiative launched in 2018 at COP24 in Poland consists of a collective and collaborative effort to drive the fashion industry to zero net emissions by the year 2050.
Global action by UN Women and the Global Compact to support the business community in embedding values and business practices that lead to gender equity and women's empowerment.
The Business and LGBTI+ Rights Forum is an organization that brings together large companies around the commitment to respect and promote human rights of lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transvestites and transsexuals and has as its objective influence the business community and society on this theme.
Private and collaborative initiative, founded in 2019 by Avon, UN Women and Fundação Dom Cabral, that unites efforts and corporate resources to generate social impact through daily and constant awareness and mobilization in in favor of a common cause: the end of violence against women and girls.
MOVER - Movement for Racial Equality, aims to be an effective tool to combat racism, through actions that act to reduce the scenario of racial inequality in Brazil.
Our sustainability principles and actions are guided by our Sustainability Policy.
The document, launched in 2017, brings the direction to ensure an operation aligned with the commitment to more sustainable development and must be followed by the entire value chain of all Lojas Renner S.A. subsidiaries.
Get to know our Sustainability Policy hereSince 1995, the Code of Conduct guides administrators and employees on the ethical principles and socio-environmental responsibility to be observed in the relationship between Lojas Renner S.A. and its various audiences.
Get to know our Code of Conduct here
