Fashion Nova sustainability score: 8/100
Significant gaps starts at 16. The highest score on SINK is 71.
Fashion Nova is a privately held US online fast-fashion retailer headquartered in Los Angeles. It designs and sells trend-driven apparel primarily through its direct-to-consumer website and retail locations, adding over 1,000 new styles each week.
Head office Los Angeles, United StatesStaff ~6,000Website ↗
Fashion Nova publishes zero sustainability data across carbon, water, waste, and biodiversity. The company operates a high-volume fast-fashion model—over 1,000 new styles weekly—with no emissions targets, circular strategy, or supply chain transparency. Independent raters give it near-zero marks.
Fashion Nova scores 8/100 (Critical concern) on SINK's independent climate assessment, scored from public data only. Scores are free. Nobody can pay to change a score, speed it up or hide it. Last verified November 2026.
That places Fashion Nova 1023rd of 1,023 companies scored, and 18th of 18 in Apparel (Fast Fashion).
What is Fashion Nova doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Controversies & Red Flags and Carbon Footprint: Operations (7/10, 1/10). Weakest on Carbon Footprint: Supply Chain and Nature & Biodiversity Impact (0/10, 0/10).
Where Fashion Nova lost points
For each question that lost points, the evidence our public rubric looks for that we didn't find.
What would raise this score
- Emissions from its supply chainAssess where its supply-chain emissions come from.
- Its effect on natureShow it knows its main risks to nature.
- How it uses materials and handles wasteShow recycling or waste reduction.
Every question that lost points
- Emissions from its own operations1/10No emissions figures for its own operations, not even an estimate from energy bills.
- Emissions from its supply chain0/10No assessment of where its supply-chain emissions come from.
- Whether its emissions are falling1/10No evidence its emissions are falling, not even from energy bills or mileage.
- How clean its energy is1/10No renewable energy tariff or major efficiency investment shown.
- Its effect on nature0/10No evidence it knows its main risks to nature.
- How it uses materials and handles waste0/10No recycling or waste reduction shown.
- Its effect on water0/10No figures for its water use.
- Its climate targets0/10No emissions reduction targets.
- How openly it reports0/10No sustainability information published.
- Its record on controversies7/10Points deducted for controversies or its business model. The finding is under question 10.
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How is Fashion Nova's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleHas Fashion Nova's score changed?
Fashion Nova's score has been reviewed 2 times and currently stands where it started, at 8.
- 8 → 82 November 2026
Re-scored under the current method (v2.5.24). Publishes no emissions; score rests on 24 verified quotes and 6 independent parties, no estimates. Published visible on owner sign-off (owner ruling 2026-11-02).
- Scored 84 April 2026
Initial score at platform launch
What evidence is Fashion Nova's score based on?
11 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
18% of them were published by Fashion Nova itself; the rest come from independent sources.
Fashion Nova publishes no emissions figures, so this score uses the cautious 0.70x size deduction we apply when no figure is published. It rests on 24 checked quotes from 6 independent sources, with no estimates.
“Fashion Nova doesn't show any measurement of its water usage, chemical release, pollution, greenhouse gas emissions, or waste across its supply chain.”
“Again, Fashion Nova scores zero in environmental sustainability.”
“By dropping over 1,000 new arrivals weekly, we ensure our community is first to trends”
“Fashion Nova doesn’t publish sufficient relevant information about its environmental policies, which is why it got our lowest rating: ‘Very Poor’.”
“a total of 17 brands scored a zero percent rating this year, including Jil Sander, Fashion Nova”
“Last year only 15 brands scored 0 per cent, but this year there are 18. These include ANTA, Belle, Big Bazaar, Bosideng, Fashion Nova”
“Among the lowest scoring brands, with a 0 to 1% ranking, were Fashion Nova, Tom Ford and Savage X Fenty.”
“required to pay $4.2 million to settle FTC allegations that the company blocked negative reviews of its products from being posted to its website”
“has a zero-tolerance policy for both forced labor and child labor”
“Fashion Nova is a privately owned company that specialises in the online retail of fast fashion products.”
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How does Fashion Nova compare with other apparel (fast fashion) companies?
Fashion Nova sits at the bottom of the apparel (fast fashion) pack.
Among the 18 major apparel (fast fashion) brands we've scored, Fashion Nova sits 18th of 18.
Who scores higher in Apparel (Fast Fashion)?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Fashion Nova.
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