New Look sustainability score: 34/100
Better than 71% of Apparel (Fast Fashion)
Making progress starts at 46. The highest score on SINK is 71.
New Look is a UK-based fast fashion retailer founded in 1976, headquartered in Weymouth. The company operates hundreds of stores across the UK and internationally, selling women's, men's, and children's clothing, footwear, and accessories at accessible price points.
More about New Look
It competes directly with Boohoo, ASOS, and Shein in the high-volume, trend-driven segment.
Founded 1976Head office Weymouth, United KingdomStaff ~8,500Revenue ~£769MWebsite ↗
New Look reports SBTi-validated carbon targets and has achieved 22% Scope 1&2 reductions, but water data is entirely absent and renewable energy coverage remains unquantified. Biodiversity risk assessment is missing despite cotton and viscose sourcing. The fast fashion business model—high volume, rapid turnover—fundamentally conflicts with resource efficiency claims.
New Look scores 34/100 (Below expectations) 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 May 2026.
That places New Look joint 598th of 1,023 companies scored, and joint 3rd of 18 in Apparel (Fast Fashion).
Limited evidence. This score rests on 5 sources, 20% of them published by the company itself. Every source cited here passed the same quality checks as any other score: all live, none from data aggregators. There is simply less of it.
What is New Look doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Controversies & Red Flags and Targets & Commitments (8/10, 7/10). Weakest on Water Impact and Nature & Biodiversity Impact (1/10, 2/10).
Where New Look 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
- Its effect on waterPublish figures for its water use.
- Its effect on natureAssess its effect on nature and publish a basic environmental policy.
- How clean its energy isMove to a renewable energy tariff or make a major efficiency investment.
Every question that lost points
- Emissions from its own operations5/10No full Scope 1 and 2 figures worked out to the GHG Protocol.
- Emissions from its supply chain5/10No full value-chain map or supplier engagement programme.
- Whether its emissions are falling5/10No evidence of a year-on-year fall in its total emissions.
- How clean its energy is3/10No renewable energy tariff or major efficiency investment shown.
- Its effect on nature2/10No assessment of its effect on nature, and no basic environmental policy.
- How it uses materials and handles waste4/10No measurable waste or recycling targets reported publicly.
- Its effect on water1/10No figures for its water use.
- Its climate targets7/10Its targets aren't validated by the Science Based Targets initiative.
- How openly it reports4/10No dedicated sustainability role, board oversight or public report.
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How is New Look's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleHas New Look's score changed?
New Look's score has been reviewed 4 times and currently stands where it started, at 34.
- 34 → 347 November 2026
Correction, 7 November 2026: relabelled a third-party emissions figure as an estimate. Score unchanged.
- 34 → 347 November 2026
Two trade press sources relabelled as independent (owner ruling 2026-11-07). Score unchanged.
- 34 → 347 November 2026
Correction, 7 November 2026: question 2: credited the figure to The Commons. Score unchanged.
- Scored 345 April 2026
Initial score at platform launch
What evidence is New Look's score based on?
5 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
20% of them were published by New Look itself; the rest come from independent sources.
Scored on 5 April 2026 under an earlier version of our method. We're re-checking it under the current method.
This company's public sustainability disclosure is limited. This score is based on the 5 verified sources cited below, rather than padded to a standard count.
Limited data coverage. This assessment is based on 5 sources, 20% of which are self-reported by the company. Scores may change as independent evidence becomes available.
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How does New Look compare with other apparel (fast fashion) companies?
Where New Look sits among apparel (fast fashion) peers.
Among the 18 major apparel (fast fashion) brands we've scored, New Look is tied =3rd of 18, with 3 others.
Who scores higher in Apparel (Fast Fashion)?
The 2 companies in the sector scoring nearest above New Look.
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