Reformation sustainability score: 52/100
Better than 95% of Apparel (Durable / Outdoor)
Leading practice starts at 60. The highest score on SINK is 71.
Reformation is a US-based direct-to-consumer apparel brand founded in 2003, headquartered in Los Angeles. It positions itself as a sustainable fashion retailer, offering dresses, basics, and accessories with emphasis on deadstock fabrics, regenerative cotton, and circular economy programs.
More about Reformation
Private equity-owned (Permira, 2019), it has expanded rapidly while maintaining higher-than-industry sustainability disclosures.
Head office USStaff ~1,200Revenue ~$350MWebsite ↗
Reformation claims sustainability leadership but operates a fast-fashion growth model—14 to 53 stores since PE acquisition in 2019—driving absolute emissions up 24.5% year-on-year despite third-party verification. Circular economy practices (97% recycled/regenerative materials, fiber-to-fiber recycling) are industry-leading, but offset reliance and intensity-based Scope 3 targets mask a business model fundamentally at odds with decarbonization.
Reformation scores 52/100 (Making progress) 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 Reformation joint 109th of 1,023 companies scored, and joint 3rd of 58 in Apparel (Durable / Outdoor).
What is Reformation doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Carbon Footprint: Operations and Carbon Footprint: Supply Chain (7/10, 7/10). Weakest on Emissions Trajectory and Nature & Biodiversity Impact (3/10, 5/10).
Where Reformation 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
- Whether its emissions are fallingShow its emissions are falling.
- Its effect on natureMeasure its effect on nature and have it independently verified.
- Its effect on waterMeasure its water footprint and set reduction targets.
Every question that lost points
- Emissions from its own operations7/10Its own emissions aren't independently verified or tracked over several years.
- Emissions from its supply chain7/10No full value-chain map or supplier engagement programme.
- Whether its emissions are falling3/10No evidence its emissions are falling.
- How clean its energy is7/10Less than 90% of its energy shown to be renewable.
- Its effect on nature5/10Its effect on nature isn't measured or independently verified.
- How it uses materials and handles waste7/10No verified figures for reuse and recycling across the business.
- Its effect on water5/10No measured water footprint with reduction targets.
- Its climate targets7/10Its targets aren't validated by the Science Based Targets initiative.
- How openly it reports7/10No annual impact report, or no pay linked to climate targets.
- Its record on controversies7/10Points deducted for controversies or its business model. The finding is under question 10.
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How is Reformation's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleWhat evidence is Reformation's score based on?
15 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
33% of them were published by Reformation itself; the rest come from independent sources.
Scored on 4 April 2026 under an earlier version of our method. We're re-checking it under the current method.
10 of 15 sources are independent of the company.
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How does Reformation compare with other apparel (durable / outdoor) companies?
Where Reformation sits among apparel (durable / outdoor) peers.
Among the 58 major apparel (durable / outdoor) brands we've scored, Reformation is tied =3rd of 58, with 1 other.
Who scores higher in Apparel (Durable / Outdoor)?
The 2 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Reformation.
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