The Green Guide How sustainable is Mulberry - YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Fashion The Green Guide How sustainable is Mulberry By Jessica Carroll - June 12, 2022 How sustainable is your wardrobe? In this column, Jessica Carroll challenges fashion’s eco credentials. This week, she asks the question: how sustainable is Mulberry? Bag, £1,075, Mulberry Materials In keeping with the brand’s eco efforts, this brightly coloured luxury bag is crafted from leather sourced from a German tannery that offsets its carbon emissions, and its dust bag is made from sustainably sourced cotton. Suppliers All Mulberry suppliers must sign its Global Sourcing Principles, ensuring they stick to strict ethical guidelines. Failure to comply means Mulberry will cut all ties. It sounds promising but beyond the Somerset factory and German tannery we don’t have any more detailed supplier information. Packaging If you shop in store, you’ll leave with your new purchase in a bag made from repurposed disposable coffee cups. If you shop online your order will arrive in an FSC-certified cardboard box. The extra mile Pre-loved bags can be traded for a gift card (25 per cent of the original purchase price), and the old bags are restored and resold online under The Mulberry Exchange. If it’s beyond repair they’ll still buy it back and use the energy given off during incineration to power the production of a new bag. Carbon footprint This Lily Zero bag is part of iconic British brand Mulberry’s first carbon-neutral collection. Not only was it made in the company’s carbon-neutral factory in Somerset, any CO2 produced during, for example, transport is offset by World Land Trust, which plants trees and buys land threatened by deforestation. Verdict Yes, it’s a huge splurge, but this is a high-quality, timeless piece, making it a true investment. And if it does come to the end of its life (or you fancy a change), Mulberry offers sustainable alternatives to sending it to landfill – all of which require little effort. As close as you’ll get to a guilt-free purchase. Our rating: 4.5 stars out of 5. Fashion director: Shelly Vella RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR Rochelle Humes has launched a gorgeous new edit with Next Shop the YOU Magazine Instagram YOU picks the best new-in buys from M& S Popular in Fashion Laura Jackson has teamed up with Next for the chicest knitwear January 22, 2020 Holly Willoughby’ s birthday dress is another Zara bargain February 10, 2020 The Instagram-famous & Other Stories wool blazer is back in stock August 31, 2022 Lorraine just wore Emma Willis’ Next collection from head to toe March 17, 2020 The prettiest spring dresses under £100 March 1, 2022 Everyone is buying Holly’ s gorgeous gingham Oasis dress May 14, 2020 13 bargain dresses to buy in ASOS’ s extra 20 per cent June 10, 2020 This £20 H& M dress is set to be the social media June 26, 2020 Stacey Solomon x Primark is back for a third collection with July 20, 2020 Searches for this perfect heatwave summer top style are up 5000% August 10, 2020 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved