Our Carbon Journey
As a company that makes products, we recognise that everything we create has an impact on the planet. Despite our efforts to use lower-impact materials and work with responsible manufacturers, we rely on a vast, complex supply chain - from farms to factories and through to Finisterre - all of which produce emissions.
As a company that makes products, we recognise that everything we create has an impact on the planet.
Whatever we source, the production of any garment generates carbon emissions. Despite our efforts to use lower-impact materials and work with responsible manufacturers, we rely on a vast, complex supply chain - from farms to factories and through to Finisterre -all of which produce emissions.
Improving How We
Measure Our Emissions
In 2025, we continued evolving our approach to carbon measurement in partnership with Carbonfact. Implementing the system has taken longer than anticipated as we improved data quality across multiple internal systems and transitioned our reporting to align with our financial year. While this has required time and investment, it is helping us build a stronger foundation for measuring and reducing our impact.
Climate Targets
We have been reviewing our climate targets to align with the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) framework. As we develop Scope 3 targets – expanding coverage across our value chain – we also plan to update and revalidate our Scope 1 and 2 targets against our financial year reporting.
Breaking down Carbon Scopes. (Image courtesy of GHG Protocol)
Scope 1 – All Direct Emissions
This covers any emissions directly produced by an organisation – this can be from any company vehicles, or from other greenhouse gas (GHG)emissions produced by boilers and air-conditioning.
Scope 2 – Indirect Emissions
This covers the emissions resulting in the production of electricity that we use – that’s basically everything from keeping the lights on to heating, cooling and running the electronic devices we need to work on.
Scope 3 – All Other Indirect Emissions
This covers everything else. Yes, everything. Anything from our activities that we do not own or control. That’s the footprint of any materials we buy, the shipping of those materials, the manufacturing process that turns them into garments, the further shipping of the materials to be sold, even through to waste disposal.
Baseline Update
Our previous baseline year (2020) was set during COVID-19 and was not representative of normal operations. Following SBTi guidance to select the most recent year with reliable data, we have adopted FY24/25 as our new baseline.
Our Carbon Targets
Near-term targets:
Scope 1 & 2: -42% reduction in absolute emissions by FY30/31, from a FY24/25 baseline (1.5°C-aligned).
Scope 3: -51.6% reduction in emissions per unit by FY30/31, from a FY24/25 baseline, using a physical intensity approach (emissions per product). Target pending SBTi validation.
Net zero target:
Reduce emissions across our value chain by 90% by 2050.
Next Steps
Re-baselining to FY24/25 enables us to set robust near-term and net zero targets across our full emissions footprint. Over the coming year, we will submit updated Scope 1 and 2 targets and new Scope 3 targets for SBTi validation. Carbonfact is also helping us build a climate roadmap using impact reduction pathways and scenario modelling to identify the most effective levers to reach our FY30/31 targets.
Carbonfact is also helping us to build our climate roadmap and define strategic decarbonisation priorities. Using impact reduction pathways and scenario modelling based on our FY24/25 footprint data, this roadmap will identify the most effective levers to bridge the gap to our FY30/31 targets.
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Our material selection focusses on choosing the right fabrics to create the best possible product.
Every Finisterre product tells the story of a hundred pairs of hands, through complex interwoven supply chains.
