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Sustainability

Our evoluSHEIN Strategy

Everything starts with our evoluSHEIN strategy.

SHEIN’s evoluSHEIN strategy anchors our commitment to being more responsible for our environmental impact and improving lives in the communities we reach. It comprises three strategic pillars that drive our mission to provide inclusive and affordable fashion for all, regardless of culture, gender, age, body type, ability, or economic status.

The three strategic pillars are Equitable Empowerment (People), Collective Resilience (Planet), and Waste-Less Innovation (Process). With these three pillars, we focus on the most material risks and opportunities for SHEIN and our stakeholders within the ecosystem, and develop strategies to ensure our long-term business resilience.

People

Equitable Empowerment

SHEIN’s global operations impact many stakeholder groups, including our employees, customers, suppliers, and the local communities in which we operate.

We are committed to promoting economic advancement for all through our global platform, which enables our suppliers, Marketplace sellers, and creative partners to access opportunities and reach customers across more than 160 countries.

Our dedication to inclusivity drives us to offer products that cater to diverse customer needs, preferences, and budgets, and to direct our philanthropic efforts towards underserved communities.

We also recognise the importance of our employees in shaping our culture and driving the organisation, and seek to maintain a safe, inclusive, and nurturing work environment where they can thrive.

Our strategic priorities for people are to enable self-expression for all, nurture our people, cultivate an ethical supplier network, and improve lives in the communities we serve.
Planet

Collective Resilience

Climate resilience is essential for the long-term sustainability and competitiveness of any business. Climate-related risks can significantly impact supply chain stability, business continuity, and stakeholder trust. At SHEIN, we believe in investing in strategies that address climate change and build collective resilience across our operations and supply chains to ensure that we can future-proof our business and thrive in an increasingly dynamic environment.

Like many companies, we face the complex challenge of decoupling our growth from resource consumption. We are actively working to lower our GHG emissions both within our operations and across our supply chain.

In addition, we are increasing the use of materials with lower carbon and water footprints in SHEIN products as we seek to reduce our impact on the climate and natural ecosystems. We believe that through SHEIN’s innovation-led approach and our cultivation of strategic partnerships, we are well positioned to help accelerate solutions that can drive lasting change across our industry.

Our strategic priorities for the planet are to decarbonize our value chain, source responsible materials, and protect nature and biodiversity.
Process

Waste-Less Innovation

We believe that innovative solutions are needed to address the systemic challenges of the fashion industry, with collaboration across the ecosystem involving all parts of the value chain, from suppliers to customers. Our on-demand business model, enabled by our digitalized supply chain, is transforming the traditional manufacturing process and reducing excess inventory waste—a widely recognized challenge in the fashion industry and a significant source of textile waste globally. We believe that innovation has the power to transform the fashion industry, and that SHEIN is well positioned to help drive this industry-wide transition by supporting advancements in materials innovation, production planning, end-of-life management, and customer engagement to promote circularity.

Our strategic priorities for process are to optimize resource efficiency, design circular systems, and accelerate sustainable innovation.

Our Memberships and Collaborations

We recognize the importance of collaboration with stakeholders throughout the industry to address the systemic and multifaceted challenges in our industry.

#1
Textile Exchange

We are accelerating our uptake of materials that have a lower environmental impact in our products and packaging. SHEIN is a member of Textile Exchange, and we use their guidance in implementing our preferred materials strategy, to select materials with improved environmental and/or social sustainability outcomes and impact. For example, we reference the Global Recycled Standard (GRS) as we aim to accelerate our procurement of recycled polyester.

#2
United Nations Global Compact

SHEIN is a signatory to the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) and supports the Ten Principles focused on human rights, labor, environment, and anti-corruption. We also support the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which help guide our priorities and programs and will guide our future goal-setting and reporting.

#3
World Circular Textiles Day

SHEIN is a signatory of World Circular Textiles Day, a coalition of brands, suppliers, and other organizations sharing a mission to shift the fashion and textiles industry toward full circularity by 2050.

#4
The Microfibre Consortium

SHEIN is a signatory of the Microfibre 2030 Commitment, a global initiative to work toward zero impact from fibre fragmentation from textiles in the natural environment by 2030. The commitment is led by The Microfibre Consortium (TMC), a non-profit science-led organization that brings together brands, retailers, researchers, and affiliated organizations to better understand and mitigate microfibre pollution from fabrics.

#5
Canopy

Canopy is a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting forests, biodiversity, and the climate. SHEIN is a signatory to Canopy’s CanopyStyle initiative, joining over 500 brands in the push to eliminate sourcing viscose and other man-made cellulosic fibers from Ancient and Endangered Forests and to promote the use of alternative solutions, such as Next Gen textile-to-textile recycled fibers.…

#6
Race to Zero

SHEIN is a signatory to the Race to Zero campaign—a global initiative led by the UN Climate Change High-Level Champions—rallying non-state actors, including companies, cities, regions, and financial, educational, and healthcare institutions, to take immediate action to halve global emissions by 2030 and deliver a healthier, fairer, zero-carbon world.

#7
Amfori

SHEIN is a member of amfori, a leading global business association for open and sustainable trade that provides companies with practical tools and resources to manage social and environmental performance in their supply chains.

Our latest Sustainability and Social Impact Report.

Details about our sustainability and social impact commitments, our progress to date, and the initiatives we have in place to help us meet our goals are available in SHEIN’s latest Sustainability and Social Impact Report.