RESPONSIBLE PROCUREMENT

Making better clothing starts with the materials.

Fast Retailing engages in ethical and responsible procurement to ensure our products are socially and environmentally sustainable. We are committed to continuously reducing the environmental risks and enhancing the positive social impact of the materials we use.

Polyester/Nylon

We are working toward a goal of replacing approximately 50% of all materials used—including synthetic fibers such as polyester and nylon—with recycled or other low greenhouse gas emission materials by the fiscal year ending August 2030. In 2025, the proportion of recycled and other low-emission materials used across all products rose to 19.4％ of total materials used, up from 15.9% the previous year. For polyester specifically, 46.4％ of the total polyester used was recycled polyester, a significant increase from 41.5％ in the previous year.

Down and Feather

This is an image of the Responsible Down Standard certification mark and down.

Key Points in the Standard

Any removal of down and feathers from live birds (live-plucking or molt-harvesting) is prohibited

Force-feeding is prohibited

Holistic respect for animal welfare of the birds throughout their lifetime

Each stage in supply chain is audited by a professional, third-party certification body

UNIQLO only uses responsibly sourced down and feathers from farms that seek to minimize their impact on wildfowl. All of the down in the products selling in the US and Canada are certified to the RDS which promotes animal safety, welfare, and tracks certified material throughout the supply chain. We will continue to support RDS going forward.

* All of our partner garment factories involved in the production of our down products are RDS certified as of the end of 2019. UNIQLO North America is RDS certified as of June 2024.

Linen

Responsibility for materials is also a global standard. Our premium linen shirts are made of 100% Masters of FLAX FIBRE™ materials, which guarantees third-party verified traceability from fiber to finished product for Flax grown in Western Europe, and highlights the unique expertise of European fiber producers. A vegetable fiber from an agriculture generally cultivated without irrigation, with limited use of inputs and always GMO-free. Masters of FLAX FIBRE™ certified flax is transformed through a mechanical process that generates no waste: from the fibre to the shives and seeds, the entire plant is used and valorized.