How Shezaar Calculates the Environmental Impact Score
The Environmental Impact Score reflects how actively a brand and its manufacturing partners are working to reduce their environmental footprint, beyond just the materials used in a product.
Instead of rewarding sustainability promises, Shezaar focuses on real operational actions that prevent waste, conserve resources, and reinvest in environmental good.
The Four Impact Areas We Measure
Circularity & Waste Reduction
How a brand prevents products and materials from ending up in landfills. Through Shezaar's revive collection, resale programs, repair programs, take-back initiatives, deadstock reuse, or upcycling.
Conscious & Low-Waste Design
Whether a brand minimizes overproduction by using small-batch releases, made-to-order models, zero-waste pattern cutting, or demand-based production.
Resource-Efficient Manufacturing
How manufacturing partners reduce water use, energy consumption, chemical discharge, and packaging waste through cleaner technologies and responsible infrastructure.
Environmental & Community Giving
Whether brands and manufacturers actively reinvest in environmental protection or social good, such as verified donations, restoration projects, circular programs, or community initiatives.
Each brand or product is assessed across these areas and grouped into an environmental performance tier, making it easier to understand who is actively reducing impact versus who is not.
Why Some Brands Score Higher Than Others
Reducing environmental harm requires measurable action.
For example:
Circular resale and repair programs extend product life
Demand-based production reduces unsold inventory waste
Water- and energy-efficient factories lower environmental harm
Verified reinvestment supports long-term impact
Shezaar reflects these differences in each Impact Score, prioritizing operational change over sustainability marketing.
Verified Impact Programs & Standards
Impact scores are strengthened when brands and manufacturers provide trusted third-party verification for their environmental initiatives.
We recognize credible frameworks such as:
Global Recycled Standard (GRS) & circularity audits
Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi)
ISO environmental management standards
Verified carbon and restoration programs
Transparent waste and resource reporting frameworks
And many more! Proof of action matters and is reflected in a product’s final Impact Score.
Where Our Impact Data Comes From
Shezaar’s impact benchmarks are built using a synthesis of:
Brand sustainability and impact reports
Third-party environmental audits and certifications
Manufacturing efficiency research
Circular economy frameworks
Climate and resource conservation studies
Including insights from sources such as:
Ellen MacArthur Foundation (circularity)
Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi)
ISO environmental standards
Verified climate and restoration programs
Industry environmental impact research
When data is incomplete or unverifiable, Shezaar applies conservative scoring to avoid overstating impact.
If you have any questions or suggestions about the Shezaar material scoring, reach out to us!
