Production & Suppliers

ACHIEVING JOINT RESPONSIBILITY

HUGO BOSS is committed to upholding human rights and protecting the environment, and works together with its suppliers to achieve these goals, mitigating environmental impacts and improving working conditions in the supply chain. To meet future sustainability challenges, we rely on learning together and share our knowledge with our partners.

HUGO BOSS provides ESG onboarding trainings to suppliers and specific capacity building programs to selected suppliers. Among other, we conduct trainings on topics such as working hours, environmental management, chemical management, climate action, gender equality, living wage and grievance mechanisms. They are implemented in collaboration with organizations like ZDHC, Partnership for Sustainable Textiles or Leather Working group. ​

We produce 20% of our products at own production sites. The remaining 80% are sourced from suppliers all over the world. HUGO BOSS has been working with its strategic Tier 1 suppliers for eleven years on average. We continuously support their growth and development. Specifically, in 2024, the Company spent around 46% of the total sourcing volume on strategic Tier 1 suppliers with the exception of own production facilities. These relationships are crucial to the company, they are the only way to ensure the high quality of raw materials and finished products. To create a collaborative approach, we provide our suppliers a benchmark with their peers that includes ESG-related parameters. The long-term relationships also make it possible to work on social and environmental subjects together.

Where we stand today

of goods from Tier 1 suppliers with the two highest social compliance performance levels
Target by 2025
100%
of goods from Tier 1 suppliers with the two highest social compliance performance levels
Current status
93%
2025
 | 
2024
of Tier 1 and direct Tier 2 suppliers with wet processes produce in compliance with the ZDHC MRSL standards or comparable standards measured by chemical inventory
Target by 2030
100%
of suppliers (Tier 1 & direct Tier 2) with wet processes produce in compliance with the ZDHC MRSL standards or comparable standards measured by chemical inventory
Current status
42%
2030
 | 
2024
of Tier 1 and direct Tier 2 suppliers with wet processes produce in compliance with the ZDHC MRSL standards or comparable standards measured by wastewater tests
Target by 2030
100%
of suppliers (Tier 1 & direct Tier 2) with wet processes produce in compliance with the ZDHC MRSL standards or comparable standards measured by wastewater tests
Current status
62%
2030
 | 
2024

ON THE WAY TO MORE SUSTAINABILITY IN PRODUCTION

Our production sites

20% of HUGO BOSS products in total are produced at our own factories in Germany, Poland, Turkey, Italy and Switzerland. 80% of our finished goods and a majority of the refined raw materials are sourced from suppliers all over the world.

Chemical management & production processes

Protecting the environment in all steps of the production and supply chain is paramount to HUGO BOSS. That’s why we work together with our suppliers to establish and enhance better processes.

Working Conditions & Human Rights

Ensuring good social conditions in our supply chain is very important to HUGO BOSS. That’s why all suppliers commit to complying with the HUGO BOSS Supplier Code of Conduct.

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