Better Health for All

Burberry offers comprehensive mental health support, including mental health training and an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with confidential counselling for its employees.

Mental health training is also provided to supply chain workers through its Health Programme. The company has made a Time to Change pledge and partnered with Samaritans. Additionally, Burberry provides health training programs to its supply chain workers, with 991 participants in its Health Programme in FY 2024/25.

Fair Pay & Worker Respect

Approximately 78% of workers at Burberry's Tier 1 production sites were covered by national and/or industrial collective bargaining agreements in fiscal year 2024/25.

The CEO to median employee pay ratio was 64:1 in fiscal year 2023/24. The median gender pay gap in the UK was 13.8% in 2023, indicating that women earned 86.2% of men's median pay. The employee engagement score for direct employees was 74 points in fiscal year 2023/24. Burberry is accredited as a UK Living Wage employer, and in April 2024 and 2025, implemented pay increases above the real Living Wage for approximately 1,000 UK colleagues. Additionally, 97% of Burberry products made in the UK are produced by workers paid at least the Living Wage Foundation hourly wage. A collective lawsuit for unremunerated forced overtime hours, filed by 643 Burberry USA employees, was settled by the company for $2.54 million.

Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing

Burberry requires all Tier 1 and Tier 2 supply chain partners to sign a letter of undertaking acknowledging and agreeing to its Code of Conduct, which is incorporated into contractual agreements.

This indicates that 100% of these supplier contracts include enforceable ethical-sourcing clauses. Serious breaches of the Code of Conduct may lead to termination of the business relationship, and Burberry representatives have immediate unaccompanied access to relevant sites for monitoring compliance.

Honest & Fair Business

Burberry's transparency index score was 15 out of 150 in 2025.

The company operates a global confidential helpline, "Burberry Confidential," for colleagues and external parties, which is provided by an independent company and available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, in 22 languages. In FY 2024/25, its APAC worker hotline covered 100% of APAC Tier 1 supply chain workers, addressing 99% of 451 calls, including 34 complaints. Burberry also maintains a comprehensive anti-bribery and anti-corruption policy that outlines global obligations for employees, contractors, and business associates, includes risk assessments for third parties, and specifies a gift limit of £250. This policy is supported by mandatory training and established reporting channels.

Kind to Animals

Burberry is not certified cruelty-free by any recognized organizations such as Leaping Bunny or PETA

. The company states it does not test its products or ingredients on animals and requires its beauty licensee, Coty, to adhere to this policy . However, this policy is overridden by legal mandates, as Burberry engages in animal testing for products sold in mainland China, where it is legally required . Local government health officials may also conduct their own testing . Burberry uses animal-derived materials such as down, leather, wool, shearling, exotic animal hair, and silk . While its Responsible Raw Materials Sourcing Policy prohibits practices like mulesing, force-feeding, live-plucking, and the use of angora, kangaroo, horse, and exotic skins , there are allegations of widespread animal abuse in its cashmere and down supply chains . PETA alleges severe cruelty, including goats bleeding out for minutes after slaughter, even on farms certified by the Sustainable Fibre Alliance (SFA) and Responsible Down Standard (RDS), which Burberry uses and co-founded . SFA guidelines are noted to consider humane treatment prior to slaughter as a recommendation, not a requirement . Burberry banned fur and angora in 2018 and exotic skins in May 2022 .

No War, No Weapons

Burberry halted deliveries to Russia and temporarily shut its stores in the country, demonstrating strict embargo compliance.

As a luxury goods company, there is no evidence of its involvement in arms manufacturing, military contracts, or controversial weapons. The company retooled its factory in 2020 to produce and donate over 160,000 pieces of Personal Protective Equipment for humanitarian purposes. Burberry is a member of BSR's Human Rights Working Group, which aids in implementing the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. It integrates UNGP into training, providing modern slavery training to employees and human rights training to supply chain partners, and publishes annual Modern Slavery Statements.

Planet-Friendly Business

Burberry diverted 100% of its operational waste from landfill in FY 2023/24, achieving an average recycling rate of 74%.

The company uses 100% renewable electricity in its own operations, achieved and maintained since FY 2021/22. Its science-based carbon reduction targets are validated by the Science Based Target initiative (SBTi) against their Corporate Net Zero standard and aligned to a 1.5°C pathway. Burberry aims to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions across its value chain by FY 2039/40, with published interim targets including a 95% reduction in Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by FY 2026/27 and a 46% reduction in Scope 3 GHG emissions by FY 2029/30. The company is preparing its TCFD report for FY 2024, outlining principles for consistency with TCFD recommendations, though assurance for TCFD disclosures is limited. It conducts climate change scenario analysis, including qualitative analysis for 2018/19 and 2019/20, and quantitative risk analysis for key commodities in 2020/21, using 2°C and 4°C scenarios.

Safe & Smart Tech

Burberry uses Secure Socket Layering (SSL) encryption for the secure transmission of online ordering information, including name, address, and credit card details.

Users can manage their preferences, opt-out of marketing communications, and access or amend their account information, as well as manage cookie preferences. The company's policy states compliance with applicable laws and regulations, including GDPR.

Zero Waste & Sustainable Products

Burberry achieved 100% operational waste diversion from landfill in FY 2023/24, with an average recycling rate of 74%.

The company has implemented several waste reduction initiatives, including ending the destruction of unsaleable products, partnering to transform 120 tonnes of leather offcuts, eliminating 29 tons of plastic lamination from retail bags, upcycling over 11 million coffee cups, launching a hanger take-back program, and donating over 12,000 meters of surplus fabric to fashion schools. Burberry has a Chemical Management Programme in place, with 91.5% of Tier 1 and Tier 2 supply chain partners reporting chemical inventory conformance and 93% obtaining S2Z certification in FY 2024/25. The company has Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi) validated waste reduction targets, including a commitment to substantially reduce waste generation by 2030 and completely eliminate plastic from consumer packaging by FY 2025/26. Burberry is a core partner of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation's Make Fashion Circular Initiative, has established a Material Futures Research Group, and promotes circularity through its ReBurberry Fabric program and initiatives focused on repair, resale, and material reuse.