Worn Again Technologies

Does the core business genuinely avoid or reduce emissions, or build climate resilience? Share of revenue that is actually 'green'. Fossil-dependent models score low.

The core technology — separating and recovering high-purity polyester and cellulose from blended poly-cotton waste including post-consumer garments — directly addresses fossil-derived virgin fiber demand and textile landfill; the process claims 95%+ solvent recovery and would displace virgin PET and cotton production, but all impact is modeled/prospective as the company remains pre-revenue with only a demonstration accelerator plant in Winterthur processing pilot-scale batches as of early 2026.

Credible, science-based targets (SBTi), a real net-zero plan with progress to date, and CDP disclosure — not just a dated press release.

No SBTi-validated targets, no CDP disclosure, and no publicly available net-zero plan or GHG baseline were found in any public source; the company has stated aspirational commercial milestones (40 plants by 2040, commercialization from 2024–2025) that have already slipped, and no independent climate target framework has been adopted for a company that has been operating since 2005.

Operational footprint, labour and social practices, and governance quality across the company's own operations and supply chain.

The company is a small, pre-revenue R&D and engineering organization (~13–20 employees) with no public sustainability or ESG report, no disclosed labor or supply chain practices, and no board-level governance disclosures accessible publicly; strategic investors including H&M, Sulzer, and Oerlikon provide some institutional credibility, but the absence of any formal ESG reporting structure for a 20-year-old company is a material gap.

Quality of disclosure, independent third-party verification, and how much hard data backs the company's claims.

Worn Again's public disclosures consist almost entirely of press releases, investor-facing marketing, and a website with qualitative environmental benefit claims (less water, lower GHG, land diversion); no independently verified LCA, no quantified tonne-CO2-avoided figure, no third-party audited sustainability report, and no CDP or GRI filing were found — the claim of 95%+ solvent recovery appears only in company-authored communications without external validation.

Controversies, litigation, pollution, fossil-fuel lobbying, conflict-zone involvement and governance scandals. Higher means cleaner.

No material controversies, litigation, regulatory actions, pollution incidents, fossil fuel lobbying connections, or governance scandals were identified in any public source; the company's integrity risk is low, with the primary concern being overpromising on commercialization timelines rather than any active misconduct.