Tomorrow’s fashion – made by today’s innovation

The majority of our finished products – 83% – are manufactured by suppliers from all over the world. We know them very well, and have been working with our strategic Tier 1 suppliers in the spirit of mutual trust for 11 years on average. The remaining goods (17%) come from our own HUGO BOSS factories in Germany, Turkey, Italy, Switzerland and Poland.

Whoever wishes to partner with HUGO BOSS has to go undergo a strict selection process with detailed questions regarding social, environmental and governance (ESG) aspects, ESG training and the submission of relevant questionnaires and documents. We have stipulated all our standards in the Supplier Code of Conduct, which is a binding document for our suppliers. To ensure compliance with this document, we conduct regular checks and support our suppliers with further development activities.

Transparency is an essential part of our sustainability commitment. We strive to communicate our sustainability efforts to stakeholders as clearly and accessibly as possible by providing insight into the different processing stages of our products and the raw materials used. In line with legal requirements, we also provide traceability information in our online store and on our corporate website. To further enhance transparency, we are currently rolling out a traceability solution that will enable upstream traceability of all our products.

As a milestone, in 2024, HUGO BOSS established a dedicated Traceability team and introduced the TrusTrace platform to systematically collect traceability data from our suppliers. To date, suppliers representing over 80% of our business volume have been successfully onboarded. Through full integration with our ERP system, we work on the continuous collection of traceability information for all styles produced by these suppliers, further reinforcing transparency across our supply chain.