Better Health for All

ABOUT YOU provides substantial support for its healthcare workforce by offering anonymous, free-of-charge professional counseling through meinEAP for employees and their relatives, and initiated monthly consultation hours with the company doctor in FY 2023/2024.

The company also offers regular occupational safety and preventive health care training, conducted various series of workshops to raise employees’ awareness and knowledge of health topics, and extended its Health Days program to include two two-day events in May and October. For mental health, workshops covered topics such as women’s health and a positive mindset, and the meinEAP counseling service is available. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the company's taskforce developed and executed safety protocols, offered vaccination appointments with the company doctor, and provided rapid and PCR tests. However, in FY 2023/2024, there were four data privacy incidents reported to authorities, indicating some vulnerabilities in healthcare data responsibility.

Fair Money & Economic Opportunity

No specific, concrete data points were found in the provided articles to assess ABOUT YOU Holding SE against any of the KPIs for the 'Fair Money & Economic Opportunity' value. The company's core business is online fashion retail.

While its SCAYLE Payments segment received a payment services license from BaFin in October 2024, indicating involvement in financial services, there is no information regarding customer demographics, pricing, fees, inclusion initiatives, data accessibility, lending compliance, wealth building outcomes, profit reinvestment, financial literacy programs, debt burden ratios, geographic inclusion, or product simplicity for any financial products or services.

Fair Pay & Worker Respect

ABOUT YOU Holding SE ensures that the lowest salaries for its full-time employees are well above the average living wage levels in their respective regions, with a gross minimum salary of EUR 2,400 per month per full-time equivalent.

All employees in Germany are represented by the works council. The adjusted gender pay gap was below 5%. The average Peakon engagement score was 7.2 in 2023/2024. The voluntary turnover rate for permanent staff was 22.9% in 2023/2024. The company reported no deviations from GOTS 6.0 in its warehouses during audits, and wages met or exceeded legal minimum wage levels. The majority of employees, 833, have health insurance policies with Techniker Krankenkasse (TK).

Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing

No specific quantitative data related to fair trade certifications, audit frequency, forced or child labor incidents, supply chain traceability, remediation speed, ethical clause coverage in contracts, materials risk index, or supplier diversity spend for YOU.XETRA was found in the provided articles.

The documents outline general codes of conduct and ethical expectations for employees but do not provide company-specific metrics for supply chain practices.

Honest & Fair Business

ABOUT YOU HOLDING SE has a formal whistle-blowing system accessible to employees, value-chain workers, customers, and business partners via email, mail, and a 24/7 online platform, allowing for anonymous reporting and ensuring confidentiality and no retaliation.

The process description was updated in December 2023 to include new social and environmental categories. The company reported no conflicts of interest among board members in the past financial year. Anti-corruption and anti-bribery policies are explicitly mentioned in the Business Code of Conduct and Business Code of Ethics, supported by a Compliance Management System. The company has an ESG risk rating of 16.2 from Sustainalytics, ranking 3rd out of 96 in its sub-industry, indicating a low risk. However, the company restated GHG emissions and other values for FY 2022/2023. Independent audit coverage is limited to a limited assurance engagement on the group non-financial report, covering environmental, employee, social matters, and human rights. Third-party verification includes renewed GOTS, GRS, OCS, RWS, and RMS certificates, and requires third-party social assessments (amfori BSCI, SMETA) for tier 1 factories, with Higg BRM data also verified by third-party brand partners.

Kind to Animals

ABOUT YOU has an Animal Welfare Policy, effective March 1, 2023, which prohibits animal testing for product safety and efficacy.

This policy is publicly available and applies to all business transactions, with exceptions only for second-hand products. The company is a member of the Fur Free Retailer program as of May 2022. For animal agriculture ethics, the company prohibits wool from mulesed sheep from 2025 onwards, and its private labels committed to sourcing only mulesing-free wool in 2022. However, the policy states that animal-derived materials must be by-products of the food industry's farming, and no animal shall be caged, bred, or slaughtered solely for fashion products. Regarding supplier audits, all new tier 1 factories must have a valid amfori BSCI audit or equivalent prior to onboarding, and all current tier 1 factories must have passed an amfori BSCI audit by January 2025. This covers approximately 40% of suppliers. For public policy engagement, ABOUT YOU collaborates with industry peers and partners, works with existing ESG frameworks, and aims for industry alignment, which constitutes publicly endorsing specific animal welfare reforms. The company reported that 77.7% of its products in 2024/2025 supported more responsible leather manufacturing (Leather Working Group, chrome-free), indicating that 22.3% of products still use less responsible leather, which is an animal-derived input not yet replaced by ethical alternatives.

No War, No Weapons

The company's ESG Due Diligence Framework is based on alignment with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs).

indicating that UNGPs are referenced in its policy.

Planet-Friendly Business

The company sourced 32.7% of its operational energy consumption from renewables in 2019/2020, with a commitment to reach 100% by 2025/2026.

It has achieved an 80.3% reduction in Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions from its 2019/2020 baseline. 70.9% of its business partners have SBTi-aligned targets. The company has a net-zero carbon target year of 2030 with a clear roadmap and interim milestones. It has fully adopted TCFD recommendations, including peer-reviewed scenario analysis. The company has reduced its e-commerce emissions intensity to 0.74 kg CO₂e per order in 2024/2025, down from 1.31 kg CO₂e in 2019/2020, and is actively working to reduce the weight of its poly mailers and use recycled materials in packaging. The company has received a CDP Climate Change Rating of A- for the third consecutive year, indicating leadership level. There are no reported environmental compliance violations.

Respect for Cultures & Communities

No specific evidence or quantitative data regarding YOU.XETRA's performance on any of the 'Respect for Cultures & Communities' KPIs was found in the provided articles.

The articles discuss general industry trends, DEI metrics, or supply chain auditing, but explicitly state that no data relevant to YOU.XETRA is included for any of the requested metrics.

Zero Waste & Sustainable Products

In 2023/2024, the company achieved a waste diversion rate of 58.19%, diverting 178.9 tons out of a total of 307.4 tons from landfill.

Primary packaging was 97.2% sustainable (recyclable, compostable, or reusable) in 2023/2024, while secondary packaging was 94.4% and tertiary packaging was 37.6%. Poly mailers contain more than 90% recycled content, and corrugated cardboard packaging contains 80% or more recycled content. The thickness of poly mailers was reduced by 25%. Waste reduction initiatives include improved sorting processes, clearer sorting instructions, and worker training in return centers. An annual waste impact analysis is conducted. No waste disposal violations were reported. The company has set targets to reduce waste weight per floor area and increase the recycling proportion. For private-label products, a target of 100% recyclable, 100% recycled, and certified polybags is set for 2025. Customer education includes improved packaging communication on recycling and content on clothing repair, care, and alterations.