The Infinity Product Guide

At YOOX NET-A-PORTER GROUP our design and buying teams have been embracing new approaches to creating and sourcing products.

In 2024, we updated our Infinity Product Guide, a tool we developed for our buying and private label teams to use alongside other resources and processes already in place. It’s a set of 10 principles to consider when making design or buying decisions, principles we have honed over the last decade through sustainability projects and initiatives, of which Net Sustain, and Consciously Crafted are a few highlights.

These principles also reflect and build upon the commitments we have made across the business, including our policies to exclude fur across our online stores and PVC from our private label products. We believe that by putting the principles at the heart of our business we can offer better products but also encourage more conscious behaviours.

The ten principles:

MATERIALS – Create products using Regenerative, Low Impact Renewable, or Recycled materials.

PROCESSES – Create products using processes that avoid hazardous chemicals and make effective use of resources.

ANIMAL WELFARE – Protect animal welfare and promote best practice across the supply chain. 

ENVIRONMENT – Collaborate with suppliers and partners who are committed to continuous environmental improvement.

TRANSPARENCY – Promote supply chain transparency with all partners.

CRAFTSMANSHIP – Create products which value the quality and skill of true craftmanship.

LONGEVITY – Extend the life of products by increasing their use and reuse.

END OF LIFE – Enable remaking and recycling for products no longer in use.

PACKAGING – Reduce, reuse and recycle all packaging used throughout the supply chain.

The principles refer to the entire product lifecycle, from raw materials to the end of life. We believe each principle plays an integral part in taking environmental and social responsibility for the products we create and offer, and we’ve considered industry best practices and internationally recognised environmental and social standards to develop a series of detailed prompts for embedding the ten principles into the design and buying process.

We see the Infinity Product Guide as an important tool for our ongoing journey, which is periodically reviewed and updated as we continue to put the principles into practice, and as innovation and industry action evolves.