WHERE WE’RE GOING
By 2022, we aim to broaden our recycling scheme, making it accessible to customers who don’t have easy access to our stores.
We plan to offer repair, resale or rehome services for certain products by 2025.
From early 2022, we’ll use 100% recycled and recyclable garment bags to protect our products. By the end of 2022, all our packaging will be fully sustainable.
And we aim to get rid of all single use plastic from our business by 2025.
Climate change is impacting the world around us. As a global brand we want to be part of the solution, not the problem.
WHERE WE’RE GOING
In 2020 we measured our total carbon footprint for both our own operations and our supply chain for the first time. Based on that, we’re able to set science-based reduction targets which we will submit to the Science Based Target initiative (SBTi) this year. These targets align with the Paris Climate Agreement to limit global warming to well-below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and pursue efforts to limit warming to 1.5°C.
We are committing to…
A 42% absolute reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in all the facilities we own and operate in by 2030. (2020 base year)
A 52% intensity reduction of greenhouse gas emissions across our global supply chain by 2030. (2020 base year)
WHERE WE’RE AT
Over the last two years, we’ve taken important steps to reduce our carbon emissions.
Our owned and operated UK stores and our UK office now run on 100% renewable energy.
We’ve been rolling out LED lighting across our UK stores and will have completed this by the end of 2021. LED lighting lasts longer and uses up to 80% less electricity than incandescent bulbs.
Textile manufacturing uses water at various stages of the process. Our aim is to find water-efficient solutions across our whole supply chain, making sure no harmful chemicals get into the environment.
WHERE WE’RE AT
We work with textile manufacturers who use safe chemistry and water treatment practices.
We’re phasing out harmful finishes on our products such as Per fluorinated Compounds (PFCs). These are chemicals which have been used for many years because of their water repellent properties. We now know that these don’t break down and can be harmful to the environment.
WHERE WE’RE GOING
We plan to partner with organisations to help us further refine our restricted substances and wastewater guidelines across our value chain.
We’re researching and bringing in innovative dying techniques and solutions to considerably reduce water consumption.
PARTNERSHIPS
We support organisations who share our values and mission to create positive change. We’ve made donations to Black Minds Matter and the Loveland Foundation who provide mental health support and therapy to black people in the UK and the US. We’ve also raised funds for the Equal Justice Initiative, who campaign against racial inequality, and GLSEN, who work to make schools more inclusive for young LGBTQ+ people in the US.
THE SWEATY BETTY FOUNDATION
We know how good moving makes us feel. But globally, only 15% of teenage girls are doing enough physical activity. Supporting girls at school, home and in their communities, The Sweaty Betty Foundation is empowering girls to get moving. We’re focusing on those who face the biggest barriers to being active, particularly those from lower income families and ethnically diverse communities.