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Sustainable Apparel Coalition and Higg launch new program for publicly sharing data on a product’s environmental impact: Amazon, H&M, Norrona among first to participate Share Article This first phase of the Higg Index transparency program is an important step toward a unified approach for industry-wide transparency. SAN FRANCISCO and AMSTERDAM (PRWEB) May 27, 2021 Today, the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC), a global multi-stakeholder nonprofit alliance for the consumer goods industry, along with its technology partner Higg...

Zalando: ‘Being less bad is not good enough’ Zalando’s director of sustainability, Kate Heiny, outlines how the online platform is using its influence to help its partners and brands meet sustainability targets. Speaking at the Drapers Sustainable Fashion conference, Heiny outlined how Zalando has been ramping up its sustainability efforts over the past few years, with the focus on science-based targets that align with the Paris Agreement on climate change. These targets include reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 80%, increasing sourcing of renewable electricity to 100%, reducing emis...

Zalando completes brand assessments as part of environmental disclosure drive Online fashion retailer Zalando has disclosed its Tier 1 private fashion label suppliers in an efforts to drive transparency across the value chain, and is expecting brand partners to gain a full understanding of their key suppliers also. Zalando’s online platform caters to 35 million customers in 17 markets The German-based online retailer has set science-based targets to reduce operational carbon emissions by 80% by 2025, with carbon emissions from the production of private-label products set to be reduced by 40...