High-end fashion label Gucci has reached an environmental milestone recently, announcing it’s now completely carbon neutral.
The global fashion company has been a leader when it comes to reducing emissions, creating an Environmental Profit and Loss account in 2015 and putting in place a 10-year sustainability strategy. Gucci currently operates a ‘scrap-less program’ which involves using less water and chemicals to treat leather products and implementing new methods to reduce Green House Gas (GHG) emissions related to transport.
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“A new era of corporate accountability is upon us and we need to be diligent in taking all steps to mitigate our impacts, including being transparent and responsible for our [greenhouse gas] emissions across our supply chains,” Gucci CEO Marco Bizarre revealed.
“Gucci will continue to work in a smart and strategic way to avoid and reduce our impacts, while simultaneously investing in innovation as a driver for sustainability.”
Already on track to reduce GHG emissions by 50 percent, the brand is offsetting its annual GHG through four REDD+ projects that support forest conservation around the world, with the longterm goal to use 100 percent renewable energy in its factories by 2020.
