Asos, Boozt, and Selfridges Group are the latest raft of retail organisations to join the Fashion Leap for Climate sustainability programme, which aims to educate brands about good eco practice.
Announced this week, the trio of retail fashion groups have made the move to help boost eco education and drive environmental change throughout their sector. Cascale, a non-profit global alliance, has also joined the collaboration as a strategic partner, and will be offering the programme to select members of its global apparel and consumer goods network.
Fashion Leap for Climate was launched in 2022 by About You Group, Yoox Net-a-Porter, and Zalando. The initiative supports fashion brands to learn how to measure their own carbon footprints and set targets in line with climate science.
With Asos, Boozt, and Selfridges Group (including Selfridges, de Bijenkorf, and Brown Thomas Arnotts) on board, it means around 100 new brand partners will now gain access to the full programme, industry insights, and fresh opportunities to collaborate with others in the industry.
Jodie Leek, head of ESG for partner brands at Asos, commented: “As a multi-brand retailer, industry collaboration has been central to our ‘Fashion with Integrity’ strategy for many years, helping us learn from the best of the industry and support developing brands as they start their sustainability journey.
“We’re excited to join the Fashion Leap for Climate programme to strengthen our existing approach to engaging with partner brands and support them in accelerating decarbonisation of their products and supply chains.”
Christian Toennesen, group sustainability director at Selfridges Group, remarked: “We’re on a mission to reinvent retail and create a sustainable future for the planet and people.
“Joining Fashion Leap for Climate allows us to engage and support our valued brand partners in practical, meaningful ways to decarbonise fashion. There’s much to do; we can’t wait to get started.”
Gloria Tramontana, head of sustainability & ESG at Boozt Group, added: “As the Nordic online department store, our brand partners are key to the business’s success and engaging with them is core to Boozt’s ‘Care-For’ strategy.
“We are thrilled to be joining Fashion Leap for Climate to further support our partners in taking concrete actions towards decarbonization aligned with the latest climate science.”
Curated by sustainability consultancy Quantis, a BCG company, the educational initiative builds participants’ understanding of the fashion industry’s role in addressing global climate challenges through a free-of-cost, immersive eight-week programme.
It also provides step-by-step guidance on how to measure corporate carbon footprints and submit science-based targets to the Science Based Targets initiative. And in addition to the core agenda, brand partners can benefit from access to sustainability experts and tools to collaborate with industry and help them upskill.
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