Planet

 

Our Commitment to the Planet – We Must Protect It.

It’s in our DNA to act responsibly – for people, for our communities and for the planet. We believe in doing our part to make this a more comfortable place for every body, so we challenge ourselves to improve our environmental performance every day. We’ve set big ambitions to make an even bigger impact. We know we must do more, and we’re driven to do just that.

To create meaningful change, were looking at how we work both internally and across our entire value chain from the cotton field to the consumer’s disposal of our product at the end of its life. Unlike most other apparel brands, we own and run the majority (about two-thirds) of our product and fabric manufacturing. That makes a huge difference. It puts us in charge, making management decisions and acting on them swiftly. It means we can think bigger, benefit directly from our investments and make a greater impact.

Through our Global Environmental Health and Safety (GEHS), we share guiding policies and actionable procedures to put environmental responsibility at the core of our facilities worldwide. Continuous improvement of our environmental performance is part of our culture going beyond reducing costs and business risks to inspiring what we do and why we do it.

To promote change across the apparel industry were also active in initiatives such as the Sustainable Apparel Coalition.

Our Planet: Areas of Focus

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Climate

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Water

Plastic bottle and other waste on the ground

Waste

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Wastewater and Chemical Management

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Climate

Underwater bubbles

Water

Plastic bottle and other waste on the ground

Waste

Wastewater treatment plant

Wastewater and Chemical Management

Our Key Priorities for the Future

Bold commitments to amplify our environmental performance:

 

  • Meeting our science-based targets.
  • Advancing leading energy-efficiency practices at our own facilities and among our strategic contract manufacturers.
  • Identifying new opportunities to use clean, renewable energy across our operations.
  • Exploring innovations to reduce our water footprint.
  • Identifying key regional reuse/recycling partners to advance our facilities’ zero-waste-to-landfill journey.
  • Working with third-party experts to further our wastewater treatment processes and technologies.
  • Driving the use of the Higg Index throughout our supply chain.
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GREEN FOR GOOD

Using the money we save from our eco-friendly processes to help make a meaningful difference in the communities where we work. Take a look at our groundbreaking Green for Good model and all that it is doing.  Turning trash into changed lives and changed communities.

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Brands in Action

See what our brands are doing to make the world a better place.