Manual for a Sustainable Approach
BUSINESS OPERATIONS
Strategy for Aritzia CURRENTLY: Aritzia is increasingly trying to address sustainability throughout its business operations and logistics by: • Retrofitting all 90 stores with LED lightbulbs, to mitigate energy consumption • Commitment to reducing the amount of individ-- ual clear poly bags, commonly used to transport goods from the factory to the distribution centre •
Signing of the Arctic Shipping Corporate Pledge launched by Ocean Concervancy as a commitment not to send ships through the globally significant habitats of the Arctic25
OPPORTUNITIES: Aritzia’s Operatonal sustainability goeals are to reduce emissions, waste and packaging impacts on the environment. On both a macro and micro level, there are ways to further optimize and address the larger deficiencies in Aritzia’s day-to-day business operations: • Waste recycling and adequate garbage disposal in-stores •
Optimizing the amount of units being sent per box from the warehouse to the stores
• Engaging with the idea of ‘localism’ to curb larger carbon footprint due to wide spread global supply chains20
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