Manual for a Sustainable Approach
Summary SUSTAINABILITY MANUAL
To implement these strategies Aritzia would need to commit to concrete time frames, as well as reassess the aim of becoming ‘a fully sustainable company by 2025’. The goal, however, should be to maximize efforts to mitigate the company’s negavtive socio-environmental impacts, and become sustainbly-positive by 2030. Below is a possible milestone completion timeline:
Start working to Standardize Codes of Conduct with brands working with the same facilities
Start local innitiatives in over-seas communities to help support and empower them
Create a network of local manufacturing facilities and shift at least 30% of production to North America
Scale the use of sustainable and renewable materials
Develop a take back program, that would serve as a catalyst for the switch to recycled polyester
Develop a garment impact scale, published on Aritzia website against every SKU
Start separating and closing bilogical and technical resource loops for at least one in-house brand
2030
2020 Transparency with sustainbility report
Optimize product transport and micrologistics
PSS Tailoring and Mending
In store recycling and adequate waste disposal systems
Start using deadstock for capsule collections
Switch to recycled polyester, nylon and minimize use of virgin synthetics
Lebleling garments to indicate proper ways of disposal
Shift at least 60% of production to North America, resulting in significant Carbon footprint decrease
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