Manual for a Sustainable Approach
Plan for Achieving Objectives |cont’d ABOUT
• PEOPLE In efforts to increase its impacts on the social sustainability front, Aritzia has employed various strategies mostly contingent upon its Vendor Code of Conduct2. To elevate its performance in this area, we suggest the company addresses these issues more comprehensively by partnering with fellow brands to create communal codes of conduct to eliminate ambiguity in their application at manufacturing facilities. As well we recommend Aritzia partners in to support organizations on the ground in the local communities where its growing and manufacturing facilities are, to create impactful longer lasting community change. Lastly, we suggest Aritzia engages with the idea of localism and local production. • BUSINESS OPERATIONS Although Aritzia has committed to some steps in improving the sustainability within its business operations, there are various important actionable items still left ahead. The company needs to ensure that its in-store waste diposal includes adequate recycling. In terms of logistics on a micro level the optimization of how many units are being shipped per box to the stores will help energy waste reduction, and applying localism by developping local supply chain partners would help curb Aritzia’s carbon footprint due to macro logistic and transportation. • PRODUCT END-OF-LIFE Most of Aritzia’s efforts in this area have been concentrated on ways of managing its own left-over product waste. However, the company needs to address the growing issue of over accumulation of post conumer waste. To do this we suggest Aritzia engages with the notion of PSS (Product Service Systems) to offer tailoring and mending and well as product take-back systems to slow the process of its clothing ending up at the landfill. Additionally, we suggest Aritzia labels its garments to provide ‘best-practices’ for disposing of each item.
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