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

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

2030

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

SUSTAINABILITY MANUAL

References

1 Martínez-Blanco, J., Inaba, A., Quiros, A. et al. (2015). Organizational LCA: the new member of the LCA family—introducing the UNEP/SETAC Life Cycle Initiative guidance document. Int J Life Cycle Assess 20, 1045–1047. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11367 2 Aritzia. (2020). Vendor Code of Conduct: Aritzia CA. Retrieved from https://www.aritzia.com/en/aritzia/corporate-responsibility/vendor-code-of-conduct.html 3 Eccles, R. G., Ioannou, I., & Serafeim, G. (2011). The Impact of a Corporate Culture of Sustainability on Corporate Behavior and Performance. SSRN Electronic Journal. doi: 10.2139/ssrn.1964011 4 Canopy Planet. (2020). About Us. Retrieved from https://canopyplanet.org/about-us/ 5 Better Cotton. (2020). About BCI. Retrieved from https://bettercotton.org/about-bci/ 6 Fletcher, K. & Grose, L. (2012). Fashion & sustainability: Design for change. London: Laurence King. (Chapter 1, 12-32) 7 Hussain, T. (2018, January 3). Re-fashioning the garment industry: Exploring innovations for a circular economy Intellect Ltd., doi: 10.1386/cc.5.1.61_1 8 Nudie Jeans. (2020). Sustainable Materials. Retrieved from https://www.nudiejeans.com/ sustainability/sustainable-materials 9 Patagonia. (2020). Recycled Polyester. Retrieved from https://www.patagonia.com/ our-footprint/recycled-polyester.html 10 Cernansky, R., Biondi, A., & Vogue Business Team. (2020, January 6). Fashion has a waste problem. These companies want to fix it. Retrieved from https://www.voguebusi ness.com/sustainability/fashion-waste-problem-fabrics-deadstock-pashko-burberry-ref ormation 11 Apparel Coalition. (2020). The Higg Index. Retrieved from https://apparelcoalition.org/ the-higg-index/ 12 Better Cotton Initiative. (2020). About BCI. Retrieved from https://bettercotton.org/ about-bci/