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British Luxury Sustainability

WORKING TOWARDS A MORE SUSTAINABLE FUTURE

Walpole’s British Luxury Sustainability Manifesto created in partnership with McKinsey & Company, is an ambitious and comprehensive aim to support the British luxury sector in lowering carbon emissions, reducing environmental impacts, and ensuring more sustainable future growth.

Left ► Just a few of the Walpole brands which are Signatories of the Sustainability Manifesto:

1 Mulberry 2 Cadogan Estate 3 Harris Tweed 4 Molton Brown 5 de Le Cuona 6 House of Hackney 7 The Savoy 8 James Cropper 9 Harrods 10 Victor 11 JING Tea 12 Oliver Burns

Right ► Burberry, The British Luxury Sustainability Report, published in 2021, Johnstons of Elgin

“Collaboration among peers is vital to achieving real system change. By working together, we can transform our sector & build a more sustainable future”

Since launch, 70 Walpole members have joined founding signatories Harrods, Burberry, Mulberry, dunhill, Johnstons of Elgin, The Savoy and Chivas Brothers in support of the Manifesto – all of whom share an ambition to make the UK’s luxury sector the most sustainable in the world.

A central pillar of the British Luxury Sustainability Manifesto was to bring together the sustainability leads across the Walpole membership to form Working Groups, with a goal to enable collaboration, share experience and best practice, combine resources and align on areas of joint action to accelerate the pace of change towards a more sustainable future for luxury in the UK.

These Working Groups – representing all sector verticals including Fashion & Apparel, Watches & Jewellery, Beauty & Fragrance, Food & Drink, Hospitality & Services, Automotive & Aviation, Retailers & eTailers, and Interior Design & Craftsmanship – are proving to be a powerful forum for the British luxury community with areas of knowledge sharing and action including: • Progress towards more sustainable packaging • Material-specific insights and the challenges of plastics in the supply chain • Carbon emission reduction • Social impact, including diversity and inclusion initiatives • How best to communicate brands’ sustainability work to customers and media The outcome of these discussions formed the basis of our British Luxury Sustainability Report, published in March 2021 in association with Investec.

Get Involved

All Walpole brands are invited to become signatories of the Sustainability Manifesto or join our Working Groups, with three simple criteria to be involved: 1. Endorsement from senior leaders to prioritise sustainability at the highest levels in their businesses 2. Identify a person in charge of sustainability within the businesses 3. Promote proactive and transparent communications around sustainability both internally and externally