Boozt joins 'Fashion Leap for Climate'
The FASHION LEAP FOR CLIMATE initiative is aiming to scale its impact and accelerate the adoption of science-based climate targets across the fashion industry
Fashion climate education initiative expands to welcome ASOS, BOOZT, Selfridges Group and Cascale
Malmö, Sweden: 16 December 2024 // Leading fashion and beauty retailers, ASOS, BOOZT and Selfridges Group, join FASHION LEAP FOR CLIMATE as new members, extending the climate education programme’s invitation to hundreds of fashion brands within its combined portfolio. Cascale, a non-profit global alliance, also joins as a strategic partner, offering the programme to select members of its global apparel and consumer goods network.
FASHION LEAP FOR CLIMATE, launched in 2022 by ABOUT YOU Group, YOOX NET-A-PORTER and Zalando, is designed to elevate the fashion industry's response to the inherent climate challenges it faces. It supports fashion brands to learn how to measure their own carbon footprints and set targets in line with climate science. Scaling the initiative to additional members marks an important milestone in fostering a supportive environment to address the industry’s urgent need for climate action.
With ASOS, BOOZT and Selfridges Group on board, around 100 of their brand partners will now gain access to FASHION LEAP FOR CLIMATE’s full educational programme, industry insights, and opportunities to collaborate with other leading names in the sector. As a strategic partner, Cascale brings 25 new participants from its network into the programme and adds value by leveraging its community of over 300 brands, retailers and manufacturers to raise awareness and drive collective action to reduce environmental impact.
“As the Nordic online department store, our brand partners are key to the business’s success and engaging with them is core to Boozt’s Care-For strategy. We are thrilled to be joining FASHION LEAP FOR CLIMATE to further support our partners in taking concrete actions towards decarbonization aligned with the latest climate science,”
Gloria Tramontana, Head of Sustainability and ESG - Boozt Group
Empowering climate action in the fashion industry
Curated by sustainability consultancy Quantis, a BCG company, FASHION LEAP FOR CLIMATE builds participants’ understanding of the fashion industry’s role in addressing global climate challenges through a free-of-cost, immersive 8-week education programme. The initiative also provides step by step guidance on how to measure corporate carbon footprints and submit science-based targets to the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). In addition to the core programme, brand partners can benefit from access to sustainability experts and tools to collaborate with industry, while wider suppliers are upskilled on the fashion retail value chain and retailers are supported to meet their partner engagement targets.
Since 2022, over 85% of the brand partners that have taken part reported an increase in their understanding of climate issues and science-based targets to reduce Scope 3 emissions, after completing the learning programme.
ABOUT YOU Group, ASOS, BOOZT, YOOX NET-A-PORTER, Selfridges Group and Zalando brand partners interested in learning how to measure greenhouse gas emissions, set targets that are aligned with climate science and submit them to the Science-Based Targets Initiative (SBTi), as well as retailers interested in accelerating the adoption of science-based targets among their brand partners, are invited to get in touch: info@fashionleapforclimate.com.
For further information on the FASHION LEAP FOR CLIMATE, visit: https://fashionleapforclimate.com
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Ask Kirkeskov Riis, Communications Director, Boozt Group +45 5362 5460 // askr@boozt.com
