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Deckers unveils goals for environmental sustainability
04 Nov '20
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Deckers Brands has published its Creating Change FY20 Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability report, including its progress made toward its sustainable development goals. It is a leader in designing, marketing, and distributing innovative footwear, apparel and accessories developed for both everyday casual lifestyle use and high performance activities.
Deckers has been reporting its environmental and social impacts since 2014 and its Creating Change report details the company’s aspirations for advancing environmental and social improvements across its business, portfolio of brands, global supply chain, and communities worldwide. The report highlights achievements from the reporting year April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2020.
The report highlights the launch of bold equity, inclusion, and diversity (EID) targets at the corporate level and marketing related representation goals at the brand level. Over 97 per cent of hides used in the company’s products are sourced from Leather Working Group Certified tanneries with a commitment to ensure 100 per cent by 2022, according to the report.
Over 97 per cent of the wool used by Deckers is repurposed wool which is wool harvested from our twinface sheepskin product. The company achieved empowerment of over 33,000 supply chain worker livelihoods through its partnership with Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) HERproject and targets to empower 100,000 women by 2027.
100 per cent of its Tier 1 partners audited and over 91 per cent were either Champion, Excellent or Solid, meaning they scored 70-100 per cent on their audit. The company has a commitment to incorporate more certified responsible and sustainable materials in its products including recycled, renewable, regenerated, and natural.
The report highlights the near completion of a lifecycle assessment of its raw materials which allows our brands to pursue better, more sustainable, material alternatives in their products. It also highlights the ongoing monitoring of waste generation, waste diversion, energy, and water usage of its supply chain partners including the tracking of progress toward our challenging targets.
The company also commits to explore more sophisticated carbon accounting measures including working with expert partners to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in line with the Paris Agreement, and plans to set Science Based Targets in 2021. It has partnered with the Savory Institute as frontier founders of the Land to Market programme, working to protect and reverse environmental degradation. The report also highlights the commitment for its Moreno Valley distribution centre to be a zero-waste facility by 2023. Deckers has committed over $1 million dollars in COVID-19 relief donations.
“These are critical times when we must all play our part in delivering upon the United Nations Global Compact Sustainable Development Goals and the vision outlined in Paris Agreement to create a future that is sustainable and resilient. We believe in transformative change, change that is only possible with a focused and transparent approach. We recognise that sustainability is a journey and we are committed to doing our part to create change for our employees, our communities, and our planet,” Dave Powers, president and chief executive officer, Deckers said.
Deckers has been reporting its environmental and social impacts since 2014 and its Creating Change report details the company’s aspirations for advancing environmental and social improvements across its business, portfolio of brands, global supply chain, and communities worldwide. The report highlights achievements from the reporting year April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2020.
The report highlights the launch of bold equity, inclusion, and diversity (EID) targets at the corporate level and marketing related representation goals at the brand level. Over 97 per cent of hides used in the company’s products are sourced from Leather Working Group Certified tanneries with a commitment to ensure 100 per cent by 2022, according to the report.
Over 97 per cent of the wool used by Deckers is repurposed wool which is wool harvested from our twinface sheepskin product. The company achieved empowerment of over 33,000 supply chain worker livelihoods through its partnership with Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) HERproject and targets to empower 100,000 women by 2027.
100 per cent of its Tier 1 partners audited and over 91 per cent were either Champion, Excellent or Solid, meaning they scored 70-100 per cent on their audit. The company has a commitment to incorporate more certified responsible and sustainable materials in its products including recycled, renewable, regenerated, and natural.
The report highlights the near completion of a lifecycle assessment of its raw materials which allows our brands to pursue better, more sustainable, material alternatives in their products. It also highlights the ongoing monitoring of waste generation, waste diversion, energy, and water usage of its supply chain partners including the tracking of progress toward our challenging targets.
The company also commits to explore more sophisticated carbon accounting measures including working with expert partners to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in line with the Paris Agreement, and plans to set Science Based Targets in 2021. It has partnered with the Savory Institute as frontier founders of the Land to Market programme, working to protect and reverse environmental degradation. The report also highlights the commitment for its Moreno Valley distribution centre to be a zero-waste facility by 2023. Deckers has committed over $1 million dollars in COVID-19 relief donations.
“These are critical times when we must all play our part in delivering upon the United Nations Global Compact Sustainable Development Goals and the vision outlined in Paris Agreement to create a future that is sustainable and resilient. We believe in transformative change, change that is only possible with a focused and transparent approach. We recognise that sustainability is a journey and we are committed to doing our part to create change for our employees, our communities, and our planet,” Dave Powers, president and chief executive officer, Deckers said.
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