Launched in 2022, the platform supports fashion brands in measuring their carbon footprints and setting targets that align with climate science.
Following on the insights from the first year of Fashion Leap for Climate, the second year is focused on bringing greater value and flexibility to a wider selection of brand partners throughout 2023.
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The three fashion retailers will be enhancing their learning platform and extending invitations to 250 of their brand partners, which is 55 brands more than the first year.
Participants will now be able to join a live eight-week course (comprising eight hours across four modules) through an engagement track providing bespoke support, or entirely self-directed with an on-demand learning function.
The organisations explain that all participating partners to date reported they would recommend ‘Fashion Leap for Climate’ and that they were better equipped to set SBTs in the future as a result. While over half cited they plan to set their SBTs within the next year, thanks to the knowledge gained.
Additionally, almost all (91%) of the partners highlighted they valued the collaborative opportunities on the platform, encouraging them to discuss and exchange ideas with sustainability experts and peers.
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By GlobalDataHannes Wiese, co-CEO at About You Holding SE, said: “We believe that collaboration and transparency are key to sustainable change across the industry. This creates accountability, but also comparability between businesses and leads to positive change within the fashion sector. We are proud of last year’s strong results of Fashion Leap for Climate and are excited – together with Zalando and Yoox Net-a-Porter – to start its second year. The successful completion of the learning journeys by our initial partner brands marks a crucial initial stride in the right direction. We are convinced that it will take collective initiatives from the entire industry to create sustainable change.”
While, David Schneider, co-CEO at Zalando SE, added: “We are committed to bringing together different stakeholders in the industry to collectively tackle challenges. We believe this is crucial to drive positive impact across the industry. Since launching this initiative last July, it is very encouraging to see that the first of our partner brands have completed the learning journey and how it has improved their confidence in taking steps towards climate action. We strongly believe that such partnerships are the driving force of progress and that only through working together a long-lasting impact is possible.”
Open as of July 2023, the fashion brands point out this programme forms a critical part of their respective climate journeys, with each working to support a reduction in their brand partners’ emissions to achieve their own Scope 3 targets.
In fact, moving forward the retailers see potential to scale the platform’s reach to become available to every fashion brand partner and the wider industry.
