Post by account_disabled on Mar 14, 2024 2:14:58 GMT -5
H&M has published a supplier factory list alongside its sustainability report. The retailer says it is one of the first and largest fashion companies in the world to take this step.
The list of supplier factories covers about percent of total production volume. H&M says the publication is a step towards a more transparent and ultimately more sustainable fashion industry – but one that required a great deal of preparatory work with suppliers.
According to the sustainability report, factories’ compliance with H&M’s code of conduct continued to improve last year, with sustainability performance scores increasing CG Leads from . to . percent. In , the retailer audited potential new supplier factories and rejected a quarter of them.
Carbon and energy
Also last year, the company reduced CO emissions by five percent relative to sales, from . metric tons per SEK of sales (. metric tons per dollar) in to mtSEK in , through energy efficiency and offsetting. Since , H&M has cut CO by percent.
The chain has now committed to reduce absolute operational emissions by , even though its store count is growing by to percent per year. Current operational emissions stand at , metric tons, with electricity accounting for the largest chunk of this at percent.
The company says it wants to achieve this aim without offsetting. Efficiency is therefore a key focus. H&M reduced electricity use in its stores by percent per square meter from to – up from an percent reduction from to . The company says it is on track to achieve its goal of a percent reduction by . But the report did not say how much electricity H&M uses per square meter.
On an absolute basis, scopes and energy consumption increased from . million GJ in to . million in .
H&M is working to install energy monitoring devices in all stores this year. It is also helping business partners set up supplier energy efficiency programs (SEEP), which in some cases connect supplier factories to energy service companies to identify potential efficiency gains. By the end of , factories had completed a SEEP and another were undergoing planning or implementation. Based on this, H&M has developed data baselines and says it will evaluate the factories’ performance against these through .
The list of supplier factories covers about percent of total production volume. H&M says the publication is a step towards a more transparent and ultimately more sustainable fashion industry – but one that required a great deal of preparatory work with suppliers.
According to the sustainability report, factories’ compliance with H&M’s code of conduct continued to improve last year, with sustainability performance scores increasing CG Leads from . to . percent. In , the retailer audited potential new supplier factories and rejected a quarter of them.
Carbon and energy
Also last year, the company reduced CO emissions by five percent relative to sales, from . metric tons per SEK of sales (. metric tons per dollar) in to mtSEK in , through energy efficiency and offsetting. Since , H&M has cut CO by percent.
The chain has now committed to reduce absolute operational emissions by , even though its store count is growing by to percent per year. Current operational emissions stand at , metric tons, with electricity accounting for the largest chunk of this at percent.
The company says it wants to achieve this aim without offsetting. Efficiency is therefore a key focus. H&M reduced electricity use in its stores by percent per square meter from to – up from an percent reduction from to . The company says it is on track to achieve its goal of a percent reduction by . But the report did not say how much electricity H&M uses per square meter.
On an absolute basis, scopes and energy consumption increased from . million GJ in to . million in .
H&M is working to install energy monitoring devices in all stores this year. It is also helping business partners set up supplier energy efficiency programs (SEEP), which in some cases connect supplier factories to energy service companies to identify potential efficiency gains. By the end of , factories had completed a SEEP and another were undergoing planning or implementation. Based on this, H&M has developed data baselines and says it will evaluate the factories’ performance against these through .