The 2020 Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) has ranked Burberry on the second place in the ‘Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods’ sector. The company secured these leading positions within the Product Stewardship and Social Reporting categories.

Burberry has a longstanding commitment to sustainability, with social and environmental programs in place for more than 16 years. Its latest five-year Responsibility Agenda covers all its products, global operations and the communities that sustain the luxury industry.

Two thirds of Burberry products make an environmental or social contribution, with a goal for all products to do so by 2022. These can relate to a broad range of social and environmental programs including, the amount of organic content or recycled natural fibres used in materials, delivery against carbon emissions standards at production facilities or social initiatives such as workers being paid the living wage or supported through wellbeing programmes.

In addition, Burberry targets to procure 100 per cent of cotton more sustainably and source 100 per cent of leather from tanneries with environmental, traceability and social compliance certifications by 2022.

These goals are underpinned by two additional climate goals approved by the Science Based Target initiative (SBTi) for Burberry’s own operations and extended supply chain. The targets covering greenhouse gas emissions from Burberry’s operations (Scopes 1 and 2) are consistent with reductions required to keep warming to 1.5°C, the most ambitious goal of the Paris Agreement.