Kontoor Brands has reduced water consumption by eight billion liters since 2008.

The aim is to save ten billion liters of water by 2025. For the company’s more than 120 million units of apparel and accessories it produced in 2020, Kontoor’s teams sourced 50 per cent of its cotton sustainably, with the aim of achieving 100 per cent sustainable cotton in all products by 2025.

Kontoor Brands is a global lifestyle apparel company and owns two of the world’s most iconic consumer brands, Wrangler and Lee. Kontoor is on track to use 100 per cent preferred chemistry by 2025 and expects to announce a science-based climate target for greenhouse emissions in 2022. These goals are supported by a wide array of initiatives across Kontoor’s production chain. Kontoor is aiming to not only set and meet its own ambitious goals, but also to apply lessons learn and best practices transparently so that others can bring these innovations to life in their own manufacturing operations.

Kontoor Brands closely manages its supply chain and distribution and directly owns one-third of its manufacturing operations. The company also leverages its strong relationships with third-party manufacturers and seeks to embed sustainability in all stages of production to improve the overall impact of its products.