In its ambitious ‘Fashion Pact’,luxury brand set following objectives for 2025: to reduce its environmental impact by 40 per cent and cut its CO2 emissions in half, compared to results from 2015. All of this is to be achieved with entirely traceable raw materials and on the same timetable.

From 2015 to 2018, the brand reduced its ‘environmental global impact’ by 14 per cent and its greenhouse gas emissions by 36 per cent. Across the same period, the greenhouse gas emissions related to its stores and other worldwide placements were reduced by 77 per cent.

The group will use renewable energy sources for 67 per cent of its operations. It has reached 100 per cent in seven countries and is at 78 per cent in Europe. In 2018, the company became carbon neutral across its entire business and supply chain, including through forest protection programs.

Moreover, Kering has put in place new standards for raw materials and manufacturing processes. This has formalized the best procedures in terms of environmental protection, social compliance, traceability, the use of chemicals and the wellbeing of animals. These measures have already been implemented across 68% of the group’s suppliers.