Apparel brand Lee has announced its first-ever global sustainability goals. Established under Lee’s recently launched global sustainability platform, the company’s new goals focus on pursuing more sustainable solutions for apparel development and production. Lee’s four global sustainability include powering 100 per cent of all owned and operated facilities with renewable energy by 2025; utilizing more than 50 per cent sustainable synthetics by 2025; sourcing 100 per cent sustainably grown or recycled cotton by 2025 and increasing Indigood dyed products every year through 2025
These global goals are put into place to reduce the company’s environmental and social impacts. They also build on Lee’s latest sustainably focused product launches and partnerships Lee isn’t the only apparel company looking towards a sustainable future of manufacturing. In July 2019, competitor Levi Struss Co signed a $2.3 million cooperation agreement with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group. The deal is expected to help the denim maker meet its goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and water use in its supply chain.
By 2025, Levi Strauss is committed to achieving a 90 per cent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions in their owned-and-operated facilities, 100 per cent renewable energy in their owned-and-operated facilities, and a 40 per cent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions across their whole global supply chain.
