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Their Path to Sustainability launched in March 2021 and lays out a comprehensive set of targets, concentrating on four key areas: Responsible Sourcing; Community Care; Reducing Emissions; and Increased Circularity.
Their four pathways encompass all areas of sustainability – from considering the origins of the raw materials in each product to thinking about where that product ends up at the end of its lifecycle and all the stages and processes in-between. You can find out more about each pathway below.
• To acknowledge our shortcomings and continually improve
• To ensure our practices and policies
• To quantitatively measure our impact and work with industry regulators
• To better our sourcing and processing of raw materials
• To apply our high standards to all our suppliers and partners
• To share updates on our progress with our customers, employees and partners
Achievements
• Became a Global Organic Textile Standard certified trader
• 38% of our SS22 production carried the Sun Logo
• 47% of our SS22 cotton products used organically grown cotton
•41% of our SS22 leather products used leather from Leather Working Group rated suppliers
• Launched our eco-friendly retail packaging which is 100% recyclable and contains 40% post-consumer waste
This Year
• Introduce eco-friendly wholesale and warehouse packaging
• Become a member of the Leather Working Group
• Become a Responsible Wool Standard certified trader
Long Term Targets
• Make PS Paul Smith an 100% Sun Logo collection
• Use only organic or recycled cotton, verified by supporting industry leading standards such as GOTS and Textile Exchange standards
• Use only recycled (not virgin) synthetic fibres
• Source all leather from LWG, I.CE.C or IS0 14001 certified suppliers
• Source all wool, mohair, alpaca wool and down in a responsible way by supporting Textile Exchange standards
Ethical:
Achievements
• Introduced modern slavery training
• Updated our Supplier Code of Conduct to include migrant worker and environmental policies
• Established an employee Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Group
• Established an internal Sustainability Ambassador Group
• Completed the Sustainable Apparel Coalition’s Higg Index Brand Retail Module
This Year
• Implement a digital supplier risk assessment platform
• Develop a supplier risk assessment improvement programme
• Complete the Higg Index BRM
Next Year
• Implement a supplier risk assessment improvement programme
• Improve Higg Index BRM module social and environmental scores
