{"id":166515,"date":"2020-06-02T09:17:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-02T09:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/zalando-pledges-science-based-targets-to-reduce-co2-emissions-by-80\/"},"modified":"2021-08-06T12:05:58","modified_gmt":"2021-08-06T12:05:58","slug":"zalando-pledges-science-based-targets-to-reduce-co2-emissions-by-80","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/zalando-pledges-science-based-targets-to-reduce-co2-emissions-by-80\/","title":{"rendered":"Zalando pledges science-based targets to reduce CO2 emissions by 80%"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Global online giant, <strong>Zalando has announced it has become the very first platform worldwide to pledge science-based targets (SBTs) to reduce carbon emissions<\/strong> according to the 1.5 degrees Celsius Paris Agreement figure.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>For Zalando, this means <strong>by 2020, 80% of the carbon emissions from its own operations and 40% from private label production will be removed<\/strong>. The e-tailer said it wants to \u201cpositively impact the entire value chain\u201d and has also promised to \u201chaving 90% of key partners set SBTs.\"<\/p>\n<p>The online giant has shown a continuous commitment to becoming increasingly sustainable as last week the e-tailer confirmed it will be the first retailer signed up to the Sustainable Apparel Coalition to\u00a0<strong>use a new module that will make sustainability assessments mandatory<\/strong>\u00a0for its labels and partner brands sold on the platform.<\/p>\n<p>Zalando has said that its new sustainable targets \u201chas the potential to affect a large share of the fashion industry and the majority of Zalando\u2019s partners.\"<\/p>\n<p><strong>Director of Sustainability at Zalando, Kate Heiny said<\/strong>: \u201cHaving our science-based targets approved is an important milestone for our sustainability strategy. We believe there is a clear link between sustainability and continued commercial success in selling fashion online.\"<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe global coronavirus situation has shown us how flexible and fast the economy can be when change is needed, and this should be used as a blueprint when it comes to sustainability. Now is the time for a clear sustainability strategy and ambitious goals. As a platform we want to do more and thus did not limit our science-based targets to our own business, but will join forces with our partners.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":137817,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,10494,12969],"tags":[10238,10625,19797,17231,18115,14311,10269],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Zalando pledges science-based targets to reduce CO2 emissions by 80% - TheIndustry.fashion<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Global online giant, Zalando has announced it has become the very first platform worldwide to pledge science-based targets (SBTs) to reduce carbon\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/zalando-pledges-science-based-targets-to-reduce-co2-emissions-by-80\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Zalando pledges science-based targets to reduce CO2 emissions by 80% - 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