The global media company Condé Nast, publisher of fashion, GQ, The New Yorker, Wiring and others, it is committed to becoming a carbon neutral company by 2030.
“As governments, businesses and many voluntary organizations around the world tackle the COVID-19 pandemic, the challenge of the global climate crisis must of course not go away, and companies like ours must do so. your part, “said Wolfgang Blau, chief operating officer and international president of Condé Nast, in a statement released on Wednesday.
According to Condé Nast’s own sustainability assessment, which was published alongside the carbon neutral announcement, 92% of the company’s greenhouse gas emissions came from its supply chain, not from operations. of the company in 2018. If the company continues to reduce these supply chain emissions to around 10% each year, it believes it can reach its carbon neutral target by 2030.
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Condé Nast’s commitment to become carbon neutral by 2030 goes beyond the targets set in a 2018 IPCC report, which suggested that emissions should be net zero by 2050 to limit global warming to 1.5 ° Celsius. In addition to the 10% supply chain commitment, the publisher has set an initial target of 20% on corporate emissions by the end of 2021. It will also work with suppliers to transition to more sustainable materials, with a commitment to use 100% sustainable paper, certified by the Forest Certification Endorsement Program (PEFC) and the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), by the end of 2021.
The announcement comes as the pandemic leaves the global fashion industry to rethink its future social responsibilities, including sustainability. A group of designers, including Dries Van Noten, Gabriela Hearst and Marine Serre, signed an open letter proposing a revision of the fashion calendar, in order to make their businesses “more environmentally friendly and socially sustainable”. Vogue reported.
The future of the fashion show has also been hotly debated, and Marc Jacobs told Vogue Global Conversations last month: “The way we organize a fashion show never seems to exist as we know it, as we have done. . “
Some fashion brands are already taking their own steps. Chanel is committed to halving its carbon emissions by 2030 as part of a set of sustainability objectives aligned at 1.5 °. Burberry
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Condé Nast has also made public what he calls a sustainable fashion glossary, positioning it as a collaboration to drive change in the world of fashion, design and style. The digital guide of 250 points and counting was created by the publisher in association with the Center for Sustainable Fashion, the London College of Fashion, the University of the Arts in London. So far, keywords have included: transparency, carbon offsetting and biodiversity.
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