Inditex among signatories for ‘Fashion Pact’ sustainability initiative

The 32 founding members have pledged to halt climate change, restore biodiversity and protect the oceans by establishing “specific quantitative targets for tackling the challenges facing the industry in terms of fighting the climate crisis”.

Alongside Inditex, brands such as Adidas, Burberry, H&M and the Selfridges Group have added their signatures to the initiative, which is being unveiled today in Paris at an event convened by French President Emmanuel Macron.

Signatories will also “champion involvement in other complementary sector initiatives and foster the development of accelerators in order to help meet the objectives set”.

Zara parent company Inditex recently outlined its sustainability milestones out to 2025, which include eliminating the use of plastic bags by 2020, and the use of all customer-facing plastics by 2023. It has also said it will recycle or reuse all waste generated across the group by 2023 and have 100% sustainable cotton, linen and polyester by 2025.

Inditex chair Pablo Isla said: “All of us here at Inditex are committed to sustainability, one of our firm’s core strategic principles. The driving force behind this project is the conviction shared by all signatories about the shared responsibility to protect the world’s environment over the long term.”