18 Sept 2017
[At the 2017 Climate Week in New York] six top apparel companies announced that they are joining the Science Based Targets initiative. Gap Inc., Nike Inc., Levi Strauss & Co., Guess, Eileen Fisher and VF Corporation committed to set emission reduction targets consistent with global efforts to limit warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius... More than 300 companies, including 15 from the apparel sector, have committed to set ambitious emissions reduction targets through the Science Based Targets initiative, a partnership between CDP, WRI, WWF and the UN Global Compact... In addition to reducing emissions from their operations, companies... are required to set ambitious “scope 3” value chain targets when these emissions are significant... Most apparel companies have not been measuring and managing emissions upstream and downstream of their operations, where most of their emissions lie... “Aligning our greenhouse gas reduction goals with Science Based Targets is an important action we can take right now to protect the future of our planet,” said Victor Herrero, Chief Executive Officer and Director, Guess Inc.

[Refers to: Gap, Nike, Levi Strauss, Guess, Eileen Fisher, VF Corporation]