Announcement
We warmly welcome three new Signatories!
We proudly recognise Amer Sports and Ralph Lauren Corporation’s transition from ZDHC Signatory Friend to ZDHC Signatory Brand. This milestone highlights their enhanced commitment to advancing sustainable chemical management practices across the apparel industry, leading the way in reducing hazardous chemicals and promoting a more sustainable future!
Amer Sports as ZDHC Signatory Brand
Amer Sports is a global group of iconic sports and outdoor brands. Their purpose is to elevate the world through sport—from courts to slopes, from cities to mountains, and everywhere in between, Amer Sports aims to inspire people to explore and experience the joy of sports and outdoor activities, and lead better, healthier lives. Their vision is to be the global leader in premium sports and outdoor brands. Amer Sports iconic brands - including Arc’teryx, Salomon, Wilson, Atomic, Armada, and Peak Performance - are creators of exceptional apparel, footwear, equipment, protective gear, and accessories that give athletes and consumers the confidence and comfort to excel.
Amer Sports commits to reducing the environmental impact of its products and operations by using methods that are both environmentally responsible and economically sound. The company assesses the environmental effects of its decisions and strives to continuously improve its performance. The aim is to promote and maintain environmentally responsible practices that are beneficial to customers, consumers, employees, and the communities in which Amer Sports and its brands operate. Amer Sports believes that the ZDHC Foundation and its community are excellent partners in the journey to improve their playground, the planet. The challenges Amer Sports is currently facing can only be solved by collaboration across companies and industries.
“The wellbeing of our employees, the communities where we operate, and those around our brands is essential to us. We constantly review our manufacturing and sourcing footprint to identify possibilities for improvement and to reduce our environmental impact. We want to ensure that our production is safe for the workers making our products, for the consumers and the planet. ZDHC's Roadmap to Zero Programme provides us a platform, guidance and resources that support us in eliminating harmful substances from our textile, leather, apparel and footwear supply chains. We are happy to be part of the ZDHC community and contribute to a positive change.”
– Pascal Covatta, VP Global Sourcing at Amer Sports
Ralph Lauren as ZDHC Signatory Brand
Ralph Lauren Corporation is a global leader in the design, marketing, and distribution of luxury lifestyle products, including apparel, footwear, accessories, home furnishings, fragrances, and hospitality products. For over 50 years, the company has inspired the dream of a better life through authenticity and timeless style. Its brand names, such as Ralph Lauren, Polo Ralph Lauren, Double RL, and Lauren Ralph Lauren, are among the world’s most recognized consumer brands. Ralph Lauren’s distinctive American perspective and innovative approach to aspirational lifestyle branding have significantly influenced fashion and advertising worldwide. For more information, go to http://corporate.ralphlauren.com.
Ralph Lauren Corporation is committed to using safer and more sustainable chemicals throughout their business to address human and environmental impact. As a Signatory of the ZDHC Roadmap to Zero Programme, Ralph Lauren Corporation collaborates with peers and experts to eliminate the use and discharge of these chemicals across their apparel supply chain. Ralph Lauren Corporation has adopted the ZDHC Manufacturing Restricted Substances List (MRSL) and ZDHC Approved Chemical Inventory List Management Tools since FY2020, to enable their suppliers to track and report on all chemicals used in the creation of their products, and prioritize the substitution of harmful chemicals with safer, MRSL-conformant alternatives. As the MRSL and the industry’s collective work in sustainable chemicals management continues to evolve, new materials, safer and more sustainable alternatives, chemical testing, tools and technologies continue to develop overtime. Ralph Lauren Corporation is advancing toward the full elimination of hazardous chemicals in their global supply chain, and they are committed to continuing to do so as their industry evolves. For more information, go to https://corporate.ralphlauren.com/citizenship-and-sustainability.
VEJA as ZDHC Signatory Friend
Since 2005, VEJA has been creating sneakers in a different way, mixing social projects, economic justice, and ecological materials. VEJA uses Brazilian and Peruvian organic cotton for the canvas and laces, Amazonian rubber for the soles, and various innovative materials made from recycled plastic bottles or recycled polyester. VEJA sneakers are produced in high-standard factories in Brazil and Portugal.
By joining the ZDHC Roadmap to Zero Programme, VEJA will be able to reduce even more the risks related to chemical substances management throughout their supply chain by elevating the capabilities and improving the internal processes of VEJA’s material and manufacturing partners.
“At VEJA, we value transparency in everything from our relationships with farmers in our supply chains to the production process of our products. Being part of the ZDHC Roadmap to Zero Program will help us achieve greater transparency and safety in all the chemicals used in our production.”
– Morgana Schimitts, Chemical Engineer at VEJA
We welcome and look forward to working with them on creating a world where better chemistry leads to the protection of life, land, air and water a reality!
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