PHILIPPINE RETAILING
Burberry
Tagged as the leading luxury fashion brand by 2018
Dow Jones Sustainability Index, Burberry continues to
strengthen its sustainability efforts as it launched this
year a new collection crafted from recycled waste. The
fashion brand reinvented their classic car coat using
ECONYL® regenerated nylon. This collection is part
of their move to become carbon neutral by 2022.
ALDI
Steering away a bit from the fashion brands, it is also
interesting to see that discount supermarket chain
ALDI is making their own effort to become plastic-free,
considering that food packaging in supermarkets
make up a huge portion of plastic wastes.
In March this year, they announced that were testing
plastic-free packaging in some of their Scottish
stores, and hope to become completely sustainable
by 2025 by making their packaging reusable,
recyclable or compostable.
Image source: Zara
Initially, they will reduce by 15% the packaging of
ALDI own brands. By next year, they aim to implement
an initiative to make private-label product packaging
easier for customers to reuse and to include
How2Recycle label on all ALDI-exclusive consumable
packaging.
These are just of the global companies who are
committed to reduce their wastes and energy use, and
as consumers clamor for sustainability and conscious
business practices from brands, it is time to rethink
business practices and see how as a brand you can
impact positively on the environment and lives of the
customers.
Image source: Burberry
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Image source: Uniqlo
References:
https://www.adweek.com/brand-marketing/adidas-r
amps-up-sustainability-efforts/
https://hypebae.com/2019/8/zara-sustainable-cotto
n-customizable-edited-capsule-collection-recycled-de
nim-hoodie
https://hypebeast.com/2019/7/uniqlo-fast-retailing-
ends-plastic-bags-sustainability-2020-program?utm_
source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=
share+buttons
https://retailinasia.com/in-sectors/burberry-launche
s-sustainable-capsule-collection/
Image source: Adidas
https://www.virtual-college.co.uk/news/food-hygiene
/2019/07/aldi-commits-to-plastic-free-packaging
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