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Hugo Boss, the German luxury fashion house, has had its new emissions targets lit green by the Science-Based Targets Initiative (SBTi), including a goal to reduce operational emissions by 51% by the 2030. According to edie , in 2018, the company signed the UN Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action, along with 44 other companies. The Charter obligated signatories to chart a path to net-zero emissions by 2050, with the intermediate goal of reducing operational emissions by 30% by 2030. Hugo Boss's new targets go beyond the Charter's intermediate promise, and will see Scope 1 (direct) and Scope 2 (energy-related) emissions halved by 2030, compared with the 2018 baseline. According to the company's latest sustainability report, its Scope 1 and 2 emissions were collectively 24% lower in 2019 than in 2018, due to investments in on-site renewable energy generation, renewable electricity procurement and energy efficiency technologies. The year also saw Hugo Boss consolidate and optimize its logistics processes. The fashion house has also set a target of a 30% reduction in its scope 3 (indirect) emissions within the same time frame. Scope 3 emissions represent more than 90% of the company's total emissions footprint, with the bulk related to raw materials and energy use in the manufacturing process.
Regarding raw materials, Hugo Boss has committed to using only sustainably certified cotton through the Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) by 2025 and is part of industry working groups on supply chains. viscose and polyester, linked to deforestation and pollution from the oil industry respectively. He is also a member of the Leather Working Group (LWG) and aims to certify 100% of leather within five years. Regarding Bulgaria Mobile Number List energy use in manufacturing, Hugo Boss is part of the UNFCCC working group on this topic. The company states: Our scope 3 objective can only be achieved if partners are involved in the strategy process and are empowered to make their own contribution to the reduction. As such, the working group aims to create a shared strategy, developed in collaboration with suppliers and other end-user companies. Hugo Boss said in a statement that its new goals "meet the highest standards" and that it will ensure it "plays its part in preventing the worst impacts of climate change." The global fashion industry is believed to be responsible for a tenth of the world's annual carbon emissions. Goal 13: climate action Here the objective focuses on taking urgent measures to combat climate change and its impacts. Various studies share that buildings generate more than 30% of global greenhouse gas emissions and therefore contribute greatly to climate change.
On the other hand, green buildings have great potential to combat it, by offering measures such as energy efficiency. For example, South Africa's Green Star certified buildings save 336 million kilograms of carbon emissions annually , the same as taking 84,000 cars off the roads, helping to limit the effects of climate change. 8. Goal 15: life on earth This objective seeks to sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, halt and reverse land degradation, and halt the loss of biodiversity. In the case of green buildings, the materials that make up a building are key to determining its sustainability. The construction industry and its supply chains have an important role to play in the use of responsibly sourced materials such as wood. Green building certification tools also highlight the need to decrease water use and increase the importance of biodiversity, as well as ensuring it is protected. Because of this, green buildings seek to incorporate this into the space they build in both during and after construction, minimizing damage and designing ways to improve biodiversity. A long and sustainable path… When it comes to the remaining SDGs, the direct links between them and green buildings may be less explicit, but that doesn't mean they don't exist at all. Green buildings have brought to the table a number of educational opportunities created through the process of creating green buildings. The International Labor Organization (ILO) has recognized this opportunity by partnering with Green Building Councils, as in the case of Zambia, to deliver local green jobs programmes.