The report highlights Zalando's progress toward its sustainability vision of being a sustainable fashion platform with a net-positive impact for people and the planet. The company achieved carbon neutrality in its own operations and deliveries, returns, and packaging and set ambitious science-based targets to reduce its emissions by 80% by 2025. The report also highlights Zalando's commitment to ethical sourcing, including its work to increase the share of more sustainable products in its assortment and to eliminate human rights violations in its supply chain. The company achieved a 19% reduction in Scope 3 GHG emissions from private label products. In addition, Zalando launched its first circularity strategy and extended the life of over 340,000 fashion products. The report concludes with a look ahead at Zalando's plans for the future, including its commitment to developing an industry-wide standard for sustainability ratings, and to preparing its workforce for the future.
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Zalando SE 2020 Sustainability Progress Report
Issuing Company Zalando SE
Report Type Sustainability Report
Report Language EN
Report Filesize 8.1 MB
No. of Pages 75 pages
Reporting periodJanuary 1, 2020-December 31, 2020
Report Edition1
Assurance Provider Ernst & Young (EY)
Reporting Standards GRI; CSR-RUG; CDP; others
Materiality Assessmenttrue