In 2017, we joined forces with the British Fashion Council and the Mayor of London to bring the fashion industry together to encourage a SWITCH to a renewable energy supplier or to a renewable energy tariff by 2020.
Since then, all but three of our directly operated stores and offices in the UK have switched to a renewable energy provider, Ecotricity. Our Italian boutique and office run on renewable energy, and we’re actively seeking alternatives in France. Where infrastructure permits to do so, we have a plan in place to switch to 100% renewable energy by 2026.
Our SWITCH to Green campaign brought together twenty UK brands in its first year managing to source a total of 355 million estimated kilowatt hours from green energy. This is the equivalent of 125 tonnes of CO2 emissions being avoided across their Scope 1 and 2 emissions.
We are extending the campaign to our Scope 3 emissions and are supporting our supply chain partners in Italy to switch to a renewable energy supplier where one is not already in place, with our renewable energy partner èNostra.
Further to this, we are mapping energy practices across our supply chains starting with our direct suppliers, identifying points of improvement and encouraging the switch to a renewable energy tariff.
‘FIRST STEP TO SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT: SWITCH TO GREEN ENERGY. WE MUST RELY ON COOPERATION AND COLLABORATION TO MAXIMIZE OUR IMPACT AND WE MUST ACT NOW!
WHAT'S GOOD FOR THE PLANET IS GOOD FOR THE ECONOMY.’
— Vivienne Westwood
