Mango accelerates its sustainability strategy to adapt to the new European legislation

Mango has accelerated its sustainability strategy to anticipate the new legislation that the EU is preparing for the textile industry.

Thomas Osborne
Thomas Osborne
13 December 2022 Tuesday 07:42
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Mango accelerates its sustainability strategy to adapt to the new European legislation

Mango has accelerated its sustainability strategy to anticipate the new legislation that the EU is preparing for the textile industry. The fashion firm's plan, called 'Sustainable Vision 2030', aims to reduce the company's environmental impact and advance its longer-term forecast of reaching net zero emissions in 2050, he explained on Tuesday in a statement.

The new roadmap updates the criteria and commitments of the firm in this matter, with three main lines of action: product, planet and people.

Mango's sustainable strategy involves the use of more demanding standards in the fashion sector and the alliance with internationally recognized technological, certification and supervision entities, they have commented.

The CEO of Mango, Toni Ruiz, has pointed out that this new strategy is an "integrated transversal axis" of its business strategy and business model that "conditions" decision-making, with the aim of carrying out its activity "with the least possible environmental and social impact.

The fashion firm has a team of more than twenty people directly dedicated to sustainability and Mango already has 75% of the garments with sustainable properties.

With this new strategy, Mango is committed to prioritizing materials with a lower environmental impact and incorporates circular design criteria, with the aim that by 2030 these predominate in the design of its products and that 100% of its fibers are sustainable or recycled.

As an intermediate objective, it foresees that by 2025 100% of the cotton used will be of sustainable origin, 100% of the polyester used will be recycled and that 100% of the cellulosic fibers will be of controlled and traceable origin.

Starting next year, Mango will progressively replace the 'Committed' label on its garments with a QR code that will redirect to its website, where information on the composition, place of design and manufacture of the product can be seen. .

Mango also plans to reach zero net emissions in 2050, reduce its water consumption by 25% in 2030 and is committed to prioritizing the responsible supply of alternative materials and fibers with less environmental impact.

Regarding people, Mango will work to continue its process of auditing its suppliers with the aim of ensuring that adequate working conditions are met in the factories with which it works around the world.

Likewise, the firm will promote social action projects and collaborations with entities such as the Vicente Ferrer Foundation, Doctors Without Borders, the Red Cross, Educo or Save the Children in the coming years, "with the aim of contributing to the social and economic development of the countries where it operates".

In the same way, the company will launch training projects in the coming years, preferably focused on facilitating access to education for children and women in countries such as Bangladesh, India or Pakistan.