The Path to Sustainability

Our Path to Sustainability launched in March 2021 and lays out a comprehensive set of targets, concentrating on four key areas: Responsible Sourcing; Community Care; Reducing Emissions; and Increased Circularity.

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Our Commitments

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To acknowledge our shortcomings and continually improve

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To ensure our practices and policies exceed regulatory requirements

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To quantitatively measure our impact and work with industry regulators

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To better our sourcing and processing of raw materials

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To apply our high standards to all our suppliers and partners

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To share updates on our progress with our customers, employees and partners

Responsible Sourcing

Responsible Sourcing

Long Term

• Make PS Paul Smith an 100% Sun Logo collection

• Use only organic or recycled cotton, verified by supporting industry leading standards such as GOTS and Textile Exchange standards

• Use only recycled (not virgin) synthetic fibres

• Source all leather from LWG, I.CE.I or ISO 14001 certified suppliers

• Source all wool, mohair, alpaca wool and down in a responsible way by supporting Textile Exchange standard

• We do not test on animals or accept any products or components that have been tested on animals and do not use species listed in the CITES Appendices

• All animal-derived materials must be sourced from farms with good animal husbandry

This Year

• Introduce eco-friendly wholesale and warehouse packaging

• Become a member of the Leather Working Group

• Become a Responsible Wool Standard certified trader

Achievements

• Became a Global Organic Textile Standard certified trader (GOTS)

• 38% of our SS22 production carried the Sun Logo

• 47% of our SS22 cotton products used organically grown cotton

• 41% of our SS22 leather products used leather from Leather Working Group rated suppliers

• Launched our eco-friendly retail packaging which is 100% recyclable and contains 40% post-consumer waste

Community Care

Community Care

Next Year

• Implement a supplier risk assessment improvement programme

• Improve Higg Index BRM module social and environmental scores

This Year

• Implement a digital supplier risk assessment platform

• Develop a supplier risk assessment improvement programme

• Complete the Higg Index BRM

Achievements

• Introduced modern slavery training

• Updated our Supplier Code of Conduct to include migrant worker and environmental policies

• Established an employee Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Group

• Established an internal Sustainability Ambassador Group

• Completed the Sustainable Apparel Coalition’s Higg Index Brand Retail Module

Reducing Emissions

Reducing Emissions

Long Term

• Achieve 100% renewal energy tariffs in all directly operated Paul Smith buildings

• Achieve carbon neutral distribution globally

This Year

• Measure our carbon emissions in line with Green House Gas protocol

• Set carbon reduction targets using our base line of financial year 2021/2022

Achievements

• 55% of our premises are on renewable energy electricity tariffs

• 100% of our UK premises are on green gas tariffs

• Installed LED lights in all new shop fits and re-fits

• Published a company-wide environmental policy

Increased Circularity

Increased Circularity

Long Terme

• Achieve zero waste to landfill globally

Next Year

• Roll out a global repair service

This Year

• In October 2022 we launched our Repair, Restore and Refresh service in all UK shops.

• Conduct an internal waste audit to identify re-use and recycle opportunities

• Develop and launch a repair service for customers in the UK

• Develop a guide for shop fits and strip outs to reduce waste and encourage circular and recycled design

Achievements

• Zero waste to landfill from our Nottingham office and warehouse

• Added fabric recycling bins in our design studios

• Used leftover and surplus fabric to make shopping bags, gift bags and face masks

• Placed a ban on sending stock to landfill

• Developed a repair, reuse and recycle policy for products that cannot be sold

For more information, or if you have any questions about sustainability at Paul Smith, please contact: sustainability@paulsmith.co.uk