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Over a decade ago, we launched Fashion with Integrity. Since then, it has guided our approach to business and our drive to be a responsible company that delivers positive benefits for people and minimises its impact on the planet.

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Respecting people, animals and planet with great products that our customers can trust." Our sourcing strategy focuses on three key areas: ethical trading, sustainable sourcing and animal welfare. We care about so much more than just commercial criteria...-->

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At boohoo group plc, we are guided by our values of passion, agility, creativity and teamwork. We pride ourselves on our inclusive culture and team spirit and we believe in operating in a fair and sustainable manner. It is important for us to run our business in a way that benefits all of our stakeholders and we seek to engage with them on a regular basis. We have a proactive programme for delivering our CSR policy which is regularly reviewed and reported upon to the Audit Committee.

As a fast-growing responsible group, we recognise our duty of care to the people involved in the creation of our products. We therefore take our supply chain operations extremely seriously and have a demanding set of procedures and policies to which all suppliers must adhere. We are dedicated to working with our suppliers to help promote better working standards for the future and we hope to lead the way in encouraging an open and transparent supply chain.

The group is a member of SEDEX (the Supplier Ethical Data Exchange), a not-for-profit organisation that provides access to independent and comprehensive third-party audit reports on suppliers and their factories.

Our suppliers are required to undertake a SMETA (SEDEX Members Ethical Trade Audit) to assess the quality of their operations.

SMETA audits are supplemented by regular unannounced audits from our in-house Sourcing and Compliance team who help suppliers ensure they are compliant with law and regulations.

We have an in-house Quality Assurance Team whose remit is to ensure our products are compliant with consumer protection and product safety legislation, including REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation & Restriction of Chemicals) regulations, and are consistent in size.

We require our suppliers to periodically sign compliance letters acknowledging their adherence to our standards and code of conduct. This document also asks for suppliers to ensure sub-contractors meet these requirements. This is periodically reviewed and updated as and when required and is part of Boohoo group's ongoing commitment to improving its supply chain for both 1st and 2nd tier suppliers.

We hold an annual supplier conference and all of our suppliers have access to our supplier manual via a portal to ensure they are aware of boohoo group's standards, policies and procedures.

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Online fashion retailer ASOS is calling on other firms in the sector to take stronger action to eliminate modern slavery from their supply chains, after teaming up with several of its third-party brands to develop a five-point "roadmap".

Published today (26 March) ahead of the House of Lords' Modern Slavery Forum, the call to action urges brands appearing at the event to implement "meaningful" practices to prevent human rights abuses in their supply chains and support the victims of past offences.

Specifically, it recommends that all fashion firms should map modern slavery risks across their own supply chains, train their employees to identify risks and cases on the ground, and work collaboratively to develop tools which help suppliers to eradicate unethical practices.

ASOS is additionally calling on designers, retailers and suppliers to strengthen the statements they publish under the Modern Slavery Act on an annual basis, and to meet each year to provide evidence of the progress they have made and co-create solutions to remaining challenges.

The likes of Dr Martens, Missguided, New Look and River Island have already agreed to take these moves, which will now be presented to brands such as Boohoo, Fred Perry and Marks & Spencer (M&S) at the House of Lords this afternoon. The session will be co-hosted by ASOS and the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Ethics and Sustainability in Fashion's co-chair Baroness Lola Young.

"With a growing legislative focus on modern slavery, there's never been a better time to act together to drive systemic change in the industry," ASOS's chief executive Nick Beighton is expected to tell attendees at the forum.

Baroness Young, meanwhile, is set to explain that making the pledge will "show that there is space for pre-competitive collaboration when it comes to ensuring human rights due diligence".

The event coincides with the publication of ASOS's latest Modern Slavery Act statement - its first since launching a factory list and interactive sourcing map for all tier one and tier three suppliers across its own-brand lines. The 12-page document reveals that ASOS has now achieved all of its 2016-2017 modern slavery commitments, and is now targeting a new set of 2020 goals which also cover its third-party portfolio of brands.

Business in the UK with a turnover of more than £36m are already legally required to publish Modern Slavery Statements, that set out the steps being taken to stop forced labour practices if found in their business and supply chain.
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Fashion is one of the largest industries in the world, employing around 75 million people worldwide and producing 100 billion garments every year.

But for all of its benefits to the global economy, the sector is believed to be the second highest-risk industry for modern slavery after technology and employs thousands of people below their nations' living wage. Indeed, Fashion Revolution claims that none of Europe's 150 largest fashion retailers are transparent about more than 60% of their supply chain activity.

Modern slavery in fashion supply chains has long been a concern for the industry, with one BBC expose having revealed that Syrian refugees earning as little as £1 per hour were working in third-party suppliers in Turkey, linked to a number of high-profile fashion retailers.

More recently, H&M was accused by green campaigners of failing to fulfil a commitment to pay all garment workers enough to keep them above the poverty line.

These trends have spurred a wave of awareness of the issue among policymakers and consumers alike, leading many large fashion retailers, brands and designers to bolster their human rights practices. A coalition of the UK's largest fashion retailers, including John Lewis and M&S, for example, recently partnered with the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority and UK Government's Modern Slavery Taskforce to help reduce forced labour risks in the sector. Similarly, the likes of Adidas, Gap and Primark have all expanded their social sustainability and responsible sourcing policies in recent months.

Looking to the near future, MPs are set to meet on Wednesday (27 March) for the first in a s tring of discussions on how policy can be altered to best help victims of modern slavery across the UK. They are expected to back plans to increase the amount of time for which a person who has been confirmed a victim of modern slavery can receive Government support, which currently stands at just 14 days.
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ASOS adds responsible filter for eco friendly items - with customer feedback online

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ASOS introduces a new 'responsible edit' to allow shoppers to search for recycled or sustainable clothing - amid backlash against fast fashion

The popular online retailer has been known mainly as a fast fashion brand

However it's become one of the first clothing companies to make the eco move

Customers can now select recycled or sustainable clothes using a clear filter

ASOS has launched a 'responsible' filter, allowing enviro-friendly customers to choose recycled and sustainably sourced clothes.

The online retailer has been known mainly as a fast fashion brand - producing vast quantities of cheap clothes for the mass market.

However it has become one of the first clothing companies to allow eco-conscious fashion-lovers to pick responsibly-made garments.

Customers can now select recycled or sustainable clothes, in a filter at the top of the page.

Recycled items will be made of reused plastics, textiles and waste.

Clothes in the sustainable section are made with specially sourced fabrics, that use less water.

It follows a trend for consumers demanding more ethically-sourced clothes.

Figures show the UK chucks away a million tonnes of textiles every year, and sends £140 million worth of clothes to landfill.

An ASOS spokesman explained: 'We wanted to introduce you to our brand new responsible edit, a one-stop home for all the environmentally conscious clothing and accessories available at ASOS.

'At the same time, we're also launching a responsible filter - a new way for customers to shop products made with more sustainable and recycled materials, whatever they're looking for.

'Look out for recycled goods, where waste, plastic and textiles have been recreated as new products, and sustainably sourced fibres and fabrics, which use less water and are better for the environment.

'We know there's so much more for us to do, and we want to make it as easy as possible for our customers to shop responsibly, so we're looking forward to sharing more in future.'

But critics want ASOS to go further.

Besma Whayeb, an ethical fashion blogger and green action ambassador for the Government, believes the online giant could give more information about where the clothes are sourced from.

She said: 'ASOS has dumped all of their own-brand collections into their Responsible Edit, as they're part of the Better Cotton Initiative (BCI).

'Put simply, ASOS sources cotton that is generally made in a more ethical way, but in my opinion that doesn't make their pieces responsible.

'I don't know anything about their labour practices for garment workers, or items made from anything other than cotton.'

Besma blasted: 'Is this how lazy greenwashing is these days?'

She added: 'If you are going to shop on ASOS, I'd recommend shopping from other third-party ethical brands.

'Oddly, many of these didn't make it into the edit at all.'

Currently around 1% of the 54,000 clothing items on the website are classed as recycled, and 17% sustainable.

Some sections such as jumpers and tracksuits have no recycled or sustainable clothes in them.

A lot of fashionistas on Twitter praised the move.

Jenni Renshaw wrote: 'Well done ASOS, loving the new 'responsible' filter on your app.'

User Mrs Conway posted: 'What an amazing filter to have ASOS, leading from the front.

'Maybe people who have never thought about these things before, will notice and learn a bit about it.'

The move follows a number of brands that have branched out into making recycled clothes, including Stella McCartney and George at Asda.

There was outrage at the fashion world last year when it emerged Burberry burnt millions of pounds of unsold clothes and perfume to maintain exclusivity.

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The popular online retailer has been known mainly as a fast fashion brand However it's become one of the first clothing companies to make the eco move Customers can now select recycled or sustainable clothes using a clear filter ASOS has launched a 'responsible' filter, allowing enviro-friendly customers to choose recycled and sustainably sourced clothes.

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ASOS Set To Launch Clothing Recycling Scheme

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It just got a lot easier to cut down on your fashion waste.

High street brands such as H&M, Zara and M&S have joined more than 100 other fashion names in agreeing to the 2020 Circular Fashion System Commitment, a promise to make their processes more sustainable in the next two years.

As part of this scheme, ASOS will be launching a clothing recycling collection scheme for customers in the UK and Germany, joining brands such as H&M and M&S, which already run garment collection programmes.

The 2020 Circular Fashion System Commitment, called for by sustainable fashion forum Global Fashion Agenda, was signed by 64 companies, which comprise 142 brands and 7.5% of the global fashion market.

The Commitment plans to tackle particular areas of fashion to make them more "circular", including the reselling of used garments and developing recycled textile fibres.

Over the next two years, ASOS has also committed to increasing the amount of post-consumer recycled materials used to make its clothes, and eradicating those that cannot be recycled from their supply chain.

H&M will ensure that 40-60% of all used clothing garments collected in store will be resold and reused, as part of a partnership with global innovator for clothing collection and recycling, I:CO.

Brands owned by fashion retailer Inditex, such as Zara, Pull & Bear and Bershka, have also joined and promise that 2,000 stores will have an active garment collection scheme in partnership with local, non-profit organisations who can redistribute and recycle the garments.

Every brand has its own approved individual targets, and an in-depth report of each brand's efforts is due to be published in May.

So, we can expect to see a lot more collection points for your unwanted clothes popping up on the high street.

A full list of all the Commitment's signatories can be found here.

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It just got a lot easier to cut down on your fashion waste. High street brands such as H&M, Zara and M&S have joined more than 100 other fashion names in agreeing to the 2020 Circular Fashion System Commitment, a promise to make their processes more sustainable in the next two years.

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Read our Fashion with Integrity Strategy Update for more detail on our targets and commitments, definitions, and methodologies

Fashion with Integrity (FWI) is our strategy for managing sustainability and corporate responsibility at ASOS.

First launched in 2010, our latest evolution of FWI landed in 2024. We've updated our strategy to reflect the latest best practice, upcoming regulations, and changes to our business model and operating context.

We recognise our responsibility for reducing our impact on the environment and protecting the people in our supply chain.

We've set a series of targets and commitments within our FWI strategy, focused on three key pillars: Planet, Product, and People.

Planet

Our Planet pillar, and its Climate & Nature focus area, encompasses the work we're doing - and will do in future - to reduce the impact that our operations and value chain have on the environment and on natural ecosystems.

Product

Through our Product pillar, we want to make designing circular and more sustainable products business as usual, supporting us to create positive change across a product's lifetime. We've developed a circularity framework to guide our Product pillar and support our teams to implement circularity. This is split into three subcategories, which form the focus areas of our Product pillar: Raw Materials; Design & Production; and Use & Recovery.

People

Our People pillar covers the work we do to protect and support the Human Rights of the people who make our clothes; and our work to enhance Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion within ASOS and for our communities and customers.

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Sustainable Sourcing Partnerships - ASOS plc

We've partnered with a number of working groups and organisations to help us measure, reduce and report on the environmental impacts of our products throughout their life cycle.

ASOS is committed to sharing what we learn in our own business, and to supporting cross-industry initiatives that will catalyse progress and minimise the burden on suppliers.

Tara Luckman
Senior Sustainability Manager, ASOS

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We've partnered with a number of working groups and organisations to help us measure, reduce and report on the environmental impacts of our products throughout their life cycle. ASOS is committed to sharing what we learn in our own business, and to supporting cross-industry initiatives that will catalyse progress and minimise the burden on suppliers.

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ASOS firmly believes it is not acceptable for animals to suffer in the name of fashion or cosmetics. No animals should be slaughtered specifically to produce products sold through any of ASOS' websites. All animal materials used must be by-products of the meat industry.

ASOS is committed to working with industry expert groups to support the ongoing research, development and implementation of animal welfare standards and transparency in the leather supply chain. ASOS is a member of the Leather Working Group and is working towards sourcing all skins from LWG rated tanneries, to ensure good environmental compliance and traceability.

ASOS requires animal material suppliers to adopt industry best practice rearing, transportation and slaughter standards, based on the internationally recognised Five Freedoms which recommend animals should be afforded: 1. freedom from hunger and thirst; 2. freedom from discomfort; 3. freedom from pain, injury and disease; 4. freedom to express normal behaviour; 5. freedom from fear and distress.

Animal products and synthetic materials made to look like animal products must be clearly labelled as faux on the product description and care label to avoid confusion.

ASOS requires ASOS Brand suppliers and brands to provide information on the name of the species of animal used in our products (both common and scientific name) and the country of origin of where the animal was reared.

All ASOS Brand suppliers, brands (including Outlet) and marketplace sellers are required to comply with the points raised in this policy.

THE FOLLOWING ANIMAL MATERIALS MUST NOT BE USED IN PRODUCTS SOLD THROUGH ANY OF ASOS' WEBSITES:

MATERIAL CURRENT POLICY UPDATES WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT - no further orders will be placed for products containing these materials and our site will be free of these materials by the end of January 2019

VULNERABLE AND ENDANGERED SPECIES
Materials derived from vulnerable or endangered species appearing on either the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) or the Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) lists must not be used in products sold through any of ASOS' websites.

FUR
Real fur or pelts must not be used in products sold through any of ASOS' websites. This includes Mongolian lambs fur and Karakul lambskin pelts from aborted or new born lambs.

FEATHERS & DOWN

Feathers and down must not be used in our own-label products. This includes down insulated garments, as well as feathers used in trims, jewellery and other accessories.

ASOS encourages brands to use synthetic alternatives to feathers and down in their products. Only products from brands that are able to provide Responsible Down Standard (RDS) and Traceable Down Standard (TDS) certified down, can be sold on ASOS.com.

Feathers and down must not be used in products sold through any of ASOS' websites.

ANGORA & OTHER RABBIT HAIR
Angora and other rabbit hair must not be used in products sold through any of ASOS' websites.

MOHAIR AND CASHMERE

Cashmere and mohair must be sourced from producers with good animal husbandry.

Hair must not be harvested by live plucking.

ASOS encourages suppliers to consider using recycled cashmere to help reduce the environmental impact of cashmere goat flocks.

Mohair and Cashmere must not be used in products sold through any of ASOS' websites.

SILK
Silk must not be used in products sold through any of ASOS' websites.

BONE, HORN, SHELL (including MOTHER OF PEARL) & TEETH

Bone, horn, shell and teeth must not be used in any own-label products.

Brands should provide evidence of responsible sourcing.

Bone, horn, shell (including mother of pearl) and teeth must not be used in products sold through any of ASOS' websites.

THE FOLLOWING ANIMAL MATERIALS CAN BE USED IN PRODUCTS SOLD THROUGH ANY OF ASOS' WEBSITES, WITH SOME EXCEPTIONS:

LEATHER & SKIN

Only cow, buffalo, sheep, goat or pig leather or skin, sourced as a by-product of the meat industry and from producers with good animal husbandry can be used in products sold through any of ASOS' websites.

Leather or skin must not be obtained from aborted animals i.e. slink and karakul, whilse the animal is still alive or from calves or lambs.

Leather or skin must not be obtained from animals kept in confinement systems i.e in veal or sow crates.

Leather or skin must not be obtained from wild-caught animals, exotic animals or vulnerable and endangered species.

ASOS is a member of the Leather Working Group and is working towards sourcing all skins from LWG rated tanneries. The LWG audit assesses environmental performance and contains a measure on transparency which is an area for continuous improvement.

WOOL

Sheep and lamb wool must be sourced from producers with good animal husbandry.

Merino wool must not be sourced from farmers who practice mulesing.

ASOS encourages all suppliers to source wool from Responsible Wool Standard (RWS) certified farmers.

OTHER ANIMAL HAIR

Only cow, buffalo, yak, horse, goat, pig and alpaca hair from producers with good animal husbandry can be used in products sold through any of ASOS' websites.

Hair must not be obtained from vulnerable or endangered species.

Hair must not be harvested by live plucking.

Animal hair must not be used in make up or shaving brushes. Synthetic alternatives must be clearly labelled as synthetic.

ANIMAL TESTING

ASOS Make-Up is not tested on animals.

In accordance with the EU animal testing ban that came into effect on 11th March 2013, brands selling cosmetic products in the EU through any of ASOS' websites must comply with the requirements of EU law.

Some beauty brands sold through ASOS.com, who also sell their products through other channels, may still be testing on animals if required by local market regulations. ASOS is committed to working with the industry to achieve a worldwide ban on animal testing.

ANIMAL IMAGERY

Animal imagery or materials featured on products sold through any of ASOS' websites or used for marketing, production and communication purposes must be sensitive to animal welfare issues, such as the depiction of animals in captivity, and must comply with ASOS' Animal Welfare Policy.

Animals and animal derived materials which are banned from ASOS products must not be used for marketing, production and communication purposes.

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Our policy The ASOS Animal Welfare Policy applies to all products sold through any of ASOS's websites, including ASOS Brands, Brands, Outlet and Marketplace traders. Suppliers must not use the following animal derived materials: any part of vulnerable, endangered, exotic or wild-caught species fur, including Mongolian

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The Better Cotton Initiative
The Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) is a not-for-profit organisation that stewards the global standards for Better Cotton and brings together cotton's complex supply chain, from the farmers to the retailers.

The life-cycle analysis work we carried out on our products revealed that cotton was the most resource-intensive natural material we use, so we have set ourselves a target of sourcing 100% more sustainable cotton for ASOS Brands ranges by 2025.

BCI exists to make global cotton production better for the people who produce it, better for the environment it grows in and better for the sector's future, by developing Better Cotton as a sustainable main-stream commodity.

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Better Cotton Initiative

71% More sustainable cotton sourced for our own brand products in 2017 (as defined by BCI, CmiA, recycled and organic cotton)

100% More sustainable cotton sourced for our own brand products by 2025

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Our charity work

At boohoo we believe in giving back to the communities and countries where we do business. Our people tell us that they want to work for a brand that reflects their values and our customers want to know that we are a responsible business.

Our charity work consists of three parts:

Fundraising: supporting our people in raising money for the issues they care about

Awareness raising: using our reach to celebrate events like Manchester Pride

Ad-hoc giving: Responding to the needs of communities, whether donating 250 laptops and 40 imacs to help children learn from home during lockdown or donating cash to the brave firefighters tackling the wild fires in Australia

As a global business, our programme already reaches people in all corners of the world but we want to do more. That's why we are working behind the scenes to develop an even bigger charity programme. We're aiming to launch this in the second half of 2021 so keep an eye out for more details.

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Sustainability Plan | Fashion Ready For The Future | boohoo UK

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We're facing up to the future - doing more for our clothes, suppliers, communities and the environment. Discover boohoo's sustainability plan here.

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Sustainable Sourcing Partnerships - ASOS plc

We've partnered with a number of working groups and organisations to help us measure, reduce and report on the environmental impacts of our products throughout their life cycle.

ASOS is committed to sharing what we learn in our own business, and to supporting cross-industry initiatives that will catalyse progress and minimise the burden on suppliers.

Tara Luckman
Senior Sustainability Manager, ASOS

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BooHoo Fashionable recycled clothing range

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Online clothing retailer Boohoo has launched its first dedicated recycled clothing range in an effort to become a more sustainable business.

The "For the Future" range is comprised of 34 pieces made from recycled polyester, which the retailer says is plastic that has been directed away from landfill and repurposed to produce new yarn.

The pieces include coordinated sets, dresses and bodysuits in sizes 6-24 and prices range from £8-£25.

The range follows the likes of H&M's "Conscious" and Zara's "Join Life" lines which purport to provide more eco-friendly fashion options.

The fashion range was launched on the same day the government rejected the recommendations of the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) on ending the culture of throwaway fashion.

However, Boohoo came under scrutiny in the EAC report for its ethical standards.

The committee heard claims the buying practices of some online fashion retailers including Boohoo were putting UK clothing manufacturers in a position where they can only afford to pay garment workers illegally low wages, however Boohoo denied this saying it lawfully produces affordable garments.

Boohoo says the new range is "not just a one off" and that it will continually add new collections as "the business works toward offering the customer a wider range of sustainable fashion options".

Group Founder Carol Kane commented: "We are consistently listening to our customers and have been working on developing a recycled offering for some time."

The retailer has also partnered up with a recycling app to encourage customers to send their clothes to be recycled in return for rewards and says it has already seen up to 60,000 garments being returned each month.

Stella Claxton from the Clothing Sustainability Research Group at Nottingham Trent University, who gave evidence to the Environmental Audit Committee, said the brand's initiative is a positive step but needs to be part of a joined-up approach to drive sustainability.

She also pointed out that plastic pollution is still an issue as recycled polyester still sheds fibres in the wash.

"It's an encouraging sign of the brand beginning to engage in sustainable clothing strategies," she said.

"However, the problem of clothing waste driven by rising volumes and lower prices in recent years is unlikely to be addressed by these types of initiatives."

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Sustainable training programme

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Asos has launched a sustainable training programme for its design team in a bid to encourage environmentally conscious business practices.

The pilot course - which is in partnership with the London College of Fashion's Centre for Sustainable Fashion - ticks off one of the 2020 Circular Fashion Commitments that Asos pledged to achieve at the Copenhagen Fashion Summit in 2017.

The breakthrough trial will see 15 members of Asos's design team attend half-day workshops and discussions where they will explore concepts and practical applications of circular design with researchers from the CSF team.

The aim of the initiative is to help the fashion company eventually produce sustainable items using end-to-end design techniques.

"With this pilot we're making sure our designers have the knowledge and skills they need to put sustainability and circularity into practice," Vanessa Spence, design director at Asos, explained. "It's a vital step on our journey to designing products with circularity in mind right from the start, which will ensure that they are made responsibly, remain in use for as long as possible once they're sold, and don't cause unnecessary waste at the end of their lives."

Ellen MacCarthur, who launched the Ellen MacArthur Foundation to encourage a more sustainable future, added: "We need to paint a vision of what a circular economy can look like. In a time of creativity and innovation, why would we ever turn anything into waste?"

The news comes just weeks after the online powerhouse pledged to ban the use of cashmere, silk, feathers and mohair by the end of January 2019.

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Asos has launched a sustainable training programme for its design team in a bid to encourage environmentally conscious business practices. The pilot course - which is in partnership with the London College of Fashion's Centre for Sustainable Fashion - ticks off one of the 2020 Circular Fashion Commitments that Asos pledged to achieve at the Copenhagen Fashion Summit in 2017.

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H&M Group recognises that single-use packaging, whether plastics or paper, currently exerts an impact on ecosystems at the resource extraction point, during production and in the disposal. Addressing this requires a holistic approach and includes changes in packaging use, sourcing, production and end-of-product-use management to support the shift away from single-use plastics and enable the conservation of ancient and endangered forests concurrently.

Therefore, we proudly support our partner Canopy's Pack4Good Initiative, and commit to:

* Ensure the paper-based packaging we use does not include fibre sourced from Ancient and Endangered Forests by the end of 2022.
* Prioritise innovative packaging design to reduce overall material needs.
* Give preference to paper-based packaging with high-recycled content, specifically post-consumer waste content.
* Source forest fibre from forests certified under the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) system, including any plantation fibre, when recycled fibre and agricultural residue fibre is unattainable.

For a full list of commitments, please see our company statement.

For more information on the Pack4Good initiative, please visit Canopy.

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H&M Group recognises that single-use packaging, whether plastics or paper, currently exerts an impact on ecosystems at the resource extraction point, during production and in the disposal. Addressing this requires a holistic approach and includes changes in packaging use, sourcing, production and end-of-product-use management to support the shift away from single-use plastics and enable the conservation of ancient and endangered forests concurrently.

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The Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) combine the experience of an established index provider with the expertise of a specialist in sustainable investing to select the most sustainable companies from across 61 industries.

"H&M Group is proud to once again be included in the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index and the Europe Index. This is a strong recognition for our high ambitions on the mission to transform our business and the fashion industry to becoming fully circular, climate positive and a fair partner to all the people around us."

Anna Gedda, Head of Sustainability H&M Group

The DJSI family of index was launched in 1999 as the first global sustainability benchmark and tracks the stock performance of the world's leading companies in terms of economic, environmental and social criteria.

Read more about the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices

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H&M Group qualifies for Dow Jones Sustainability Index

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For the seventh year in a row H&M Group has been included in the prestigious Dow Jones Sustainability World Index. That the group has once again qualified among top 10% of global sustainability leaders is a strong fact-based recognition of its ambitions and efforts.

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Women's Clothing & Fashion | Women's Clothes | H&M GB

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Refresh your daily rotation with our women's clothing range. With the freshest styles available all in one place, you can expect everyday basics, like women's tops and skirts, as well as must-have knitwear and cosy loungewear for downtime days. Plans to go out?

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