TIMELINE
of implementation
The 5-year strategy requires a rigorous timeline for accountability and business-planning. The timeline presents an overview of the
key achievements outlined in the strategy across the 4 priority areas.
2021
2022
2023
2024
· Recruitment process begins for the Sustainability Committee
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· All roles are filled and the Committee is implemented.
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· Sustainability Committee begins to collect collects business, financial, and supplier data to feed into the analysis
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· The Committee follows PwC’s EP&L valuation methodologies to complete the first annual report
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· Environmental Fund: Senior Sustainable Investments Associate is hired and the fund is established.
· Energy Efficiency assessment starts in key buildings across D&G global operations
· Publicly sign the Changing Markets Roadmap and adhere to related disclosures
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· Ongoing supplier engagement to ensure supplier commitment; begin sourcing alternative suppliers if necessary
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· Eliminate fur from all upcoming collections and begin final production and sales of existing fur collections
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· Begin sourcing ethical fur for future collections
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· Join the Leather Working Group
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· Sustainability Committee begins supplier engagement for both cotton and leather
· Cease purchases of non-sustainable packaging materials (plastic, ribbons, bubble wrap, tissue paper) and begin phase-out of existing supplier contracts
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· Partner with Canopy’s Pack4Good Initiative and begin consultation
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· Become a member of the Sustainable Packaging Coalition
· Milan Fashion Week: 1-year partnership starts
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· Climate CoLab: 3-year partnership begins
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· D&E Environmental Fund
· Launch of Environmental Fund
· Online transition starts
· All viscose suppliers are committed to achieving the goals of the Roadmap by 2025 at the latest; suppliers begin to adhere to biannual reporting
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· Design ethical fur collections
· Launch 1st Ethical Fur Collection for the Autumn/Winter season
· Newly implemented Sustainability Committee realises the new packaging strategy with new sustainable suppliers
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· All Single-Use Plastic Packaging Eliminated
· JIT inventory management implemented begins implementation for approximately 14 months (time of a standard concept to consumer cycle)
2025
· Energy efficiency practices in all offices and company buildings
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· Digital Expansion to a New Market in SE Asia
· All viscose supplied to Dolce & Gabbana is sustainably sourced