Mango outlines sustainable commitments in its 12th report

Spanish fashion retailer Mango has outlined its sustainable and social commitments in its 12th sustainability report, for the financial year 2015.

The updated report, which was made in accordance with the international guidelines of the Global Reporting Initiative, describes in detail all social, economic, employment and environmental aspects undertaken by Mango as part of its commitments. The report also contains a detailed description of the main impacts, risks and opportunities derived from Mango's various sustainable undertakings, whether they are within the environmental, social and employment or quality and safety sphere.

One of the biggest steps taken by Mango, as part of its commitment to carry out its activities in an environmentally-friendly manner, saw the retailer pledge to start using sustainable recycled fibres in it future collections. In 2015 Mango introduced organic cotton to its Mango Women and baby collections, and the retailer has committed to using this fibre as a raw material and use it in all its lines over the next seasons.

In order to help close the cycle of textile waste, Mango launched a pilot project in its stores in Barcelona to collected used and unwanted clothing and footwear for textile recycling with Koopera. The retailer has since rolled out the pilot project to its other stores in Spain.

In addition, Mango reviewed its list of restricted substances and expanded its list beyond the initial 11 groups of chemicals banned as part of the DETOX initiative the retailer signed up to with Greenpeace in 2012 and further offset its greenhouse emissions of its offices and employee transport.

As part of Mango's commitment to society, the Spanish retailer collaborated with various foundations and NGOs in 2015, including Medicins San Frontieres and Active Africa, offering both financial and nonfinancial support in the form of voluntary work and clothing donations. "In the main, these have been initiatives linked to the spheres of development, education, health and integration," explained Mango in the report.

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