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Zara parent Inditex targeted 40 percent recycled materials for its clothing

Peter Majeranowski · Threading the future of circular fashion with Peter Majeranowski of Circ · Sep 7, 2023 · at 27:37

Peter Majeranowski, CEO of Circ, discusses the public sustainability commitments made by major fashion brands like Inditex.

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“Yeah, well, in the text, the parent of Zara just put out their targets where they want to have 40% of their clothing made from recycled sources, an additional 25% from next generation materials, which we would fall in both categories.”

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The claim, plainly

Zara parent company Inditex set targets to have 40% of its clothing made from recycled sources and 25% from next-generation materials.

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Assessment

On July 11, 2023, at its Annual General Meeting, Zara's parent company Inditex publicly announced comprehensive sustainability targets for 2030. The company committed that 100% of the textile fibers used across its brands will have a lower environmental footprint, specifically breaking down the target to approximately 40% from conventional recycling processes and approximately 25% from next-generation materials (alongside 25% from organic/regenerative agriculture and 10% from other preferred sources). This directly matches the claim made on September 7, 2023.

Inditex AGM announcement on July 11, 2023, presenting the 2030 fiber target breakdown of ~40% conventional recycling and ~25% next-generation materials.
Corroborating reporting by Reuters, Just Style, Retail Gazette, and TheIndustry.fashion in July 2023 confirming the 40% recycled / 25% next-generation fiber commitments.

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[1] theindustry.fashion [2] just-style.com [3] sustainability-news.net [4] climateaction.org [5] retaildetail.eu [6] retailgazette.co.uk [7] trellis.net

Inditex July 2023 AGM sustainability targets 40 recycled 25 next-generation materials Inditex sustainability targets 2030 40 conventional recycling 25 next-gen

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