Burberry Unveils Climate Change Goals as Part of Initiative to Become Carbon Neutral by 2022

Meanwhile, there are still far too many people who reject the science outright.

June 26, 2019

In the spirit of building a somewhat sustainable future for all of us inheriting this increasingly swindled planet, Burberry has announced plans for a pair of climate change-battling goals.

Pam Batty, the brand's VP of Corporate Responsibility, said in a statement Tuesday that the efforts at aimed at contributing to the prevention of "catastrophic climate change" in the years ahead.

"At Burberry, we are passionate about building a more sustainable future and setting these new targets in line with the latest climate science is an important milestone for us," Batty said. "For the first time, we are setting targets for greenhouse gas emissions that apply to our extended supply chain, which is a significant addition to our already ambitious target of becoming carbon neutral in our own operational energy use by 2022."

The announced goals, approved by the Science Based Target initiative (SBTi), are as follows:

The reduction of absolute scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 95 percent by 2022
The reduction of absolute scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent by 2030

Scopes 1 and 2 include emissions from practices like gas and electric usage in stores, offices, and manufacturing centers. Scope 3, meanwhile, deals with more indirect emissions, i.e. raw materials sourcing. Together, these goals serve Burberry's overall aim to become carbon neutral by 2022.

Meanwhile, here in the States, the current administration is still busy with its denial campaign of climate science. Earlier this week, for example, Politicolet us know that the Trump administration has "refused to publicize dozens of government-funded studies" related to climate change affects and causes.