Sustainable Development Goals

Burberry Ongoing Contribution

Annual donations and crisis relief responses around the world and to food charities 

FY 2021/22 highlights

• Donations to FareShare, The Felix Project and The Trussell Trust
• Donations to the The British Red Cross, Save the Children and the Trussell Trust whose Ukraine Crisis Appeals involved the distribution of food to Ukrainian refugees

Burberry Ongoing Contribution

Global Health and Safety Policy, Holistic Global Wellbeing programme, including Mental Health training and Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), Human Rights Policy, COVID-19 Risk Assessment, mitigating actions following findings from the Human Rights Impact Assessment. Confidential hotlines run by non-governmental orgnanisations (NGOs) for workers in our supply chain, Model Wellbeing Policy

FY 2021/22 highlights

• Global Parental Leave Policy with equalised leave for all new parents
• Time to Change Pledge
• Provided key vendors with mental health coaching sessions to support team members throughout the pandemic 
• Donation to UNICEF’s COVAX Appeal

Burberry Ongoing Contribution

Burberry Inspire in the UK and New York, Burberry and the Burberry Foundation partnerships

FY 2021/22 highlights

• Continued donating ReBurberry Fabrics to fashion students with the British Fashion Council
• Supported a new teachers’ National Professional Qualification programme via the Teach First partnership Partnered with Marcus Rachford and charitable initiatives around the globe to provide youth with access to literacy skills and safe spaces

Burberry Ongoing Contribution

New ambition to be the best place to work for women in the industry, a skilled and balanced Board, , , endorse the UN Women’s Empowerment Principles, global Diversity and Inclusion Policy and strategy, equal Global Parental Leave Policy for all colleagues around the world

FY 2021/22 highlights

• Launched a new ambition to be the best place to work for women in the industry
• Featured as Best Performer in the inaugural FTSE Women Leaders report
• Recognised in the Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index for the second consecutive year
• Mentioned as Best Practice Leader in the European Women on Boards Gender Equality Index

Burberry Ongoing Contribution

Supply chain water conservation and reduction programme

FY 2021/22 highlights

• Continued to roll-out water resilience assessments across the supply chain
• Mapped our supply chain’s potential water risks
• Worked with suppliers to assess their water resilience via our Water Partner Progress Tool 
• Conducted 183 Chemical Management assessments overall

Burberry Ongoing Contribution

Member of RE100 and achieved 100% renewable electricity in 2022 and encouraged our suppliers to do the same. Our target is to be Climate Positive by 2040

FY 2021/22 highlights

• Achieved 100% renewable electricity coverage across our own operational footprint Apparel Impact Institute (Aii) energy efficiency programme in Italyy
  

Burberry Ongoing Contribution

UK Living Wage Accreditation and steering group member of the Global Living Wage Initiative, Ethical Trading Code of Conduct, Ethical Trading Programme, Vendor Ownership Programme in UK and Italy, Responsible Business Principles, ethical trade audits

FY 2021/22 highlights

• Engaged with our supply chain partners and conducted assessments of key risk areas in our raw material supply chains
• Provided skills and capacity training programme for workers and management teams in our product manufacturing supply chain

Burberry Ongoing Contribution

Advisors to Future Fashion Factory programme, led by University of Leeds

FY 2021/22 highlights

• Design innovation, such as 3D model sampling for products
• Artificial Intelligence utilised for product ordering

Burberry Ongoing Contribution

Global Diversity and Inclusion Policy, Burberry and The Burberry Foundation partnerships, Oxfam Italy, Teach First, The Careers & Enterprise Company, Connectr, Burberry Inspire, The Royal College of Art, London Youth, , initiatives to support global disability efforts and LGBTQ+ community as part of the Diversity and Inclusion strategy, Cultural Advisory Committee and Global Living Wage Initiative, the National Literacy Trust

FY 2021/22 highlights

• Included in Bloomberg’s Gender-Equality Index 2021 and joined Valuable 500, Business Disability Forum 
• Signatory of the UN Women’s Empowerment Principles
• Winner of the Third Sector Business Charity Awards Mid-Term Partnership between the Burberry Foundation, Teach First and the Careers and Enterprise Company

Burberry Ongoing Contribution

Target to obtain sustainable building standards LEED (Platinum or Gold) and BREEAM (Excellent or Outstanding)  in construction, underpinning the sustainability and efficiency of our buildings

FY 2021/22 highlights

• Issued luxury’s first Sustainability Bond, which includes green buildings criteria

Burberry Ongoing Contribution

Zero operational waste sent to landfill from key sites, stretching traceability and sustainable raw material targets, The ZDHC Foundation board member, Global Canopy, Leather Working Group, Elvis & Kresse and Progetto Quid

FY 2021/22 highlights

• Committed to no destruction of unsaleable finished products, and a zero-waste mindsett across our organisation
• At least 40% of the packaging material is made from FSC TM certified paper and recycled materials, including 66 million recycled coffee cups since launch of new packaging
• 92% of Burberry leather products were made from tanneries with environmental, social and traceability certifications
• 100% of cotton was procured more sustainably
• Rolled out a Leather Refresh service globally
• Introduced a Trench Refresh service
• Digital Design Team efforts on new Aftercare page on Burberry.com

Burberry Ongoing Contribution

Goal to be Climate Positive by 2040, RE100 member, and 100% renewable electricity goal by 2022, Science Based Targets, Stretching traceability and sustainable raw material targets

FY 2021/22 highlights

• Launched new Climate Positive goal
• Carbon-neutral certified runway shows and events since 2019
• Achieved  our 100% renewable electricity commitment and a carbon neutral footprint in our own operations globally 
• Ranked by CDP in the Leadership band for Climate Change
• Recognised in the CDP Supplier Engagement Leaderboard, for our success in stimulating demand for renewable energy throughout our global supply chain. 
• Advancing our climate change risk reporting as a signatory of the TCFD

Burberry Ongoing Contribution

CEO is a steering committee member of The Fashion Pact

FY 2021/22 highlights

• Member of the corporate engagement programme of the Science Based Targets for Nature initiative

Burberry Ongoing Contribution

Stretching sustainable materials targets, new Biodiversity Strategy, The Burberry Regeneration Fund), Global Canopy

FY 2021/22 highlights

• Launched new biodiversity strategy to support global conservation efforts
• New partnership with Savory Institute’s Land to Market programme, facilitating regeneration of the world’s grasslands in the leather supply chain and the livelihoods of their inhabitants
• Partnered with PUR Projet to launch a programme aimed at supporting regenerative agricultural practices
• Partnered with The Biodiversity Consultancy to apply Nature Based Solution Principles and Guidelines to Regeneration Fund projects
• Invested in the global Lowering Emissions by Accelerating Forest finance (LEAF) Coalition to support the end of deforestation in tropical and subtropical forest countries.
• Member of the corporate engagement programme of the Science Based Targets for Nature initiative

Burberry Ongoing Contribution

Code of Conduct, Responsible Business Principles, Human Rights Policy and being a signatory to the UN Global Compact

FY 2021/22 highlights

• Celebrated Pride and continue longstanding support for LGBTQ+ communities

Burberry Ongoing Contribution

Stakeholder engagement

FY 2021/22 highlights

• Supported COVID-19 relief efforts
• In the lead-up to COP26, we contributed to UN Climate Change and Race to Zero’s “Decarbonising Fashion Milestones” document and joined the sector’s leading voices on climate to discuss net zero measures