Planet

In FY 2024/25, we worked with our Tier 1 and Tier 2 supply chain partners to identify decarbonisation opportunities, including ways to increase energy efficiency, transition to renewable energy and phase out fossil fuels. Through this engagement we were able to reinforce awareness about our carbon reduction targets and emphasise the critical role our partners play in achieving them.

As a member of The Fashion Pact, we collaborate with peers through its European Accelerator Programme. The programme’s aim is to enable more informed decision-making, with a focus on developing harmonised environmental data points covering energy, water and waste to ease the increasing reporting burden on suppliers while also improving access to quality primary data for brands. 

As part of our contribution to global efforts to tackle nature loss, we have supported a variety of programmes over the last two years in Mainland China. For example, the Burberry Youth Sustainable Development Fund is a three-year programme aimed at raising awareness of sustainability and environmental protection among young groups while working to protect forests, especially in rural regions of northwest Mainland China. In partnership with the Hainan Reform and Development Research Foundation, we launched a three-year ecological and conservation programme to preserve the Hainan island’s tropical forestry, mangrove forests, and habitats.

In FY 2024/25, we maintained the progress made in previous financial years, with 100% of the electricity we consumed matched with an equivalent amount sourced from renewable tariffs and Energy Attribute Certificates, or generated through on-site renewables, including solar panels installed at select sites in the UK, Italy and the USA.

Delivery of our Scope 1 and 2 emissions reduction target continues to be supported by ensuring our buildings meet high energy efficiency standards. In FY 2024/25, we obtained the LEED Gold certification in 28 additional stores and the BREEAM Excellent certification at one more location, making a total of 134 certified sites since FY 2018/19.

Within our supply chain, we are also working closely with our manufacturing partners to promote energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy.

Our Water Conservation programme focuses on increasing resource efficiency, reducing our water impacts and increasing water resilience in our manufacturing operations. Core to this is our Water Resilience Assessment, which acts as a roadmap for our supply chain partners to improve water management by promoting a better understanding of their water demand, driving water efficiency and water recycling, and encouraging greater disclosure.

We are also members of Corporate Water Leaders (CWL), a global network of working groups led by Global Water Intelligence (GWI) and part of their Textile and Leather working group, collaborating with others across the fashion industry on water stewardship.