Kering adopts first-ever science-based targets for nature globally

Announced during COP16 on October 30th, Kering has set and adopted science-based targets for nature as the next important step to complement and enhance the Group’s long-standing efforts to protect and restore biodiversity. The announcement follows Kering’s participation in the Science Based Targets Network’s (SBTN) year-long corporate pilot, with the Group becoming the first-ever company in the fashion industry and across all sectors globally to adopt both land and freshwater science-based targets for nature.

Encompassing the Group’s direct operations, including Kering-owned tanneries and factories and upstream suppliers, its first freshwater quantity target initially focuses on the Arno basin in Tuscany, where most of the Group’s tanneries and supplier tanneries are located. This basin equals a significant percentage of the Group’s water use across its supply chain. Kering’s science-based targets to address its impact on land covers the same scopes and includes targets to address no conversion of natural ecosystems, to reduce its land footprint, and to engage in materially relevant landscape initiatives.

Discover further details in Kering’s pilot case study.
 

About Kering

A global Luxury group, Kering manages the development of a series of renowned Houses in Fashion, Leather Goods and Jewelry: Gucci, Saint Laurent, Bottega Veneta, Balenciaga, Alexander McQueen, Brioni, Boucheron, Pomellato, DoDo, Qeelin, Ginori 1735 as well as Kering Eyewear and Kering Beauté. By placing creativity at the heart of its strategy, Kering enables its Houses to set new limits in terms of their creative expression while crafting tomorrow’s Luxury in a sustainable and responsible way. We capture these beliefs in our signature: “Empowering Imagination”. In 2023, Kering had over 49,000 employees and revenue of €19.6 billion.