Why sustainability is important to us
For almost 30 years, we’ve been working with sustainability. It’s part of our business idea – to offer our customers the best combination of fashion, quality, price and sustainability – and we believe that sustainable fashion should not be limited to the few.
We’ve made a lot of progress, however there is still much more to do. Across our industry, we need to reduce our impact on the climate, improve our social impact and build a better fashion system. And we need to do this transparently.
In this section of our website, you will find information on our goals and how we are going to reach them, as well as the standards and policies that guide our work.
Our focus areas
If you want to dig a bit deeper into our work, explore our focus areas to discover how we are addressing our impact:
Circularity and climate
- Become net-zero across our value chain by 2040, operating within planetary boundaries
- Have a net-positive impact on biodiversity
- Scale circular models and systems for our products, supply chains and customer journeys
Fair and equal
- Have a positive impact on people across our value chain
- Support and promote inclusion and diversity in everything we do
Case studies
Our case studies give examples of how we are reducing environmental impact across our value chain.
New case study: renewable energy in our operations
Power purchase agreements support the construction of four solar parks in Sweden and increase our supply of renewable energy.
New case study: Rooftop solar
Factory roofs are often wasted space. We’re helping our suppliers make the most of this prime real estate and supporting them to install rooftop solar panels.
New case study: transitional solutions
Poor access to renewable energy and unreliable grid connections makes it difficult for some of our suppliers to move away from fossil fuels. Find out how we are using biomass as a transitional solution to start cutting emissions today.
New case study: decarbonising our supply chain
To reach our climate targets we need to decarbonise our supply chain. Find out how we supported a supplier to electrify a factory.
Sustainability essentials
If you are new to our sustainability work, we recommend you visit these pages to get an overview of our work:
- Read an interview and watch a short video with Leyla Ertur, our Director of Sustainability, where she talks about our approach to sustainability, our biggest challenges and our focus areas.
- Discover what others are saying about us on our awards and recognitions page where we list some of the recent reports and rankings that have featured H&M Group.
- Explore our Sustainability Disclosure, where we set out in detail what we have achieved and learnt during the previous year as well as listing what we will focus on in the next.
