Canada Goose Holdings, which is taking a break from parkas to make 60,000 medical gowns a week for the coronavirus fight, is still working toward a greener future.
Dani Reiss, president and chief executive officer, began the report with a letter, noting: “We greatly honor the expertise of the Inuit — the original parka makers — who have lived in harmony with nature for thousands of years and whose practices are rooted in sustainability. Inspired by them, we strive to repair the gap between humanity and the natural world. But we also know that as citizens of the global community, we can always do more for the good of the world.
“If you know the Canada Goose brand, you know that authenticity is everything to us,” Reiss said. “It is woven into every aspect of our business, from how we design and build our apparel with a product lifetime warranty to how we engage with our customers. This past year, we took a long, hard look, not only at ourselves, but at the state of the world around us.
As of March, Canada Goose used investments in “strategic offsetting projects” to remove two times its annual greenhouse gas emissions from the environment and plans to continue that until it cuts its emissions by 80 percent.• Fur: In 2022, the brand plans to start using reclaimed fur, both in starting to manufacture parkas that way and ending the purchasing of new fur. The company is also going to launch a consumer buyback program for fur in the months ahead.