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Footwear Industries Sustainability Actions

Uses environmental policies

The Children’s Place says it has environmental policies and procedures for its staff and third-party vendors. These rules are meant to guide day-to-day decisions and reduce the environmental impact of its business. The company says it is trying to go beyond basic legal compliance where it can. This kind of policy work matters because it gives workers and suppliers a clearer set of rules to follow, instead of leaving sustainability to chance.

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Sets public environmental goals

The Children’s Place says it has public environmental targets to show transparency and accountability. It says these goals are meant to help it make progress in key areas of its business and communities. Public targets are useful because they let outside readers check whether a company is making progress over time, rather than only making broad claims.

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Sources more sustainable cotton

The Children’s Place says it works with Better Cotton, recycled cotton, and organic cotton as part of its plan to source 100% of its cotton as 'more sustainable cotton' by the end of fiscal 2025. Better Cotton is a farming standard that aims to reduce water use and chemical inputs while improving farm conditions. The company also notes that Better Cotton uses mass balance, which means the cotton is not physically traced to each final product.

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Works on safer chemicals

The Children’s Place says it works with the AFIRM Group and ZDHC. AFIRM helps apparel and footwear brands improve chemical management, while ZDHC is a program that supports safer chemical practices across the textile, apparel, and footwear supply chain. This suggests the company is trying to reduce harmful chemicals in its products and production chain.

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Joins forest protection efforts

The Children’s Place says it takes part in CanopyStyle and Pack4Good, two initiatives from Canopy. CanopyStyle works to protect ancient and endangered forests from being cut down for viscose and rayon textiles, while Pack4Good focuses on reducing packaging waste and avoiding forest loss from delivery boxes and similar materials. These partnerships point to action on both materials and packaging.

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Industry-wide ESG certification

The footwear sector material describes Sustainable Origin, an ESG certification (a check on environmental, social, and governance practices) created for the footwear supply chain. It says the program uses 104 indicators and can certify companies at bronze, silver, gold, or diamond level. The material also says more than 100 companies are certified or in the process of certification, showing that some footwear businesses are using formal systems to track sustainability.

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