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Tailored Brands Sustainability Actions

Energy-saving operations

Tailored Brands says it has taken steps to use less energy across its business. These include motion sensors for lights, better heating and cooling controls, Energy Star appliances, and more efficient lighting in remodeled stores. It also says its New Bedford manufacturing site has a 1.3 megawatt solar rooftop system, which helps the building produce some of its own clean power. The company presents these changes as a way to cut energy use and lower its carbon footprint, which means the amount of greenhouse gases linked to its operations.

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Waste reduction and recycling

The company says it has been working to reduce, reuse, and recycle in stores, distribution centers, hubs, and offices. It encourages recycling of paper, plastic, and cardboard to keep more waste out of landfill. This is a basic waste-diversion approach, meaning it tries to send materials to recycling or reuse instead of throwing them away. The company says it will keep looking for new ways to cut waste from its operations.

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Lower-emission fleet use

Tailored Brands says it tries to reduce fuel use and emissions from its vehicle fleet. It uses newer trucks with engine technology designed to cut greenhouse gases and particle pollution, and it prefers smaller vehicles where possible because they use less fuel. The company also says it plans routes to reduce miles driven, discourages idling, and uses tools like nose cones and wheel skirts to improve airflow and fuel efficiency. On-board computer systems are used to track driving habits and miles per gallon, so managers can make changes that save fuel.

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Less harmful dry cleaning

For tuxedo rental garments, Tailored Brands says it uses Green Earth® dry cleaning instead of petroleum-based or perchloroethylene (perc) solvent. Perc is a common dry-cleaning chemical that can be harsh on people and the environment. The company says Green Earth® is a silicone-based solution and that this choice has kept more than 45 million garments from being dry cleaned with petroleum or perc over the past decade. This is one of the clearest operational changes in its sustainability page.

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Sustainable product elements

Tailored Brands says it is looking for more sustainable elements in its products, including in the Made to Matter line at Jos. A. Bank. The company does not give many details about materials, standards, or third-party certifications on the page provided. So this reads more like an ongoing product design effort than a fully explained sustainability program. The main point is that it says it is trying to add lower-impact choices into some clothing lines.

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