The customer

industry
Clothing and footwear
Business/service category
Climate change risk and opportunity recognition
influence
By climate action to help Dr. Martens carbon reduction and optimization of business development model

challenge
Carbon reduction footwear industry value chain is very challenging
Footwear industry raw materials using high dependence on high emission, value chain and involved in several countries.Therefore, facing challenges in carbon reduction and innovation industry.At the same time, consumers and investors think highly enterprises how to face the environment related problems.
Famous shoes brand Dr. Martens focus on environmental issues, and earnestly implement corporate responsibility.Brand is not only the reference TCFD requirements, evaluate and exposes its climate related risks and opportunities, and at the same time, as a listed company, also will carbon emissions as the focus, to seek solutions.
Relevant financial information disclosure working group of the climate (TCFD)
TCFD (climate related working group on financial information disclosure) are public companies and financial institutions the disclosure framework of climate related risks and opportunities.Using the framework, the enterprise can be long-term planning, and consider the influence of climate change on the business and the value chain.
Reference TCFD disclosure framework in the UK has become the information disclosure of listed companies and large company mandatory requirements, in addition, including the European Union, the United States, Hong Kong, China, etc have been or will be forced to consult TCFD framework of listed companies to carry out the information disclosure.
The solution
TCFD and net zero emissions targets into a broader sustainable development strategy
Enterprise and the close relation between climate change.As Dr. Martens, companies need to take a systemic climate action.But the premise is to the company's action discharge hot spots, which can identify and analyze climate related risks and opportunities.The carbon trust and Dr. Martens cooperation, take the following work:
Net in order to achieve the zero emissions targets, shoe brands need to focus and resources in the most affected part., through the analysis of the importance of Dr. Martens completed preliminary results, determine the following:
- Production of raw materials on the land, the influence of the biodiversity and ecosystem
- The production process of supply chain's impact on the environment
- Circular economy (resource efficiency, durability, shoe repair and footwear abandoned)
- Design innovation and sustainable materials
- Chemical management and product compliance
- Packing material and design
- Energy and climate
- Waste management (reducing and recycling)
influence
More ambitious climate action
Dr. Martens cut carbon reduction and climate risk into the business plan, can bring long-term economic benefits, thus continuously promote Dr. Martens quickly, innovative climate action.