The Children’s Place, Inc. has announced the release of its 2020 Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) Report.
The 2020 ESG Report details the company’s strategic approach to ESG and sets forth the progress made in fiscal 2020 on the company’s environmental initiatives, including its science-based goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and its measureable targets to increase the use of more sustainable raw materials in its products and to reduce the use of water and chemicals in its global supply chain.
The Children’s Place is the largest pure-play children’s specialty apparel retailer in North America. It has 708 stores in the US, Canada and Puerto Rico, and the company’s eight international franchise partners have 208 international points of distribution in 17 countries.
This report also establishes new and updated environmental goals against which future annual reports will measure progress on addressing climate change, water stewardship initiatives, chemical management programmes, waste diversion targets and circularity through reuse and recycling.
“Children are at the centre of everything we do, and we believe we have a special responsibility to today’s children and to future generations to contribute to a healthier planet and to foster a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion. Our annual ESG reporting highlights our initiatives and goals and details the company’s progress toward these goals,” said Adrian Sherman, Vice President, Environment & Social Responsibility of the company.
It is worth mentioning here that the company also sources from India and supports its Indian associates through various activities. For example in early 2021, it sent care packages to all of its associates in India, which included pulse oximeters, thermometers, steam vaporisers, hand sanitisers and vitamins, as well as PPE equipment.
