Ambitious and accountable
We believe in environmental stewardship and social responsibility, and their inherent connection to our business purpose and value. What’s more, we understand the importance of being accountable and transparent. At VF, we’re committed to embedding these values in our business and using our scale to drive lasting change across our industry. We’re setting ambitious goals to challenge ourselves and help others measure our progress.
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Collaborations
Through numerous global partnerships and memberships, we’re charting the path towards a future based on sustainability and responsibility. Current collaborations include:
- Accelerating Circularity
- Apparel and Footwear International RSL Management (AFIRM) group
- Better Cotton Initiative (BCI)
- Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) Clean Cargo Working Group
- CARE
- Ceres Business for Innovative Climate & Energy Policy (BICEP)
- European Outdoor Conservation Association
- Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action
- Global Fashion Agenda
- Gold Standard Apparel Working Group
- International Center for Research on Women
- International Labour Organization
- International Organization for Migration
- It’s Great Out There
- Life and Building Safety (LABS) Initiative
- Make Fashion Circular, Initiative of Ellen MacArthur Foundation
- The Microfibre Consortium
- The Mekong Club
- Nirapon
- Policy Hub - EU
- Protect our Winters (PoW)
- Renewable Energy Buyers Association (REBA)
- Responsible Sourcing Network (RSN)
- Science Based Target initiative (SBTi)
- Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC)
- Textile Exchange
- We Mean Business
- World Resources Institute (WRI) Corporate Consultative Group
Signatories
We’re signatories and active supporters of many different shared initiatives, including:
- 2020 Circular Fashion System Commitment
- ILO’s Call to Action for Garment Industry Worker
- Fur Free Retailer
- Paradigm for Parity
- RE100
- Uniting Business and Governments to Recover Better, SBTi and its Business Ambition for 1.5° Campaign
- 'We are Still in'
Certifications
- Responsible Wool Standard (RWS)
- Responsible Down Standard (RDS)
- Leather Working Group (LWG)
Awards & recognition
- Barron’s 100 Most Sustainable US Brands
- 2019 Best Places to work for LGBTQ Equality
- 50 ‘Best Places for Women & Diverse Managers to Work’ in 2018
Additionally, our brands have won their own sustainability awards:
- The North Face: OIA’s 2018 Force Awards Sustainability, World Changing Ideas Finalist.
- Napapijri: Best Vegan Product 2018, PETA