Pentland focuses on Sustainable Development Goals in new report
24/05/2019
There are 17 SDGs, launched in 2015 by the United Nations General Assembly as targets for the world to meet by 2030. Pentland placed particular emphasis on four of them in its new report.
One of these was goal 12, Responsible consumption and production. Here, Pentland highlighted examples of its brands’ use of recycled fibres, including Speedo’s use of recycled materials in 20% of its shorts, and Berghaus’s work with Polartec to make fleeces from recycled plastic bottles. It said, too, that its offices in the UK now use 100% renewable energy and send zero waste to landfill.
Goal 8, decent work and economic growth, also features. In 2018, Pentland introduced a corporate responsibility charter for suppliers, outlining the group’s ethics and governance requirements, explaining what it expects its suppliers to do to protect people and the environment. It has also developed a guide to ethical sourcing to support its buying teams as they work to find new suppliers and ensure existing suppliers comply with its standards.
For Goal 10, reducing inequalities, Pentland said it had enhanced its diversity and inclusion strategy and nurtured what it called an inclusive culture by refreshing its guidelines on flexible working and improving its support of people returning to work after leave. “All our senior leaders have undertaken training on identifying and tackling unconscious bias,” Pentland said on announcing the report.
Finally, it also refers in the report to Goal 3, good health and wellbeing. As befits a group that owns outdoor and sports brands, Pentland said it wants to help more people get fit and stay healthy. “In 2018, we chose five new charity partners with the goal of inspiring more young people to get active,” it said. “Over the next three years, we aim to inspire 5,000 young people in the UK to get involved in sport with the charities Panathlon and SportInspired.”
It said it is also passionate about supporting disadvantaged communities. In 2018, it helped 195,863 people access safe, clean water close to their homes and 6,149 young women build confidence through sport, working with two different organisations, British Red Cross and United Purpose.
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