GUESS Furthers its Sustainability Commitment to Climate Action - Signs Letter to World Leaders, Supports Youth Movement, and Sets Ambitious Goals
November 03 2021 - 11:00AM
Business Wire
GUESS, a global lifestyle fashion brand, moves forward with its
sustainability commitment to be part of the climate solution, as
detailed in its industry-leading sustainability report published
earlier this year. GUESS joins over 600 businesses around the world
in signing an open letter to G20 leaders, urging them to fulfill
their obligations outlined in The Paris Agreement. The letter,
organized by the We Mean Business Coalition and addressed to
leaders attending COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland, identifies key
requests to keep the planet habitable and world economies
flourishing for generations to come. Specifically, the letter calls
for policies that will slow the rise of global temperatures to 1.5
degrees Celsius, cut global emissions by 50% by 2030, and achieve
net zero emissions by 2050.
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GUESS is also announcing its support of the United Nations 16th
Conference of Youth, a group of over 150 young leaders from around
the world, traveling to Glasgow (in person and virtually) to ensure
the collective youth voice on climate negotiations is heard. By
providing supplemental funds for five youth delegates of diverse
backgrounds across the United States, GUESS is proud to take a
small role in supporting the young people determined to be a part
of the climate solution for their generation and those that
follow.
“The time to act is now, we still have time to transform
business for good. At GUESS, we are committed to being part of the
solution to climate change. We are making courageous choices and
finding creative solutions. We also must support this inspiring
younger generation in leading us to a brighter future. Everyone
must do their part to ensure we keep this beautiful world as we
know it, or better yet, as we dream of it!” says Carlos Alberini,
Chief Executive Officer, GUESS?, Inc.
“I’m so honored to have the opportunity to represent the United
States as a Country Coordinator and delegate for COY16. Youth know
that we need to push for bolder goals and more strategic plans to
design inclusive climate solutions that will provide our
generation, and those that follow, a clean and healthy planet. We
know that in order to achieve our ambitious goals, we need
collaboration from NGO’s, the public sector, and the private sector
to make these goals a reality. We’re grateful for GUESS’s support
to elevate youth voices in the fight against climate change,” says
Monica Dwight, USA Country Coordinator, COY16 Delegate.
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In 2019, GUESS had its ambitious targets for reducing greenhouse
gas emissions approved by the Science-Based Targets Initiative, a
non-profit that supports global businesses to set GHG reduction
targets necessary to slow global warming. GUESS’s targets are to
reduce corporate greenhouse gas emissions by 50%, and supply chain
emissions by 30% by 2030, and to achieve net zero by 2050. The
company is actively working on its Climate Action Roadmap that
includes store efficiency measures, investments in renewables, and
changes to the way they create and produce their product. In
addition to the We Mean Business Coalition and Science Based
Targets Initiative, GUESS is also an active member of the United
Nations Fashion Charter on Climate Change, and reports annually to
CDP, a global non-profit that runs the world’s leading
environmental disclosure platform.
For more information about GUESS Sustainability and to download
their latest sustainability report, visit
sustainability.guess.com.
About GUESS?, Inc.
Established in 1981, GUESS began as a jeans company and has
since successfully grown into a global lifestyle brand. Guess?,
Inc. designs, markets, distributes and licenses a lifestyle
collection of contemporary apparel, denim, handbags, watches,
eyewear, footwear and other related consumer products. Guess?
products are distributed through branded Guess? stores as well as
better department and specialty stores around the world. As of July
31, 2021, the Company directly operated 1,046 retail stores in the
Americas, Europe and Asia. The Company’s partners and distributors
operated 551 additional retail stores worldwide. As of July 31,
2021, the Company and its partners and distributors operated in
approximately 100 countries worldwide. For more information about
the Company, please visit www.guess.com.
About We Mean Business
Coalition
We Mean Business is a global nonprofit Coalition working with
the world's most influential businesses to take action on climate
change, accelerate the transition to a fair and resilient
zero-carbon economy. We Mean Business Coalition’s purpose is to
promote collaborative leadership to face the climate crisis.
About Conference of Youth
(COY)
COY is the biggest and most substantial youth conference related
to the multilateral UN climate processes. It is recognized by the
UN as the youth convergence of the Conference of the Parties and
occurs a couple of days before at the same location. COY serves as
a space for capacity building and policy training, in order to
prepare young people for their participation at COP. COY delegates
also collaborate to design the cohesive Statement of Youth policy
paper that brings together all collected inputs from youth voices
throughout the world, which will feed directly into the COP climate
negotiations.
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