SEATTLE, April 29,
2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Nordstrom released their
2021 Impact Report, which shares a look back at the previous year
and the progress the company made toward the company's 2025
Corporate Social Responsibility and Diversity, Inclusion and
Belonging goals.
"We remain committed to working to reduce our impact on the
environment, give back to communities, cultivate safe workplaces
for the people who make our products, and strive to provide our
employees with a great place to work," said Pete Nordstrom, President at Nordstrom, Inc.
"Though we know we have a long way to go, together with our
employees, customers and partners we've made significant headway
over the past year that we look forward to continuing in 2022."
As a company, Nordstrom understands its impact extends well
beyond the walls of our stores and online operations and will
continue to prioritize responsible business practices to work
toward a more positive, inclusive and sustainable future. The
report highlights progress made across three key impact areas:
people, planet and product.
PEOPLE
- Donated more than 40,000 pairs of shoes and 17,000 winter coats
to kids in need with Shoes That Fit and Operation Warm.
- Donated nearly $11 million to 325
organizations in communities where we do business.
- Gave $3.6 million to 2,871
non-profits through our Employee Matching Donation
program.
- Worked to strengthen the existing framework of eight existing
Employee Resource Groups. To make them more accessible to all
employees, Nordstrom implemented a technology platform enabling
thousands of store employees across the U.S. and Canada to join, if interested.
PLANET
- Met 2025 goal to help customers extend the life of 250 tons of
clothing through donation, resale and refurbishment.
- Met 2025 goal to contribute $250,000 in corporate donations to help slow and
prevent climate change.
- Joined the Clean Energy Buyers Association (CEBA), a community
of nearly 300 energy customers and partners committed to achieving
a 90% carbon-free U.S. electricity system by 2030.
- Expanded Nordstrom BEAUTYCYCLE to Canada and took back 5.99 tons of beauty
packaging. The program was also awarded Good Housekeeping's 2021
Sustainable Innovation Award.
- Sourced new, thinner poly mailers with 50% recycled content
resulting in an estimated 192-ton reduction
annually.
- Collected over 46 tons of clothing, shoes and accessories in 13
stores and through mail-in program with Give Back Box.
- Partnered with Forterra to offset our Puget Sound store
emissions for 2021 through the Evergreen Carbon Capture
Program.
PRODUCT
- Signed the 15 Percent Pledge and committed to buy 10x more
merchandise from Black-owned and -founded businesses by 2030.
- Added 145 Black- and Latinx-owned, -operated and -designed
brands to our assortment and created Latinx- and Black-owned and
-founded shopping categories on Nordstrom.com.
- Raised more than $2 million to
support homeless youth through sales of Treasure & Bond
products.
- Produced nearly 45% of Nordstrom Made products in factories
that invest in women's empowerment training.
Visit Nordstrom.com/ImpactReport to read the complete
report.
About Nordstrom
At Nordstrom, Inc. (NYSE: JWN), we exist to help our
customers feel good and look their best. Since starting as a shoe
store in 1901, how to best serve customers has been at the center
of every decision we make. This heritage of service is the
foundation we're building on as we provide convenience and true
connection for our customers. Our digital-first platform enables us
to serve customers when, where and how they want to shop – whether
that's in-store at more than
350 Nordstrom, Nordstrom Local
and Nordstrom Rack locations or digitally through
our Nordstrom and Rack apps and websites.
Through it all, we remain committed to leaving the world
better than we found it.
MEDIA CONTACT:
Caroline Mattingly
Nordstrom, Inc.
caroline.mattingly@nordstrom.com
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