Levi Strauss and Marks & Spencer have launched the Fashion Renewable Collaborative, a program to help garment factories and fabric mills switch to renewable electricity. Schneider Electric’s SE Advisory Services is the program’s implementation partner. Supply chain emissions make up over 99% of Levi’s climate footprint.
The companies are inviting other brands to join as sponsors and members. Suppliers will get digital education, market guidance and help with power purchase agreements, energy certificates, on-site solar and battery storage. Schneider’s Resource Advisor+ for Supply Chain software will track supplier onboarding, readiness and progress.
“Imagine trying to plan your energy strategy while five different customers each hand you a different rulebook,” Levi’s wrote. Fabric mills and dye houses account for more than half of the fashion industry’s emissions, according to the Apparel Impact Institute.
The program builds on Levi’s LEAP program in India and M&S’s Re:Spark. Together, the two programs registered nearly 500 supplier facilities.
Target runs a similar program with Schneider Electric, called Forward Renew, that has worked with 187 US suppliers.
Levi’s aims to cut its supply chain emissions 42% by 2030. M&S aims to reach net zero across its value chain by 2040.
