We believe industry advancement is best achieved through collective action and partnerships. Together, we have the ability to impact real change.
APPAREL IMPACT INSTITUTE
Through a partnership with Aii, SHEIN’s $7.6 million contribution will go directly into two existing Aii programs: the Carbon Leadership Program, focused on carbon benchmarking, assessment, and goal-setting, and Clean by Design, which helps textile production facilities reduce energy, water, and chemistry use, and also, improve cost savings. Aii will design a strategy focused on implementing energy efficiency projects at over 500 of SHEIN’s partner facilities, generating an estimated 1.25 million metric ton reduction in SHEIN’s greenhouse gas emissions per year – an approximate 10% reduction per facility.
TEXTILE EXCHANGE
We are accelerating our uptake of materials that have a lower environmental impact in our products and packaging. SHEIN is a member of Textile Exchange, and we work toward their fiber standards for guidance on best practices regarding sustainable materials. For example, we take reference from the Global Recycled Standard (GRS) as we aim to accelerate our procurement of recycled polyester.
United Nations global compact
We are a signatory to the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) and support the Ten Principles focused on human rights, labor, environment, and anti-corruption. We support the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which help guide our priorities and programs, and which will guide our future goal setting and reporting.
World Circular textiles day
In 2022, SHEIN became a signatory of World Circular Textiles Day, a coalition of brands, suppliers and other organizations sharing a mission to shift the fashion and textiles industry toward full circularity by 2050.
THE MICROFIBRE CONSORTIUM
SHEIN is a signatory of the Microfibre 2030 Commitment, a global commitment to work towards zero impact from fibre fragmentation from textiles in the natural environment by 2030, which is led by The Microfibre Consortium (TMC). TMC is a non-profit science-led organisation, which brings together brands, retailers, researchers and affiliated organisations to better understand and mitigate microfibre pollution from fabrics.
CANOPY
Canopy is a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting forests, biodiversity and the climate. SHEIN is a signatory to Canopy’s CanopyStyle initiative, joining over 500 brands in the push to eliminate sourcing viscose and other man-made cellulosic fibres from Ancient and Endangered Forests and promote the use of alternative solutions, such as Next Gen textile-to-textile recycled fibers. SHEIN is also part of Canopy’s Pack4Good initiative, which focuses on paper packaging reduction strategies , shifting paper packaging away from materials sourced from Ancient and Endangered Forests, and promoting more sustainable packaging alternatives.