2023Yearly Report
ANNUAL IMPACT REPORT
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Our Roadmap To 2030
Aii’s Strategy to Enable the Reduction of 100 Mt CO₂e
We’ve set the ambitious goal to enable the reduction of 100 million tonnes of CO₂e from the apparel and footwear supply chain by 2030.
To achieve this target, we catalyze collective action to remove barriers standing in the way of supply chain decarbonization. We activate programs, solutions, and finance to help producers decarbonize their operations in credible ways. Our key strategic pillars are:
To achieve this target, we catalyze collective action to remove barriers standing in the way of supply chain decarbonization. We activate programs, solutions, and finance to help producers decarbonize their operations in credible ways. Our key strategic pillars are:
- CROSS-CONNECT: Aii is in a unique position to convene key stakeholders in the value chain and activate meaningful collaboration.
- CENTER PRODUCERS: Engage producers as co-developers in this work with a focus on removing their barriers. Champion them as the hero.
- FOCUS IN REGIONS: Develop regionalized nodes of impact, engagement, and implementation to build the networks to drive change.
- CHANNEL FUNDING: Remove barriers to capital for producer decarbonization while also directing funding to vetted, viable solutions.
- FOLLOW THE CARBON: Double down on enabling the removal of 100Mt of carbon and take a data-driven approach that targets the most effective carbon reduction opportunities.
- IMPLEMENT ON THE GROUND: Continue to ensure that credible, quality decarbonization programs and solutions are implemented at targeted producers.
“A decarbonization blueprint is dynamic. It evolves with the factory, ensuring emerging technologies and continuous improvement are core to decarbonization strategies. The decarbonization blueprint is a strategic plan specific to a factory that outlines the steps necessary to significantly reduce [the producer’s] carbon emissions, both leading up to 2030 and beyond. It offers a detailed view of the current carbon footprint while finding areas with the highest potential for emissions reduction and provides a roadmap for interventions, considering various time horizons and financial considerations.”
- Bryant LaPres, senior director of industry engagement
Tactics
We recognized our strategic pillars are closely interrelated. To move from strategy to day-to-day integration, we have established a cross-functional taskforce. The taskforce works across three major pillars — supplier engagement, decarbonization solutions, and sustainable finance solutions — and will dedicate Q1 and Q2 of 2024 to developing tactics to operationalize our strategy. A central element to our work will be collaboration with producers and helping them develop a strategic plan to reduce their emissions through 2030 and beyond. We aim to provide practical assistance through our Climate Solutions Portfolio and sustainable finance solutions.
Our commitment to supporting producers from their initial engagement and meeting them at their current stage in the decarbonization journey remains. By evolving Aii’s Carbon Toolkit, we will be leveraging our ecosystem to assist producers in crafting their decarbonization blueprints, which go beyond traditional action plans or target setting.
Our commitment to supporting producers from their initial engagement and meeting them at their current stage in the decarbonization journey remains. By evolving Aii’s Carbon Toolkit, we will be leveraging our ecosystem to assist producers in crafting their decarbonization blueprints, which go beyond traditional action plans or target setting.
