Sustainability

Abercrombie & Fitch Co. aims to positively impact the communities it touches around the world and to implement programs and initiatives that build value for all stakeholders.

Strategy & Goals

In alignment with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, we’re working hard to address global challenges.

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Our Progress

We’ve made progress across all of our 2025 key sustainability targets.

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ESG Committee

Our Board’s ESG Committee is responsible for the oversight of risks associated with our environmental and social strategies.

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Our sustainability practices and policies support our commitment to global human and labor rights, ensuring our products are made in safe and responsible facilities and continually reducing the environmental impact of our business.

Fran Horowitz
CEO, Abercrombie & Fitch Co.

Our Journey

1999

Abercrombie & Fitch Co. begins human rights program

2006

Begins Tier 2 social audits

2007

Joins the Better Work Program
Begins collaborating with other brands in the industry on sustainability practices

2008

Partnership with HERproject starts with trainings for over 20,000 women in 15 factories in 3 countries (merged into RISE in March 2023)
Begins contributing to Room to Read

2009

Climate Disclosure Project (CDP) reporting starts

2010

Environmental Sustainability Program is initiated

2011

The First Social Responsibility Report publishes

2012

Complies with California Transparency in Supply Chains Act
Suppliers begin environmental self-reporting through Sustainable Apparel Coalition Higg Index Tool
Begins social audits at non-merchandise factories

2013

Begins Conflict Minerals reporting
Signs ACCORD agreement
Begins partnership with World Vision to donate clothing to families in Africa and other regions around the world

2014

Becomes a partner in Better Work program
Launches Global Home Office scrap denim recycling program with Blue Jeans Go Green (expanded to all fabrics with ReVive Fibers in 2016)
Complies with Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act Confict Minerals Reporting Requirement

2016

Complies with UK Modern Slavery Act

2017

Publishes Cellulosic Fiber Policy

2018

Joins Cascale (formerly Sustainable Apparel Coalition)
Partners with Pacific Links Foundation to implement the Factory Awareness to Counter Trafficking (FACT) program in Vietnam

2019

Joins Better Cotton Initiative
Joins Nirapon
Partners with Canopy on the CanopyStyle Initiative
Joins United Nations Global Compact
Announces Sustainability Targets through 2025
Launches Personal Advancement & Career Enhancement (P.A.C.E.) program and trains 1,000 female workers at 8 factories in Cambodia (merged into RISE in March 2023)
Partners with Mekong Club (until 2023)
Collaborates with Environmental Defense Fund Climate Corp Fellow
Funds CARE Indonesia program in 27 schools in Indonesia impacting 3,330 students and 74 teachers (until 2022)

2020

Launches Recommerce Program with thredUp
Submits First Communication on Progress to United Nations Global Compact

2021

Partners with The British Standards Institution (BSI) to establish Scope 3 emission inventory
Partners with Apparel Impact Institute (Aii) on their Carbon Leadership Program (CLP)
Initiates denim laundry wastewater testing program to ensure compliance with Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC) guidelines (expanded to mills in 2023)

2022

Joins Textile Exchange
Conducts first materiality assessment
Begins partnership with Oritain to verify cotton country of origin in products

2023

Joins RISE: Reimagining Industry to Support Equality
Publishes first sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) and Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) Index reports
Commits to the Commitment to Responsible Recruitment by American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) and the Fair Labor Association (FLA)
Adopts the Fair Labor Association (FLA) Fair Compensation Toolkit
Partners with Hire a Partner (HAP) to enhance key suppliers’ traceability management

2024

Commits to SBTi Emission Reduction Targets
Adopts the Social & Labor Convergence Program (SLCP) Worker Engagement Technology (WE Tech) survey tool
Participates in the Bangladesh Employment Injury Scheme (EIS) pilot
Complies with Canadian Supply Chains Bill S-211 Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act

Areas of Focus

Social Impact

We’re proud of our commitment to global human and labor rights and to ensuring that our products are only made in safe and responsible facilities.

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Environmental Impact

We’re working to advance environmental initiatives in our internal practices by increasing education and awareness throughout our partnership base.

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Product Sustainability

We work throughout our supply chain to ensure our products are made in a safe and responsible manner.

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