"REMINDER @Inditex: Stop airborne fashion!"

Inditex, the parent company of brands such as Zara, is continuing to transport huge volumes of fast fashion items by air, causing considerable damage to the climate. In 2023, its transport-related CO2 emissions increased by 37%, reaching an all-time high. As the company’s management is ignoring a call by more than 26,000 people for it to change its course, we are now turning to the shareholders of the Spanish fast-fashion group.

Transporting fashion items by air produces a huge and totally unnecessary amount of greenhouse gas. This is why Public Eye, together with 26,192 people, called on Inditex in February 2024 to stop the insane practice of flying clothes around the world and thereby to halt the accompanying damage to the climate. Unfortunately, there is no sign of the company changing its course. On the contrary, in its most recent Annual Report Inditex has not presented any plans to bring fashion back down to earth. In the last financial year, its transport emissions have seen a drastic increase of 37%.

In the run-up to the Inditex Annual General Meeting on 9th July 2024, we are reminding Inditex of what we are calling for. At the same time, we are addressing all the company’s shareholders:

Take responsibility for the climate and put your company on a sustainable course.

Our demands to Inditex:

1. Be honest about your carbon footprint and publish the data about your cargo flights and emissions.
2. Begin a rapid and complete phase-out of airborne fashion. Set clear targets and draw up a phase-out strategy.
3. Redesign your logistics systems so that they can function without these climate-damaging flights. Take the time pressure out of your business model and pay your suppliers prices that cover the cost of sustainable production, including living wages. Use your record profits to fund the transformation of Inditex.

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