Clean denim: How Levi Strauss plans to reduce its carbon emissions

The denim firm is working to cut greenhouse gases across its supply chain, a target that aligns with the Paris agreement

Denim maker Levi Strauss & Co recently announced a new climate action strategy to reduce carbon emissions across its owned-and-operated factories and the global supply chain by 2025. The new sustainability push includes using 100 per cent renewable electricity at company-owned factories.

The denim maker says its science-based targets are part of its efforts to make the global apparel industry more sustainable. The targets include a 90 per cent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions at all owned-and-operated facilities which it seeks to achieve by investing in onsite renewable energy and energy-efficiency upgrades.

The company also aims for a 40 per cent reduction