Inditex updates environmental standards for suppliers

In a new update to its standards released this month, Inditex has released new environmental criteria for suppliers that tightens up new criteria for chemical management, water use, and gives more clarity over supply chain decarbonisation.

The Spanish-based clothing retailer states that for textile wet processing, 70% of all chemicals used in a supplier’s inventory must be compliant to ZDHC level 3 criteria. while for water repellent formulations, it goes further, saying that 100% of chemicals in a supplier’s inventory must be compliant with ZDHC level 3 in a bid to prevent risks associated with PFAS.