Retailer Macy’s Gains Membership Of Cotton Trust Protocol
US garment retailer Macy’s which has more than 700 stores and includes brands like Macy’s, Bloomingdale’s and Bluemercury has gained membership of Cotton Trust Protocol.
“Our membership will bolster Macy’s efforts in sourcing cotton sustainably, driving positive social and environmental change and enhance transparency throughout its supply chain,” Trust Protocol said in a press release.
Macy’s, Inc. has taken significant steps towards embedding sustainability into its business through its social purpose platform, Mission Every One, which aims to help create a more equitable and sustainable future.
In 2022, Macy’s released its private brand cotton policy, pledging to source 100 percent preferred materials in Macy’s private brands products managed by the Macy’s sourcing team by 2030.
This commitment now includes sourcing US Cotton and Protocol Cotton, which is grown and harvested on Trust Protocol growers’ farms and recorded in the Protocol Consumption Management Solution.
Protocol Consumption Management Solution tracks cotton through the supply chain, ensuring transparency and accountability.
The Trust Protocol is the only sustainable cotton program which combines quantifiable, verifiable goals and measurement with driving continuous improvement in six key sustainability metrics.
These metrics include, land use, soil carbon, water management, soil loss, greenhouse gas emissions, and energy efficiency.
The Trust Protocol integrates these sustainability metrics from Field to Market’s Fieldprint Platform, enabling enrolled growers to measure the environmental impacts of their operations.
