THE SCANDINAVIAN TEXTILE INITIATIVE FOR CLIMATE ACTION (STICA)

Member Voices

THE SCANDINAVIAN TEXTILE INITIATIVE FOR CLIMATE ACTION (STICA)

Member Voices

Alexandre Aubry, Chief Product Officer & Head of CSR, DB Journey

“Db have been members of STICA since 2020, and we have found great value in collaborating with like-minded people and companies facing similar challenges as we do, often sharing suppliers, systems, and projects. We’re convinced that joining forces within STICA has had a tangible impact on our climate performance, and brought a great share of learnings, new initiatives and valuable contacts to help us accelerate our transition to becoming a more responsible business.”

Lotta Amsén, Head of Sustainability, Sandqvist

“For Sandqvist being a small brand dedicated to responsible business practices, collaboration within the fashion industry is crucial. Being part of STICA enables us to exchange knowledge on best practices, create valuable partnerships on supplier level and push the industry with greater leverage. Real action towards a climate neutral value chain cannot wait and can effectively be achieved if we work together!”

MARIA VENUS, SUSTAINABILITY ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGER, FENIX OUTDOOR

“We joined STICA with Fjällräven right after the initiative was established. It was so encouraging to see all these brands working jointly on one of the most pressing challenges of our times. Since then, the robust membership requirements from STICA as well as the excellent and practical training material helped us to fine tune and strengthen our climate strategy. Moreover, having a network of diverse climate specialist is incredible valuable and something I don’t want to miss in my daily work.”

Charlotte Nordén, CEO, Cellbes

Being a part of the STICA network has significantly enhanced Cellbes’ sustainability work and progress. It gives us valuable insights and useful work practices on how to reduce our emissions and deal with coming legislation. Within STICA we are sharing knowledge and experiences with other brands, and we strongly believe that this will help us achieve a more sustainable textile business.

Christoph Centmayer, Sustainability Manager, Bergans

“As a medium sized company, we do not have the capacity to execute such a challenging task as climate mapping and reduction action just on our own, but we can profit from the competence and knowledge of the majority of Nordic textile industry, as well as the expertise of STICA. STICA provides us with a network and a framework for doing what we all need to do, aiming for ambitious improvement actions and GHG reductions throughout our supply chain.”

Marielle Krus, Sustainability Manager, Bubbleroom

“By coming together and collaborating with other climate conscious companies, we are all freeing up time for actual climate reduction activities. STICA has become somewhat of a quality stamp for ambitious climate action within the textile industry and I can strongly recommend this organization. In the end, we only have one planet, and that planet has limited resources. We need to act now.

Selma Jakobsson, Head of Sustainability & Quality, Peak Performance

“STICA plays an essential part in the Scandinavian textile industry’s climate journey. In order for the industry to reach net zero emissions, we must collaborate between industry peers of all sizes. At Peak Performance we have ambitious climate and circularity goals to reduce our emissions, and with support from STICA and its members we have learned a tremendous amount and together we can create real change.”

MARCUS HARTMANN, REGIONAL HEAD OF SUSTAINABILITY & PUBLIC AFFAIRS, H&M REGION NORTH EUROPE

“Climate change remains one of the greatest challenges of our time. Its consequences will affect our entire planet and everyone living on it. H&M have set the goal of becoming climate positive across our entire value chain by 2040. Our vision is to use our size and scale to lead the change towards a circular and renewable fashion industry, but no company or organization can tackle those challenges alone. Together with the industry, stakeholders and business partners we can make a sustainable difference!”

Sandra Roos, Vice president Sustainability, KappAhl

“The textile industry’s transition to a climate neutral value chain requires collaboration between us actors. With STICA we support the entire Scandinavian textile industry, both small and large enterprises, in taking climate action. Setting science-based targets for GHG reductions, transparent reporting of progress and last but not least to accomplish the transition to a climate neutral value chain are challenges that are best faced via joint action.”

Anna Winde, VP Sustainability, NA-KD

“Climate change is the most daunting challenge that humanity has ever faced. We need to partner with our customers, our industry peers, and our business partners, to create a more sustainable fashion industry, which includes delivering on NA–KD’s ambitious plan to reduce our absolute climate emissions by 50% by 2030. Through our membership in STICA we have the opportunity to collaborate within the industry, with both small and large companies, to take joint urgent climate action to transform the industry, and transition to a climate neutral value chain. Together we can make a greater difference!”

Eliina Brinkberg, Climate & Environmental Manager, Nudie Jeans Co

“Joining STICA was the starting point for Nudie Jeans’ climate work as it looks today. The momentum created by the joined forces of all members as well as the expertise of STICA help us accelerate our climate focus. Today we are mapping our business’ full emissions for the third consecutive year and we are looking forward to creating roadmaps and action plans to reach our reduction targets. Both in collaborations with our suppliers, but also by support and knowledge sharing within STICA.”

Rahel Zumbühl, Circularity Coordinator, Axel Arigato

“Joining STICA has had several advantages for us as Axel Arigato. Not only does it help to get an understanding of all upcoming changes within the industry, but it also helps to set joint industry goals that brands can work towards. For us, it has been the kick-off to work on our roadmap and start acting on our set targets. Looking ahead STICA is a great network of support regarding new challenges such as circularity. It is crucial to work with other brands to get a mutual understanding and share experiences to find solutions that work long-term for the industry.

Pernilla Johansson, Corporate Communications Manager, Björn Borg

“Our resources as a medium-sized company are limited, and staying up to speed with regulations, methods, reporting structures, and just networking with colleagues within fashion and sport can be challenging. Through STICA, we get access to knowledge and reap the benefits of a much larger organisation. Together with the other members, we have the chance to collectively raise concerns for the whole industry, get guidance on where to put our focus for achieving our climate goals, get support with senior leadership engagement, and the inspiration to become even better. STICA truly is a power, a fountain of knowledge and a channel for passion for change that makes a difficult area governable.”

LISA ROSENGREN, Sustainability and RAW MATERIAL manager, FRISTADS

“At Fristads we have worked with sustainability at the product level for a long time and have a solid plan for reducing our overall environmental impact. STICA helps us to improve our sustainability work by giving us the right tools to analyse and report the results. It’s also a great forum for discussion and finding solutions for common challenges. Another positive effect of our collaboration is that it gives us leverage to effect meaningful change within the clothing industry – we’re much stronger together than on our own.”

Titti Larsén, Quality & Sustainability Manager, Stadium

“For Stadium it has been crucial to join STICA and cooperate with other members to get the best knowledge how we will be able to change and reduce our emissions. We have set an ambitious strategic goal where we want to reduce our total carbon footprint with 50 % by 2030. It is together with the rest of the industry that we can make a difference. The textile industry has a major impact on the climate and with that we also have a great responsibility to work to minimize our climate footprint.”

Rebecca Watkins, global Sustainability Manager, Gina Tricot

“At Gina Tricot we humbly recognize the tremendous task that we face in coming years to reduce our emissions. We believe in even bigger impact if we join forces with other textile companies within STICA and together drive positive change. STICA is very important for our continuous climate work, since managing this as a sole brand is tough. STICA is providing us with not only network and expertise but also hands-on ways to calculate our climate impact, set reduction targets as well as manage the necessary activities to reach our reduction goals.”

Camilla Monefeldt Kirstein, Director Business Unit Workwear, Hultafors Group

“At Snickers Workwear, we believe that by working together, the industry can achieve more and work faster than any individual brand or company can do on its own. Therefore, our membership in the Scandinavian Textile Initiative for Climate Action (STICA) is an integral part of our continuous work to contribute to a more sustainable textile industry. Solving the climate crisis is a joint challenge, and by working together we can make real change. The initiative has provided great support and given our company the necessary insights enabling us to tackle the climate decade in a structured and time-efficient way.”

Linda Dauriz, CEO, Tiger of Sweden

“For us at Tiger of Sweden, the major benefit of joining STICA is the opportunity to collaborate with numerous brands and set joint standards and targets. This also includes setting targets with our partners in the supply chain. This allows us to speed up the process from both a brand and supplier perspective.”

HANNA WOLFF, PRODUCTION & SUSTAINABILITY COORDINATOR, INTERSPORT

At INTERSPORT, we are striving to make a more positive impact on the world we live in. We believe that our long-term success and the well-being of future generations depend on shaping a responsible future, and as a leading sporting goods company, we are ready to play our part. Therefore, we are committed to reducing our environmental impact and positively contributing to society. Achieving our goals is going to take a lot of effort, but we are 100% committed to the journey because there is no Planet B and we want to be play our part ensuring we leave behind a fitter, healthier planet for all. Our membership in STICA gives us the opportunity to collaborate with other brands within the industry to set joint standards and targets. Through STICA, we acquire knowledge of how we will be able to reduce our emissions. This allows us to speed up the process. By working together, we can make a real change.

DIPANKAR BOSE, GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGER, VARNER

“Varner acknowledges that the climate is changing, that our industry is contributing to that change, and that our supply chain, operations, and customers will continue to be impacted by the effects of climate change. We are committed to reducing our greenhouse gas (GHG) footprint and to engaging constructively with industry peers, value chain partners, external stakeholders, and policymakers to help accelerate the transition to a low-carbon economy. We became members of The Scandinavian Textiles Initiative for Climate Action (STICA) in 2020 to learn from and contribute to the collective effort of the Nordic textile industry towards climate action. Being part of STICA helps in every facet of our climate action journey, whether it is anchoring climate action in the organisation, standardizing data collection effort or reduction target setting. Regular interaction with partner consultants at STICA as well as experience sharing from member brands help us accelerate our climate action efforts significantly.”

Øystein Bråta, CEO, Active Brands

“At Active Brands, we have established both short-term and long-term climate targets. Our ultimate target is to achieve net-zero emissions across our entire value chain by no later than 2050. This objective aligns with the goals pursued by many other stakeholders in the textile industry. To make meaningful progress toward this shared goal, collaboration and the exchange of successes and challenges among businesses are crucial. STICA offers us a valuable network for discussing and advancing a wide array of climate-related activities. This includes internal efforts, such as refining climate accounting practices, as well as best practices for engaging with suppliers and building expertise in specific areas. Our membership and active involvement in this network have proven to be highly beneficial for our own climate initiatives. We encourage our industry peers who have not yet joined the STICA network to unite with us in driving our collective climate agenda forward.”

JAN TORE JENSEN, CEO, BERGANS

“As a medium sized company, we do not have the capacity to execute such a challenging task as climate mapping and reduction action just on our own, but we can profit from the competence and knowledge of the majority of Nordic textile industry, as well as the expertise of STICA. STICA provides us with a network and a framework for doing what we all need to do, aiming for ambitious improvement actions and GHG reductions throughout our supply chain.”