STEP 2: YOUR SUSTAINABLE FASHION SCENARIO
Before you start with outlining specific goals it might be usefull to keep in mind the six principles of luxury fashion.
The research of Frederic Godart and Sorah Seong shows according the 6 different fashion principles 3 fashion scenarios what could inspire you in which way you want to go with your sustainable activities.
According your vision or mission statement from step 1 you are going to wite down your plan as a kind of ''sustainable fashion scenario''
For this you need to:
1. Outline specific goals and targets based on your review of your organization.
2. Determine how you will implement these goals.
3. Determine timelines for each goal.
4. Decide what metrics you will use to measure your goals.
1. – Outline specific goals and targets based on your review of your organization
Review what you’ve learned about your organization’s environmental footprint and consider what goals make the most sense for your operation. Having a mix of short and long term goals will make your sustainability plan a living document that your organization can return to and revise over time.
You might decide to choose goals that tackle a broad spectrum of issues at your organization—everything from using reusable plates in the break room to installing solar panels – a scattered approach. Or you could tackle one or two large issues from different angles. Both approaches have their advantages – a thematic approach.
The more diverse, the more you will be able to improve your environmental impact on a number of fronts, but may seem disconnected and hard to rally around. A more thematic approach can lend some coherence to discrete measures. For instance, your plan might set an umbrella goal of dramatically reducing water usage, and then attack that problem from a variety of vantage points.
2. – Determine how you will implement these goals
Now that you have your goals, how will you achieve them?
- Consider the upfront costs of making these changes, potential future cost savings, and the time and labor that will be required.
- Estimate as best you can the environmental benefits of the changes you’re considering.
- Compare the costs and time investment to the potential social and environmental benefits.
- Draft guidelines for meeting your goals.
- Be as specific as possible when deciding what steps need to be taken and who will guide their implementation.
- Prioritize the goals that you find most compelling.
- These might be the goals that have the biggest impact, are easiest to implement, best fit your vision statement, or will save your organization the most money.
3. – Determine timelines for each goal
To face your goals it is important to develop timelines. For easily realizable goals, these may be short and concrete, while more complicated goals might have longer and more suggestive timelines. Regardless, it’s good to start with some sort of schedule, and stagger goals based on your resources and their level of priority.
4. – Decide what metrics you will use to measure your goals
You need to be able to determine whether or not you’ve achieved a goal. Review your goals and implementation steps to ensure that you have both a measurable goal and a means of measuring it.
For example, if one of your goals is to reduce your organization’s water usage in the production processes of the manufacturing of raw materials..
You’ll need to know:
1. How much water your manufacturers uses now
2. Have a strategy for reducing that use
3. A realizable and specific target for reduction, such as a 20% reduction..
4. A way of determining if you’ve achieved that goal by your deadline
While measurement is important, you may have some goals that have impacts that are hard to measure like employee and customer education. But to measure this you can for instance track attendance numbers at sustainability trainings, or through more qualitative evidence.