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With the publication of our fiscal year 2019 Global Sustainability Report, we're proud to share the significant progress we're making toward meeting existing goals. We're also announcing new benchmarks that will contribute to a more robust business, healthier planet, and systems change to drive greater opportunity for all.
2019 Environmental and Social Impact Highlights:
Our Report reflects the efforts that our company and each of our brands have made in 2019 toward sustainability and creating a more inclusive and fairer workplace and world for everyone touched by our business.
Our company and all of our brands have established executive sustainability steering committees, defined their priorities and goals, and led and executed against a sustainability-strategy with cross-functional teams.
A snapshot:
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* As part of This Way Onward, an internship and career growth initiative, 1,600 youth were hired.
* Over 500,000 women and girls from rural community settings, vocational institutions, and relief centers have completed P.A.C.E., our education and life skills training program.
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* Gap's First Favorites line moved from plastic packaging to cardboard hangers, eliminating more than 16,000 pounds of plastic every year.
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Looking Ahead: A Framework for Lasting Impact Across People, Planet and Community
Our brands bridge the gaps we see in the world and we're devoted to addressing ongoing impacts of climate change and creating a culture of belonging for our teams, our customers and future generations.
"Our foundational values are more important than ever, and they fuel our commitment to being a force for good-to help people, planet, and communities." -
As we look to the future,
* By 2022, have 1 million women and girls complete P.A.C.E.
* By 2025, double the representation of Black and Latinx employees at all levels in our
* By 2030, eliminate single-use plastics and achieve 100% Renewable Energy to power all our retail stores, offices, distribution centers.
* By 2050, have a net-positive water impact in water-stressed regions and a carbon-neutral value chain.
To read the full 2019 Global Sustainability Report, click here.
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