Textile recycling projects

In 2013, the Group maintained its support for the Roba Amiga cooperative with a contribution of 450,000 euros, as per the collaboration agreement 2011-2014. As a result of this agreement, last year Oysho and Tempe donated more than 90,000 items of clothing and 116 tonnes of footwear, respectively.

Also in 2013, Tempe, in collaboration with A Puntadas, reused leather waste from the cutting rooms and samples of products to make 1,330 computer mouse mats. These mouse mats were sold in charity markets held in Tempe.

All of these actions enabled both the social and labour insertion of people in a situation or at risk of social exclusion.

Terra project

In 2013, Inditex continued to develop the multi-annual agreement it holds with the Government of the Autonomous Region of Galicia in the sphere of forestry, to which it devotes 100,000 euros a year. This plan, which covers the years 2011 to 2013 and is a renewal of the agreement signed in 2007, is intended to constantly improve the genetic quality of forest reproductive materials of the principal Galician forest species in order to develop seed orchards and new collections of clones to allow a wide genetic variety to be maintained and to bring certain improvements into each generation.

Seeds Guardians Project

Within the framework of the Biodiversity Strategy, and in collaboration with the Textile Exchange, Inditex promotes the Seed Guardians project. The initiative seeks to guarantee the self-sufficiency of farming cooperatives in Odisha, India by means of their organic cotton seed supply. The three-year project will train between 40 and 60 women in the conservation of seed banks which will produce about 25 varieties of cotton seeds and fibres for use in organic farming. The women who form part of the cooperatives will in turn train and support other women to maintain healthy, viable seed banks and manage them in a responsible way.

Cotton cultivation initiative, Gujarabi

In relation to the use of more sustainable fibres, Inditex finances a cotton farming project in Gujarabi, India as part of the Better Cotton initiative. The project provides training and advice to more than 400 farmers on the efficient use of limited resources such as water, and the responsible management of chemical products including pesticides and fertilizers. The support for these cotton farmers has a very positive social and economic impact on these farmers and their families, benefiting more than 2,300 people.