Commitment to the excellence of our products

At Inditex, we are committed to offering safe, healthy products that are manufactured through sustainable management. We focus on innovation as a key tool to manage the resources and processes in our value chain. All our garments are created following the Right to Wear (RtW) philosophy, from the design stage to the end of life.

Sustainability is an important indication of the quality of our products and also addresses society’s demands. At Inditex, we are committed to offering safe products that are manufactured sustainably. We focus on innovation as a key tool to manage the resources and processes at all stages in our value chain.

All of our garments are created following the Right to Wear (RtW) philosophy, from the design stage to the end of life. Right to Wear implies the development and application of rigorous social standards for health, safety and environment, adapted to the needs of each stage of the production cycle and which allows reduction of the environmental impact and contribution of value to society.

This innovation has its own standard, Right to Wear+ (RtW+), that we have developed with specific guidelines to label collections that are most demanding with regards to environmental criteria. These garments are characterised by having excellent environmental qualities, as they are manufactured with more sustainable raw materials and are produced using the most efficient manufacturing technologies.

At Inditex, we also maintain a long term strategy to integrate the vision of a circular economy into our business model. For this reason, we develop projects for the end of the product’s life cycle, such as Closing the Loop, which reaches our employees and customers through the installation of containers for collecting garments.

Through this programme, we have provided containers for collecting garments in 394 Zara stores in six markets, and in our logistic centres and offices in Spain. This initiative is completed through collaboration with Cáritas, with the installation of almost one thousand collection points for garments on Spanish streets. This has allowed us to collect 7,102 tonnes of clothing, footwear and accessories that will be reused or recycled, avoiding landfill sites while collaborating with social entities and the community.

All of these initiatives are aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations General Assembly, which promote a global agenda for 2030 to achieve development in favour of people, the planet and global prosperity.