The CCICED’s Sustainable Consumption Demonstration Project is setting its sights on world of fashion. On 25 February, the CCICED team involved with this project met with Inditex, one of the largest fashion retail groups in the world, with eight brands including Zara, sold in over 6,700 stores in 88 markets.   

　　The CCICED and Inditex have agreed to cooperate on this sustainable consumption demonstration project, which will start in the latter half of this year and focus on developing a framework of sustainable consumption policies and implementation tools.  

　　The meeting was attended by CCICED Secretariat staff, experts from Inditex’ sustainable development department as well as Zara managers.  

　　The CCICED Secretariat presented the findings of the Sustainable Consumption and Green Development Task Force, along with initial results from the sustainable consumption demonstration project. Inditex experts spoke about pathways to a more sustainable retail industry, stating an important priority for them is to “establish value and transcend interest”. Inditex also described the Zara products re-use project in which unsold and old clothing is recycled into new garments.