ESG & Investing
Zara Owner Inditex’s Transport Emissions Balloon to Record Highs
A shopper with a Zara shopping bag in A Coruna, Spain, on March 12.
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The carbon footprint of transporting that Zara outfit you’re looking to buy has just gone up.
The annual report of Inditex SA, the Spanish owner of the apparel chain, shows that its transport-related carbon emissions grew twice as fast as product volumes, reaching a record high in 2024 in spite of the company’s ambitious climate goals.