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Commercial real estate plays an important role in sustainability. For landlords concerned with change, this raises a question: are tenants meeting modern sustainability standards? This was a problem that Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) wanted to solve, by tracking the performance of its retail stores. Learn how Good On You stepped in to help ⬇️ With more than 70 shopping centres across Europe and the United States, URW set out to optimise its leasing decisions and sustainability efforts in 2023. But it needed a way to measure and improve its entire portfolio performance and meet consumer expectations for more responsible choices. URW and Good On You created a solution together: the Sustainability Retail Index (SRI), an industry-pioneering tool that provides landlords with dynamic and comprehensive insights on their tenant’s sustainability performance. Powered by Good On You’s trusted ratings tech and expertise, the SRI solution — ➡️ Assesses retailers using the Good On You rating system, which scores brands on up to 1,000 data points across key social and environmental issues, combined with specific store-level indicators ➡️ Builds on long-standing expertise in fashion sustainability to expand ratings coverage across multiple retail verticals including beauty, home, tech and more ➡️Plugs into leasing systems to shape decision-making on optimal retail mix and consumer engagement ➡️ Supports retailers to improve with Good Measures, a tool that gives insights into brand ratings and their impacts on people, the planet, and animals Progress has steadily widened URW’s ability to assess its brands while expanding Good On You’s capabilities. Here’s what this partnership has yielded: 📈 Rating 1,000+ fashion brands in 8 weeks 📈 Launching 4 new ratings verticals, starting with beauty 📈 70% coverage of tenants (by revenue) by the end of this year … and in the latest news, more real estate leaders will soon access the SRI to drive the sustainable evolution of retail! We’re thrilled to work with URW to create more sustainable change across the real estate ecosystem. Learn more about this partnership and this new industry solution now → https://lnkd.in/gzX7c3tJ

“Good On You's robust and trusted methodology gave us the right foundation,” says Anna Drozdowski Bonsey, senior sustainability manager at Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) 💚 With Good On You, URW co-developed a system for measuring the sustainability performance of tenants, enabling the commercial real estate leader to continue its sustainable evolution. This partnership embodies how Good On You enables companies working at the intersection of real estate and retail to make a difference. Our partnerships can help you— ➡️ Monitor tenant performance via a robust ratings system that allows you to plug data directly into your leasing system to access comprehensive insights across fashion, beauty, and more. ➡️ Optimise leasing mix for long-term value by leveraging brand rating insights to make better leasing decisions that align with consumer engagement. ➡️ Engage consumers on sustainability by helping shoppers make more responsible choices by providing access to sustainability information they can trust. Taking such measures can future-proof a business, aligning you with change and the direction of greater consumer mindfulness. Learn how you can take advantage of Good On You’s brand data and make more informed decisions now 🌟→ https://lnkd.in/eirAfpHq

It’s September, which means #FashionMonth has begun. It starts in New York, moves to London, then Milan, and finishes in Paris—and we’re keeping an eye on what values brands are displaying on the world’s runways. Many more sustainable brands will be showing their collections, exemplifying the best efforts to create clothing that considers people, the planet, and animals. But let’s be real: the majority of large brands showing during fashion month aren’t doing the work. This is a fact: 75% of luxury brands received our two lowest ratings, “We Avoid” and “Not Good Enough”. We expect better of these industry leaders 👎🏼👎🏽👎🏿👎🏻👎🏾 But we’re optimistic, hopeful that this fashion month can shift from a first point of sale to a transmitter of ethics, as an opportunity to start conversations about overconsumption, championing fashion’s labour force, crediting local and Indigenous communities, reducing waste, going beyond greenwashed taglines, divesting from plastic and animal products, and so much more. Fashion month can be a force for change—and we’re willing this into reality 💗 What are your hopes for this fashion month? Tag a colleague and share in the comments below—then swipe to see what we don’t want to see at fashion week 👀 Visit the link for an explainer on luxury fashion’s sustainability record → https://lnkd.in/eewaTZ7U

Sandra Capponi's travels across Europe continue! If you’re going to Seamless Europe, be sure to drop a note as she'll be there—and would love to meet you 💫 #SeamlessEU

Good On You’s ratings analysts rated 63 new brands in August—but only one rated “Good”. Who is it? 👀 Here’s a hint: the brand is Japanese, creating quality basics, and has been in business for almost 100 years. Swipe to learn about it ➡️ But what about the other 62 brands we rated? They didn’t fare as well, as 54 rated our lowest two ratings of “Not Good Enough” and “We Avoid” 😬 Keep swiping to find out who the lowest scorers were ⛔ Explore a full rundown of August’s best and worst rated brands here → https://lnkd.in/exMNUtmt Hoping to make your business more sustainable or improve your rating? We’re here to help → https://lnkd.in/ebqNDJF4

SHEIN is suing Temu for copyright infringement. Yes, you read that right 🤭 The worst of the worst brands in fashion are pointing fingers at each other, as ultra fast fashion brand SHEIN is accusing ultra fast fashion brand Temu of a “coordinated scheme” to copy its designs 🤔 This is absolutely comic, given that SHEIN and Temu profit from copying and mimicking artists and small brands who are often working more sustainably. Swipe to learn about SHEIN and Temu affect smaller brands and how these business practices impact people, the planet, and animals. Read the full story from TIME → https://lnkd.in/eW-5kqxs Need help pushing against ultra fast fashion? We can help: learn about Good On You’s partnerships → https://lnkd.in/eB7MriUU

Please say hello to Katlego Malekane (he/him), our newest Senior Back End Engineer on our Tech team! ✨ Based in Cape Town, Kat comes to us with a varied software engineering background having worked in advertising, banking, and hotels. “I've worked both in the agency and product model, which allowed me to harness my skills to deliver value in various situations,” Kat says. “I've also had the opportunity to lead a team and in so doing gain a deeper appreciation for bringing out the best in my co-workers as part of what I do as an engineer. I believe this will most often put me in a unique position to bring both technical and non technical value to the team.” This role aligns with Kat’s ongoing growth and interest in sustainability, which has evolved in expected and unexpected ways. “The background I come from has so many challenges that people are facing that sustainability (in regards to thinking about the production process of the shirt I'm wearing and the impact thereof on the planet, people and animals) is an unknown concern,” he says. “Becoming a father and more invested in the environment my children will grow up in has made me aware of such concepts, so when this role was brought to my attention, I was really excited by the thought of actively contributing towards a more sustainable world for my children to grow up in, even in my day-to-day job.” “Sustainability enables continuity,” Kat adds. “It's an essential tenet of the legacy we leave to the generations that follow.” Bravo! We couldn’t be happier to have Kat on our team, as we continue to work toward our goals of helping consumers make more informed decisions. Give Kat a warm welcome—and swipe for a peek into his life in Cape Town 💚

Viscose is made from cellulose derived from wood pulp. Does that make it more sustainable? Not necessarily 👀 This material is tied to issues like heavy chemical use and deforestation, as its ties to sustainability cloud the actual effects of the material on people, the planet, and animals 🌳 Swipe to learn more about viscose and learn more here 🔎 → https://lnkd.in/eCRc6sAX