Moving Beyond Net Zero: Sustainability in UK Textiles
13/04/2022
Anthony Burns, Chief Operating Officer of ACS Clothing will present Moving beyond net zero: Achieving climate positive at the Sustainability in UK Textiles conference on 12 May 2022.
Anthony Burns is the COO of ACS Clothing, a Scotland-based enabler of circular fashion. The company has already achieved zero waste to landfill, carbon neutrality, and are working towards net zero. Now Anthony has a more ambitious aim, to achieve climate positive and he’ll be revealing more about how he plans to get there in this practical but inspiring session.
Under Anthony’s leadership, the company’s expertise has expanded from rental to resale, and into garment refurbishment to bring otherwise unsaleable clothing items back into the supply chain, significantly increasing their lifespan.
With a strong social responsibility agenda, ACS has become an accredited Living Wage provider, a disability confident employer and signatory of the race at work charter. ACS has also been awarded for its employee health and well-being initiatives and has submitted a B-Corp application.
Anthony will outline his core mission to improve the sustainability of the fashion industry, and be more socially accountable, while continuing to increase ACS’s turnover.