VF Corporation
CEF Lead Executives
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JEANNIE RENNÉ-MALONEList Item 1
VP, Global Sustainability
Jeannie Renné-Malone, LEED AP, ENV SP, GGP, is Vice President, Global Sustainability at VF Corporation, a global leader in branded lifestyle apparel, footwear and accessories that owns iconic brands including The North Face, Vans, Timberland, Wrangler and Lee. . Prior to VF Corporation, Jeannie served as Vice President, Sustainability at Prologis where she was responsible for developing and implementing a global sustainability strategy for the company. She has over 15 years of experience in sustainable development, technology transfer, renewable energy, climate change, greenhouse gas accounting, and sustainability planning and reporting in the US and in Latin America. She has an MA in International Finance and Development from the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver, a BA in Spanish from the University of Washington, and holds several sustainability certifications. She is also fluent in Spanish.
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SEAN CADY
VP, Global Responsible Sourcing & Sustainability
Under Cady’s leadership, VF’s Global Responsible Sourcing function – which is part of VF’s Global Supply Chain organization – leads product stewardship initiatives for all VF products, creates supply chain sustainability improvements across the entire supply chain, and accelerates factory social and environmental leadership. He manages teams that partner with each VF supplier to drive continuous improvement and leadership on life safety, social and environmental performance. Cady is also responsible for VF’s environmental sustainability strategy and results for products, and the global supply chain. He leads the implementation of programs to continuously improve sustainability performance in four key areas of sustainability: water, energy, chemicals and cotton.
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ANDREA MOORE
Senior Program Manager, Purpose Strategy
Moore has been with the VF Corporation since 2015. Prior to this role, Moore served as Program Manager, Sustainability & Responsibility where she built global top line growth and change management strategy, communications strategy, policies and programs across our brands and value chain, and the rolling out of the company's purpose and 'Made for Change' strategy. She previously was Assistant Director, Energy & Sustainability at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine where she developed the university’s sustainability strategy and led cross-functional teams of stakeholders in developing sustainability and energy efficiency programs and initiatives across the university. Moore received an M.S. in Sustainable Management from Columbia University.
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ATLANTA MCILWRAITH
Winner CEF Leadership Program (2013)
Senior Manager, Community Engagement and Communication, Timberland
Atlanta McIlwraith is responsible for managing the company’s Path of ServiceTM employee volunteer program, strategic community investments, and the Global Stewards program to ensure the company’s service and CSR agendas play out with consistency and impact worldwide. She started her professional life as a political organizer – first for an electoral campaign and then for Public Citizen’s CongressWatch, a national consumer advocacy organization based in Washington D.C. She then served as National Public Affairs Manager for The Body Shop, where she managed the company’s public awareness and action campaigns that launched in stores nationwide. Atlanta holds a B.A. in Political Science from Duke University and an MBA from Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina.
Sustainability Goals
Sustainability Goals
2025 Goals
- Use 100% sustainably-grown cotton
- Use 100% renewable energy
- Drive a 35% reduction in the impact of key materials
- Improve the lives of 1 million workers and their communities
- Source 50% of nylon and polyester from recycled materials
2030 Goals
- 55% reduction in absolute Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions (2017 baseline)
- 30% reduction in absolute Scope 3 GHG emissions, focusing on farm-to-retail materials, sourcing operations and logistics (2017 baseline)
- Lead the large-scale commercialization of circular business models through brand-led recommerce and rental initiatives
- Commit to transitioning our top nine materials (by spend and impact) to regenerative, renewable, or recycled materials
- Improve the lives of 2 million workers and their communities
2050 Goals
- Achieve carbon-neutral operations
- Halve our upstream environmental impact, farm-to-front door
Latest Sustainability Reporting
2018 Sustainability & Responsibility Report (December 2019)
Highlights
- Sourced 14% of its owned-and-operated energy needs from renewable sources in 2018
- Achieved LEED certification for 16 of its offices and distribution centers as of 2018
- Achieved zero waste status at 50% of its distribution centers around the world as of 2018
- Sourced 83% of its cotton from sustainable sources in 2018
- Reduced Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 5.5.% since 2014
- Sourced 11% of its nylon and polyester from recycled sources in 2018
- Awards include: Barron’s 100 Most Sustainable US Brands; 2019 Best Places to work for LGBTQ Equality; 50 ‘Best Places for Women & Diverse Managers to Work’ in 2018
Recent News
2021
Announced a partnership with Thailand’s Terra Genesis International to create a regenerative supply chain for rubber to be used in footwear. The supply system will be open to brands across and outside the industry. (May 2021)
Members of the Corporate Electric Vehicle Alliance (CEVA) and the BICEP Network sent letters (CEVA letter and the BICEP letter) calling for the Biden administration to adopt vehicle standards aligned with climate science and consistent with a pathway to 100% zero-emission vehicle sales by 2035. The two Ceres-led networks represent over 80 companies with combined annual revenue of $1.3 trillion and include Amazon, CBRE, Kaiser Permanente, McDonald’s, Microsoft, Siemens, Tiffany & Co., Unilever, and VF Corporation. (April 2021)
More than 300 businesses representing over $3 trillion in annual revenue and employing nearly 6 million US workers signed an open letter calling upon President Biden to adopt a GHG emissions reduction target of at least 50% by 2030 (2005 baseline). Organized by the We Mean Business coalition and Ceres, signatories of the letter included: Apple, Dell Technologies, Facebook, Google, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, HP, Johnson & Johnson, Mastercard, McDonald’s, Microsoft, Siemens, Trane Technologies, Unilever, and VF Corporation. (April 2021)
Ethisphere released its 2021 list of the World’s Most Ethical Companies. CEF members recognized include (March 2021):
- 3M
- ADM
- Aptiv
- CBRE
- Dell Technologies
- Ecolab
- General Motors
- HanesBrands
- Hewlett Packard Enterprise
- Honeywell
- HP
- International Paper
- Kaiser Permanente
- Kimberly-Clark
- Mastercard
- Microsoft
- PepsiCo
- VF Corporation
- Visa
- Waste Management
The New Zealand Merino Company, in collaboration with wool apparel and footwear brands Allbirds®, icebreaker®, and Smartwool® (a VF Corporation brand), unveiled the world’s first regenerative wool program involving 167 farms representing 2.4 million acres in New Zealand. The three apparel and footwear brands, who collectively source 2 million kilograms of wool annually, have committed to procuring their New Zealand Merino through the new program. (February 2021)
A major new coalition, “America is All In,” launched to mobilize bold climate ambitions nationally and uphold the federal government’s commitment to climate action—specifically to cut U.S. emissions in half or more by 2030 and reach net-zero by 2050. Co-led by UN Special Climate Envoy Michael Bloomberg, the coalition effectively merges We Are Still In and America’s Pledge and is the most expansive effort ever assembled to support climate action in the U.S., involving U.S. businesses, cities, states, tribal nations, schools, and faith groups, health care organizations, and cultural institutions. Large companies involved include: 3M, Adobe, Amazon, Apple, ADM, Autodesk, BASF, Best Buy, Cargill, Carrier Corporation, The Clorox Company, Coca-Cola, Danone N.A., Dell Technologies, Dow Inc., DSM N.A., DuPont, eBay, Edison International, Facebook, Gap, General Mills, Google, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, HP, Inc., IKEA U.S., Johnson & Johnson, Johnson Controls, Kellogg Company, LafargeHolcim, Levi Strauss & Co., L’Oréal, Mars Incorporated, McDonald’s, Microsoft, Mondelez International, National Grid, Nestle, NIKE, Novozymes, PG&E Corporation, PepsiCo, Salesforce, Siemens, Sony Corporation of America, Starbucks, Steelcase, Target, Tiffany & Co., Trane Technologies, Verizon, VF Corporation, Walmart, and Waste Management. (February 2021)
VF Corporation allocated the net proceeds from its inaugural $596 million green bond issued in 2020 to 13 sustainability projects worldwide. Outcomes included planting 2 million trees, avoiding approximately 16,000 metric tons of CO2e annually through sustainable materials procurement, and saving 970 million liters of water annually through conservation initiatives. The company published a Green Bond Impact Report to offer transparency into the green bond initiative. (February 2021)
VF Corporation announced new programs and actions to advance racial equity, including (February 2021):
- Achieving 25% Black, Indigenous, and People of Color representation within its Director and above population by 2030
- Applying Mansfield Rules, requiring initial candidate slates to contain at least 50 percent diverse candidates (defined as women, BIPOC, LGBTQ+ individuals, and individuals with disabilities) when hiring or promoting candidates
- Assessing and resolving any identified pay gaps for employees, sponsored athletes, and influencers across the organization through a pay equity analysis by 2024
- Tying financial bonuses for Directors and above to racial equity goals and strategies
- Establishing a supplier diversity program to double its spend with minority- and women-owned businesses by 2025
VF Corporation’s brand The North Face has partnered with nature-based solutions company Indigo Ag to launch a regenerative cotton farming project and plans to release a regenerative cotton collection in fall 2022. (February 2021)
VF Corporation is partnering with Pattrn® to launch a new digital media series, “Sustainable Solutions”—a 5-part series showcasing VF’s initiatives to address climate change across its portfolio brands that highlights the importance of traceability and transparency in global supply chains, sustainable packaging, green chemistry, circular design, and regenerative agriculture. (February 2021)
VF Corporation announced several sustainable packaging goals that include (February 2021):
- Eliminating all single-use plastic packaging by 2025. All remaining packaging will be reduced, originate from sustainable sources, and designed for reuse or recyclability
- Ensuring that all single-use plastics in product packaging are 100% recycled, bio-based content, or a combination by 2023
- Ensuring that all paper-based packaging uses recycled content (minimum 80%, where performance allows), third-party certified virgin content, or a combination by 2023
- Contributing leadership in crucial industry coalitions and policy initiatives to build circular packaging infrastructure
VF Corporation launched an enhanced product traceability map that offers transparent details on its Tier 1 through Tier 4 suppliers. The improved data collection will be updated regularly and allows VF to trace the full end-to-end supply chain, from raw materials conversion to product distribution. (January 2021)
VF Corporation brand Timberland announced 2030 sustainability goals that include designing 100% of products for circularity and deriving 100% of natural materials from regenerative agriculture sources. (January 2021)
2020
VF Corporation subsidiary Timberland announced a goal for its products to have a net positive impact on nature by 2030. To achieve this, the company set goals to design 100% of its products for circularity and to source 100% of the natural materials used in its products from regenerative agriculture. (September 2020)
VF Corporation announced the closing of its €500 million green bond offering, representing the first green bond issued in the apparel and footwear industry. VF will use the net proceedsto support projects that align with key United Nations SDGs in three areas: Sustainable Products & Materials, Sustainable Operations & Supply Chain (such as renewable energy installations and zero waste distribution centers) and Natural Carbon Sinks, including reforestation conservation projects and investments in regenerative agriculture practices. (Feb 2020)
>>See VF Corp Green Bond Framework here
VF Corporation was included on Ethisphere's 2020 list of the World’s Most Ethical Companies. (March 2020)
2019
VF Corporation set science-based targets to reduce its Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions 55% by 2030 and its Scope 3 GHG emissions 30% by 2030, compared to 2017 baseline levels. The company also committed to source 100% of its top nine materials from regenerative, responsibly sourced, renewable, or recycled sources by 2030. (December 2019)
VF Corporation subsidiary Timberland has partnered with Other Half Processing to launch a pilot program aimed at building a more responsible leather supply chain sourced from ranches and farms that use regenerative cattle grazing practices. As part of the program, the company plans to source traceable hides from regeneratively grazed cattle in the U.S. for select footwear products and accessories. (November 2019)
VF Corporation partnered with Mastercard to test a hybrid payment solution in Egypt and Cambodia that enables factories to pay garment workers digitally. The global effort aims to “improve the wellbeing of factory workers who currently lack access to the financial tools and services that can help them and their families thrive.” (Oct 2019)
VF Corporation subsidiary Timberland has committed to plant 50 million trees around the world by 2025. The company has planted more than 10 million trees around the world since 2001. (Sep 2019)
VF Corporation entered a collaborative partnership with strategy consultancy Globescan, IKEA, P&G, Visa, WWF International, and others to launch a new global consumer research study on the topic of Healthy and Sustainable Living. The results are expected in September 2019. (May 2019)
VF Corporation has signed onto the Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action, which lays out 16 principles for addressing the climate impact of the fashion sector across its entire value chain. (May 2019)
Included on Ethisphere's 2019 list of the World’s Most Ethical Companies. (March 2019)
VF Corporation was ranked #8 on the KnowTheChain 2018 Apparel and Footwear Benchmark, which scores 43 companies across the apparel and footwear industry based on their actions to eradicate forced labor from their supply chains. (Jan 2019)