New Co-Signatories of the Joint Statement on Durability in A&F PEFCR

We are pleased to share that 15 new organisations have endorsed our initiative and joined as co-signatories of the Joint Statement on Durability in the Apparel & Footwear PEFCR. The Technical Secretariat of the PEFCR on Apparel & Footwear raises serious concerns to their peers and the European Commission about the current method for calculating the “Duration of Service” of products.

The “How long?” of the functional unit is meant to establish the length of time that apparel and footwear articles in the scope of the PEFCR remain in service. Time is a crucial factor for the calculation of the environmental footprint of products, as the longer a product remains in service, the lower will be its environmental impact.

However, at present the A&F PEFCR foresees that the duration of service of products is capped and will fail to reflect the reality of product lifetimes.

Read the full statement here