YKK Corporation has been selected as a “Supplier Engagement Leader” the highest score on the 2022 Supplier Engagement Report (SER) from CDP,[1] the international environmental non-profit focused on measuring and reporting companies’ environmental impact. CDP’s annual Supplier Engagement Rating (SER) assesses how effectively companies engage with their suppliers on climate...
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Between 2003 and 2018, the number of times a person would wear the same piece of clothing multiple times has gone down by 36%.1* This is, in part, due to the dramatic increase in the fast fashion industry. Despite its negative environmental impact, many times it ends up being one…
In spring 2020, when the world came to a halt, millions of people got in touch with their creative side. For recent Marist College graduate Ava Grand, a spark of inspiration ignited her while looking at all the plastic packaging that had accumulated in her New Jersey bedroom. “I was…
Sustainability has secured a place at the top of the corporate agenda of many industries. To maximize success in this area, manufacturers must emphasize the importance of sustainability throughout a product’s lifecycle, from conception to rollout to end of life, while simultaneously giving careful thought to product design, distribution, and…
This is a question that more customers are asking as they seek to find ways to reduce the environmental footprint of their products. While the term “sustainable” would seem to be straightforward and easy to understand, it can be tricky as it has different meanings for different people. At YKK,…
Can smart garments help overcome the barriers to circularity? This online panel discussion explores how the digitization of apparel can help to enable garment resale, rental, repair, and address the challenges of product end of life recycling. Houdini Sportswear explains how it is digitizing their products to advance their circular eco system…
Tomoko Stoss, Sr. Manager of Sales & Marketing at YKK (U.S.A.) Inc. Snap and Button Products, describes some of the steps YKK Snap and Button Products is taking to promote circularity in the fashion industry. What is Circular Fashion? Circular fashion is fashion that is designed and manufactured in ways…
YKK El Salvador S.A. de C.V. recently completed a project supporting Tecpan School, a local school with a student population of 290, from kindergarten to 9th grade. The school needed support building a wall around the school to protect students from the crime that plagues the country. There have been…
We are proud to join more than 150 companies — with a combined market capitalization of over US$ 2.4 trillion and representing over 5 million employees — in signing a statement urging governments around the world to align their COVID-19 economic aid and recovery efforts with the latest climate science….
In this installment of “A Journey Around YKK Global Facilities,” we take you to YKK Lanka (Pvt.) Ltd. where our team is doing incredible work to help reduce plastic waste. Current situation with plastic waste in Sri Lanka Sri Lanka is an island, with water rich rivers flowing to the…
