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Discloses Quantity of Products Destroyed
Does the company publish the % or tonnes of product volume or number of items destroyed (typically incinerated) during the annual reporting period?
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Fashion Revolution
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About the data

Publishing data on textile/product incineration shows that a company is taking steps to measure and understand its approach to responsible waste management. It also enables external stakeholders to hold companies to account for incinerating perfectly good materials and products.

In this question you are being asked to identify whether company publicly discloses the percentage (%) or tonnes of product volume or number of items destroyed (typically incinerated) during the annual reporting period.

Where to look for this information:
- Corporate Social Responsibility report
- Company documents
- Company policies
- Company websites
- Company code of conduct
- Parent company documents (only if the parent company is linked to from the brands website)
- Parent company policies (only if the parent company is linked to from the brands website)
- Parent company websites (only if the parent company is linked to from the brands website)
- Parent company code of conduct (only if the parent company is linked to from the brands website)

Good keywords for your searches include:
- Textile
- Product
- Waste
- Incineration

Things to keep in mind:
- Brands typically destroy excess products by incineration but there are calls for this practise to stop

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