# CSB & EILEEN FISHER Make the Case for Sustainable Apparel

Center for Sustainable Business

February 16, 2021 ![EF](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/EF_0.png?itok=-pgTH2R3) With support from HSBC Bank USA, NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business partnered with a set of apparel companies to create the Apparel Industry Sustainable Strategies Framework, in which CSB's [Return on Sustainable Investment (ROSI)](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/about/departments-centers-initiatives/centers-of-research/center-sustainable-business/research/return-sustainability-investment-rosi) methodology is used to estimate the value of tangible and intangible benefits that apparel companies can accrue by making strategic investments in more sustainable business practices.

As a leading sustainable apparel company, EILEEN FISHER sought to identify and monetize its current financial and societal benefits of prioritizing lower carbon modes of transportation and investing in circular take-back programs.

The [case study](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/sites/default/files/assets/documents/EILEEN%20FISHER%20Case.pdf), "The Business Case for Sustainable Apparel at EILEEN FISHER," shares the process by which CSB leveraged ROSI to analyze the following:

**Reducing GHG emissions:** The company committed to reduce its absolute carbon emissions from inbound logistics by 2020 by prioritizing more carbon-efficient modes of transportation.
**Reducing clothing waste:** EILEEN FISHER was also an early adopter of clothing take-back programs, and its Renew line, launched in 2009, helps customers keep clothing out of landfill by bringing it back to EILEEN FISHER for resale

Learn more about CSB's Circularity & Innovation sustainability strategy, [click here.](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/about/departments-centers-initiatives/centers-of-research/center-sustainable-business/research/return-sustainability-investment-rosi/apparel-industry-sustainable-strategies-2)
Read the full case study, [click here.](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/sites/default/files/assets/documents/EILEEN%20FISHER%20Case.pdf)