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Conducting a Materiality Assessment for The North Face
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The North Face wanted to understand stakeholder perceptions, identify key sustainability issues, and inform strategy.
The North Face used the materiality assessment and strategy pathways as inputs to the development of a refreshed sustainability strategy.
The objectives of The North Face were two-fold: for the organisation to understand how its stakeholders and staff view the brand’s sustainability position in relation to its competitors and understand their thoughts on where the organisation should focus; secondly to bring these insights together and highlight how it can inform future strategy.
Anthesis conducted a materiality assessment to identify the issues that matter most to the future sustainability of The North Face. We explored a range of environmental, social and governmental issues, themes and opportunities via benchmarking, desk research, interviews with internal and external stakeholders and a staff survey. We also developed alternative names, narratives and goals showing how the most material issues could be taken forward into a strategy.
The North Face used the materiality assessment and strategy pathways as inputs to the development of a refreshed sustainability strategy during 2016.
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