Our year in review
Dec 17, 2024
LifeWear
Social contribution milestones
This winter we introduced The Heart of LifeWear: a global initiative to help people in need. This year, UNIQLO will donate 1 million pieces of HEATTECH or AIRism clothing to refugees and communities around the world who need it most. In Europe we are committed to distributing 100 000 pieces of HEATTECH thermalwear this winter season through 30 charity partners in 12 European countries. Read more here.
HEATTECH clothing donation and origami workshop held in Moldova, October 2024
Peace For All, our charity T-shirt project, celebrated its second anniversary this year. Over the last two years the project has sold over 5.5 million T-shirts; raising 1.5 billion yen (approximately $10 million) to date. All profits from sales of Peace For All T-shirts are donated to three international humanitarian organisations: UNHCR (the UN Refugee Agency), Save the Children, and Plan International. Read the Peace For All impact report here and shop the T-shirt collection here.
Peace For All has to date featured 44 designs from 42 collaborators. The latest collection launched in partnership with renowned photography collective Magnum Photos and was celebrated with public photography exhibitions in more than 10 cities worldwide; including London, Stockholm and Rome.
The exhibitions featured a curated selection of striking, joyful, profound photographs from Magnum photographers Cristina de Middel, Lindokuhle Sobekwa, and Olivia Arthur, who travelled to Vietnam, Ethiopia, and Romania to capture moments of Peace For All-funded activities. The photographs powerfully illustrate how each partner makes use of the funds raised through the initiative.
Public exhibition in Coal Drops Yard, King's Cross, London - September-October 2024
Learn more about the exhibitions here.
Thanks to the generosity of our customers, we have raised more than 570 000 € for Save The Children, UNHCR and Social Bite from donations made at checkout across all our European stores between January 1st - December 18th 2024. During our Arigato festival in November, UNIQLO matched customer donations; donating 40 000 € to 11 local charities.
Environmental milestones
This year in Europe, 100% of the energy used in our stores was from renewable sources.
To celebrate World Clean Up Day 93 UNIQLO coworkers volunteered to clean up 250 kgs of trash from city centres in Cologne, Dusseldorf, Stuttgart and Rome. By kayak or foot in rivers in Copenhagen and Brussels, and on beaches in Barcelona.
UNIQLO staff members on World Clean Up Day.
charity : water
This year, 19 projects sponsored by UNIQLO Europe have been completed in Cambodia and Bangladesh - bringing clean water to 3388 people. UNIQLO Europe also donated 36 000 € to bring clean water to over 900 people in Kenya, Ethiopia and Cambodia by 2027. Learn more about the projects here.
RE.UNIQLO Studios
Visit your local RE.UNIQLO Studio to help make your UNIQLO clothing last longer through our services. At a RE.UNIQLO Studio, you can not only repair old clothing, but also customise it to make it one of a kind.
In Europe we have 19 studios, including new locations launched this year in Stockholm Kungsträdgården, Rome Via del Corso, Edinburgh Princes Street, Hamburg Alter Wall, Paris Le Marais, London Coal Drops Yard and Amsterdam Koningsplein. We operate more than 50 RE.UNIQLO Studios worldwide.
Learn more about our RE.UNIQLO Studios here.
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