The UK luxury fashion company is to stop burning unsold goods in order to protect its brand , despite criticism of its employees in July that it lost stock worth nearly $ 40 m last year . The company also confirmed that it would stop using real fur in its products . Burberry said that it would seek to reuse , repair , recycle or donate unsold goods and would also create fewer , more targeted collections in an attempt to reduce waste . The firm will also work with Elvis & Kresse , a sustainable luxury business , to create products from 120 tonnes of leather offcuts over five years .
The UK luxury fashion company is to stop burning unsold goods in order to protect its brand, following criticism of its admission in July that it destroyed stock worth nearly $40m last year. The company also confirmed that it would stop using real fur in its products. Burberry said that it would seek to reuse, repair, recycle or donate unsold products and would also create fewer, more targeted collections in an attempt to reduce waste. The firm will also work with Elvis & Kresse, a sustainable luxury business, to create products from 120 tonnes of leather offcuts over five years.