Coachtopia is a collaborative lab for innovation within Coach, founded with a mission to accelerate our transition towards a circular economy in fashion by rapidly prototyping new products, processes and ideas.
Made with waste
The production of new materials accounts for 38% of the fashion industry’s greenhouse gas emissions.* That's why, in Coachtopia, we are minimizing our use of virgin raw materials and crafting from what already exists. For example, our Upcrafted leather bags and accessories are made from luxury leather production scraps left over after our bag patterns are cut from leather hides.
* Source: Fashion on Climate, McKinsey & Company, 2020
The Coachtopians
Since the earliest days of Coachtopia, we’ve been inspired by the passion of our Beta Community—a global and growing network of diverse and inspiring Generation Z individuals who are continually sharing their ideas about our products, messages and concepts as we develop them, setting expectations of the change they want to see.
Our partners
By crafting according to our Made Circular™ principles, our goal is to lower the carbon footprint of our products compared to those made by conventional methods. At the same time, we’re collaborating with trusted industry partners to find ways of designing out waste and reducing emissions across Coachtopia’s entire supply chain.
The Wavy Dinky in
Upcrafted Leather
Impact compared to similar bag made by conventional methods.
A lab for innovation
Coachtopia is being built upon the investments we’re making across the entire Coach supply chain to make our business and products more sustainable. By rapidly innovating in Coachtopia, we’re working to pioneer methodologies for circular fashion at scale.