Our Communities

Standing Taller with Our Communities.

We believe that when we stand together as a house of brands we can reach further and give more. From our Hudson Yard headquarters to Masoro, Rwanda, we are supporting our global communities where we live, work and make our products.

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THROUGH EMPLOYEE VOLUNTEERING PROGRAMS, OUR COVID-19 RESPONSE EFFORTS, AND OUR FOCUS ON IMPROVING WORKER EMPOWERMENT THROUGHOUT OUR SUPPLY CHAIN.

We’ve been driving meaningful change as we make progress toward our bold 2025 goals. This includes completing 100,000 volunteer service hours by our employees around the world and providing access to worker empowerment programs for the suppliers who craft our products.

OUR PRIORITIES

Volunteering

In FY2021, Tapestry volunteers contributed more than 32,000 hours through our Tapestry Gives volunteer program, benefiting causes from education and mentorship to food insecurity and mental health. We scaled the Tapestry Gives program by establishing committees across all our bands and expanding the program globally. Through our 260 global employee volunteer ambassadors, 12 volunteer committees, and one paid volunteer day per year for all global employees, we were able to serve 550 non-profits.

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Mentoring at Coach

In honor of National Mentoring Month, the Coach Foundation launched a volunteer campaign tied to its signature initiative, Dream It Real, which reached 250 students in 5 cities.

Showing Exceptional Commitment to Service

Our store teams went above and beyond by hosting drives to collect necessities for families in need, protecting our beaches and parks through clean up events, and providing support to homeless pets, children in hospitals and seniors.

Expanding Globally

Employees from Tapestry Asia supported a school in An Giang province by delivering supplies and furniture to improve the learning environment for more than 400 students.

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COVID-19 Response

We continue to support our communities in response to the COVID-19 pandemic by making relief grants, donating products and providing needed support to communities most severely impacted.

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Supporting our Communities

Coach and the Coach Foundation supported organizations on the frontlines, including the World Food Programme, Feeding America, Direct Relief India and the NYC Relief Opportunities for All Restaurants.

Supporting Women and Girls

kate spade new york focused on supporting women and girls through the mental health challenges they disproportionately face as a result of the pandemic.

Tapestry Teammates Step Up

Tapestry provides eligible employees matching gifts of up to $10,000 each year, with $1,000 double matched. In FY2021, we donated $448,000 through the program, bringing the total since 2010 up to $4,481,000.

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Striving for Racial and Social Equity

Tapestry continues to work with our partners to help communities around the world achieve a more equitable society by advancing opportunity and dignity for all.

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Supporting Students through Dream It Real

In August 2021, the Coach Foundation announced its commitment to support 5,000 students with scholarships through non-profit partners by 2025. This commitment is the latest endeavor in the Foundation’s ongoing mission to help break cycles of inequality by empowering the next generation to reach their full potential through higher education.

kate spade new york Tackles Mental Health Stigma

In FY2021, kate spade new york and its Foundation reached more than 12,000 women and girls with access to mental health resources in its efforts to decrease stigma and increase awareness.

Stuart Weitzman Expands Work with Vital Voices

Stuart Weitzman built upon its signature partnership with Vital Voices in FY2021 through a $200,000 donation creating the Bold Moves Grant. The fund supports women leaders achieve their bold ideas and drive change in their communities.

OUR PRIORITIES

Worker Empowerment

We value the workers in our supply chain and have an on-going comprehensive social auditing program. We also have a goal of providing 100,000 workers in the factories making our products with empowerment programing by 2025. In addition, kate spade new york continues to work with its on purpose supply partner Abahizi Rwanda, which has a workforce that is more than 90% women. To date, kate spade new york has donated over $3 million to non-profit partners implementing community-based programs for the people in Masoro, Rwanda, where the employees of its on purpose partner and their families live.

Highlighted Initiatives

Dream It Real Around the Globe

Dream It Real continued its global expansion in FY2021 through programs reaching young people and students in China, Japan and the United Kingdom.

Empowering Women and Girls

In FY2021, the kate spade new york Foundation worked with organizations such a The Grace Institute, Per Scholas, Rising Tide Capital and the Lower East Side Girls Club to provide technical training and mental health resiliency tools and resources.

Stuart Weitzman Limited-Edition Designs

To support its philanthropic partnerships, Stuart Weitzman released several limited-edition designs, including the 5050 VOTE boot to support its brand partnership with I Am A Voter, a non-partisan, non-profit organization dedicated to increasing civic participation.

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