This report is only available in Spanish language The new Inditex expansion follows the strategy of the recent growth of the complex based on independent volumes that develop and incorporate outdoor spaces for people with the presence of vegetation, generating healthy environments that in turn allow the different buildings to be provided with better lighting conditions and natural ventilation. © Luis Díaz DíazThe great interior free heights of up to 6 meters high on some floors allow a lower concentration of people per m3. This fact, together with air renewal systems that filter harmful particles, guarantees a high quality of indoor air in a very low-density environment. © Luis Díaz DíazAll the new outdoor spaces have been pacified to allow them to be used and enjoyed by people, contributing to de-densification and the generation of alternative environments for meeting, gathering, and rest. In addition, each of the floors has spacious cafeteria and rest areas with large windows. © Luis Díaz DíazThe creation of a new car park for 638 vehicles has also made it possible to create new access from Avenida de Arteixo, which makes it possible to decongest road traffic to the complex at rush hour. In addition, a large pergola with 6,000 m2 of photovoltaic panels covers the parking lot, providing shade for the space and producing electricity. © Luis Díaz DíazIn a bid to improve the relationship with the contexts near the complex and its closest population, a new bike lane will be developed that will connect the complex with the existing bike lane, which runs parallel to the natural system of the Arteixo River and connects with the natural areas of the Atlantic coast You'll now receive updates based on what you follow Personalize your stream and start following your favorite authors If you have done all of this and still can't find the email which stand out for the simplicity of their lines energy efficiency and sustainability credentials have been designed to reinforce the brand’s essence and support its flat organisational structure The works are set to begin in January and last for roughly two years A new 170,000m2 building will house the Zara sales and design teams within Inditex’s complex in Arteixo the works are due to get underway in January have been designed to reinforce the horizontal work dynamics between designers underpinned by creativity and articulated around open collaboration and communication The new five-storey building (with another two underground floors for parking) will complement the visual identity of the adjacent offices The building will be predominantly white and feature large horizontal windows with protruding eaves to provide protection from the sun while flooding the interiors which will soar unfettered up to 4.7 metres tall A structural trellis will introduce pillars every 12 x 22 metres generating huge open spaces that will further facilitate the dynamic work flows between the various departments Sustainable efficiency with cutting-edge technology the architecture firm which was responsible for the recent expansion of the Group’s facilities in Arteixo and several of the brands’ head offices is based on an orderly and structured design of flexible work spaces that lend themselves to easy and multiple reconfiguration The proportions and dimensions of this huge building give it a ‘shape coefficient’ which together with its highly insulated façades and roofing reduce its energy consumption and facilitate energy self-sufficiency thanks to energy just taken from three new wind turbines located in Coruña’s Outer Port The new building will be fitted with a next-generation facility management system to ensure that its various elements operate in efficient harmony at all times adapting them continuously in response to indoor and outdoor temperatures and air quality The building will also uphold the highest standards of sustainability the impact of the construction process will be minimised coupled with intensive use of recycled materials will reduce the works’ carbon footprint and waste generation It will comply with the stringent requirements of the sustainable building benchmark US Green Building Council (USGBC) –and which it hopes to achieve its highest certification Outdoor-indoor integration to enhance personal wellbeing Two big longitudinal outdoor areas adjacent to the east and north façades will add to the existing square outside the dotcom building in keeping with the strategy embarked on at Inditex’s headquarters in 2018 of upgrading and integrating the complex’s outdoor spaces.  A grid of walkways will connect various parts of the new building with the adjacent buildings to ensure internal connectivity at the complex and optimal interaction between the various departments Search Companies editorial@fibre2fashion.com Toni Bou arrives as leader after achieving his first victory of the outdoor season Gabriel Marcelli is joint fourth in the standings TrialGP World Championship Races 3 and 4 will take place in the Portuguese town of Gouveia this weekend The Repsol Honda Trial Team riders will fight for top positions and look to improve the results obtained in Arteixo on the opening weekend of the season after taking a victory and a second place in the two events held in Arteixo just a week ago The 32-time World Champion will seek to become outride leader in the outdoor discipline in Portugal after a great performance in the Spanish TrialGP He was third and fourth in the two events held in Arteixo and in Gouveia his objective will be to battle for his first victory in the Outdoor World Championship The technical and administrative verifications will take place on Friday The competition itself begins on Saturday at 9am Despite this, Zara has always stayed true to its roots, and its billionaire founder, Amancio Ortega has continued to expand its global headquarters in Galicia to accommodate its growth the company has brought in thousands of employees from different parts of the world to work on its design This has had a dramatic impact on the culture of the nearby city of La Coruña where many of these employees choose to live The locals call it the "Impacto Inditex," and it's felt in all areas of the city Whether it be the fashionistas that roam the streets dipping in and out of its trendy stores, cafes or the disgruntled residents who say they face rising living costs it's clear that Inditex is having a profound impact on life in La Coruña We visited the city in August to see how much it has changed with the rise of Zara: The first store still exists in La Coruña today but there is very little distinguishing it from Zara stores you might find anywhere in the world.  a small town with a population of about 30,000 is a roughly 20-minute drive from La Coruña This is more than any other region in Spain with the exception of Madrid Lopez explained that the sheer size of the business means that almost everyone in the city will know someone who works either directly or indirectly for Inditex If you don't know someone who works for Inditex you are likely to know someone who works for a business that works for the company said the mix of different cultures has had a positive impact on the city.  it was very rare to see an Asian or a black person going out together," he said "The city has modernized a lot; restaurants that you might find in Barcelona or in Madrid have opened here," said Tamara Valencia a sales assistant at a boutique store in La Coruña "When you would go out at night years ago you would see no one Now you find people on the street that you wouldn't have seen before." Valencia explained that there have been a lot of changes in her lifetime and a whole host of trendy stores have cropped up.  It's put the city on the map as a fashion destination.  "People started changing their way of dressing people from other parts of Spain started noticing that people here were dressing well," she said.  The influx of employees has increased demand for rental properties in the center of town driving prices up and making it more difficult for locals to live in the area.  "When I came here a year and a half ago and I was looking for an apartment I found it super complicated to find a one-bedroom," Sara Canedo a sales assistant at the Almacen concept store in the old town "The real estate agents said that the majority of these apartments were being rented by people from Inditex." "[Inditex] has caused a big increase in the rental prices due to the number of employees coming from other cities or countries that have purchasing power," Patricia Vigiola a rental agent at Engel & Völkers in La Coruña wrote in an email to Business Insider.  She added: "The request is always the city center."  "Arteixo is a rural area without any residential La Coruña is just 20 minutes away by car and is where you have all the services for your daily life," Vigiola said.  This is likely because of the investments he has made into the city "Half of the city lives thanks to him," Lopez said of Ortega. According to El País Ortega has donated money towards building schools and to benefit organizations that work with the region's homeless and elderly population Ortega has stepped down as chairman but owns 59% of Inditex and is currently the fifth-richest person in the world The residents we spoke to say they have never come into contact with him Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information 10 designers swarm around a model dressed in cropped gray trousers and a double-breasted navy blazer and suits are spread out on the white-tile floor while seamstresses in white labcoats stitch prototypes nearby but it’s new at the same time,” says a woman from China “I’m not sure about the bold patterns,” counters a British woman dressed in white sneakers and a flowing skirt This international tribe of thirtysomethings is a big part of the success of Zara the brand that over the past four decades has grown from a single store in the Spanish city of La Coruña into the biggest fashion retailer on earth As the team debates whether the collection is too plain or too daring They finally agree on solid colors and traditional cuts for Europe and bold patterns for China where sales data indicate such styles are popular Bonilla a la vista sees sales surge after its distinctive tins feature in Bong Joon-ho’s Oscar-winning comedy thriller which has been making crisps and churros for almost a century first realised something odd was going on last month when people began posting screen grabs of one of its distinctive blue-and-white crisp tins on social media Bonilla’s crisps were already popular in South Korea, but their brief role in Parasite has led to them being feted by social media influencers It has also resulted in a 150% surge in online sales meaning more work for the company’s 100 employees “It was a total coincidence that the tin of crisps appeared in the film,” said a spokeswoman for Bonilla “We actually only found our about the tin being in the film through friends and customers who clocked it. It was a complete surprise, but rather a lovely one. Sales have gone up a lot but, oddly, it’s mainly been in Spain Our distributors have asked us for more merchandise to meet the demand.” in Parasite Photograph: ParasiteBonilla a la vista was founded in 1932 when Salvador Bonilla began travelling around Galicia to sell his crisps and churros at fairs it produces about 540 tonnes of crisps each year of which 60 tonnes are sold overseas – two-thirds in South Korea A 500g tin costs €13 in Spain and €23 in South Korea This article includes content provided by Instagram We ask for your permission before anything is loaded as they may be using cookies and other technologies who started off frying crisps and churros and delivering them by motorbike still heads the family business at the age of 87 Things have changed since the days when he would be up all night frying before heading out first thing the next day to drop off the snacks at bars and cafes But even if Bonilla is as startled by his firm’s Oscar boost as anyone he says his crisps have always spoken for themselves good olive oil and sea salt – that gives them a great taste and texture,” he said it was a huge surprise and you just can’t get better publicity than being in an Oscar-winning film We export to 20 countries but we’ve never had a boom like this.” César Bonilla with photographs capturing the brand’s history Photograph: EFE News Agency/ParasiteThe company’s Korean market opened up four years ago following a few fact-finding missions from would-be importers “They came over three or four times and we chatted and negotiated,” said Bonilla “They visited a few factories but in the end Ours were the crisps they liked and we became friends almost before we started doing business.” the businessman has not managed to see Parasite yet “I have to because it’ll be such a great moment.” There are also plans to send “Mr Bong Joon-ho” a blue-and-white can or two to sit alongside his golden statues “He certainly deserves them,” said Bonilla please click the box below to let us know you're not a robot Get the most important global markets news at your fingertips with a Bloomberg.com subscription Parent company Inditex is routinely praised as having "the best business model in apparel." This seemingly unflappable success is no fluke Zara has some secrets up its trendy sleeves that help it avoid fashion misfires Refinery 29 recently spoke to Jesús Echevarría CCO of Zara's parent company, Inditex who told the website that it has a "data-processing center" that's open every hour of the day this center allows every single one of the stores to track sales data Another team zeroes in on customer feedback when they have alienated their target customers But Zara appears to have that problem solved before it even starts This seems to be par for the course for the retailer, which famously doesn't stock very much of one style, as Suzy Hansen of The New York Times noted in 2012 thereby allowing it to not have to worry about racing to clear inventory Hansen noted that the company would pay heed to how customers reacted to the different styles Now it seems the company has that system down pat Read Refinery 29's full interview here Toni Bou and Gabriel Marcelli will face the inaugural round of the Outdoor World Championship on April 14th in Arteixo The 2023 TrialGP World Championship will hold its opening event on April 14th in Spain who has more than 100 victories in this discipline The Repsol Honda Trial Team rider closed last season with a victory in Italy and in 2023 he has 3 wins from 4 races in the X-Trial World Championship will be competing in his second TrialGP season with the Repsol Honda Trial Team who has achieved several podiums in the X-Trial World Championship and is third in the overall standings of the indoor series will target his first victory on the outdoor stage and is competing in his native Galicia this weekend Changes have been made to the TrialGP regulations that include limiting the use of assistants to 6 of the 12 zones there are limits to the time that the mechanics have to set up the bikes between the races on Saturday and Sunday The TrialGP World Championship calendar will consist of 7 rounds the riders will compete again in Gouveia (Portugal) “We face the first race of the outdoor season with a lot of enthusiasm We have had good results this year in the X-Trial World Championship The title race is sure to be very tight because the other riders are at a high level so it will be important not to make mistakes and fight for the top positions in each race Both the team and I have done a great job in preseason and we are ready for the first round in Arteixo will be to win the TrialGP Championship title “I think we have had a good preseason and I feel very confident and secure We face the first race excited and with big aims Starting at Arteixo is like riding at home A lot of people are going to be cheering me on and that obviously is extra motivation and also pressure I have ridden well there and I think I can have a good season opener The goal this year is to be on the podium as many times as possible and get some victories as well as getting into the Top 3 in the overall standings." “We have been waiting for the first Outdoor World Championship race for a long time and I think Toni and Gabri can have a good season Both riders are prepared to give everything and have shown that they are performing well This year getting any victory will not be easy The rule changes will make every mistake very important so the key will be to make as few errors as possible The objective for Toni this season will be to win the title again and for Gabri it will be to fight for his first victory and end the year in the Top 3 overall." Inicio / Notas de prensa / Naturgy will supply Inditex with renewable gas obtained from wastewater treatment at the Bens WWTP Naturgy will supply Inditex with all the renewable gas produced at the Bens WWTP facilities in A Coruña a gas with qualities equivalent to those of natural gas obtained from the treatment of 130,000 m3 of wastewater from homes and industries in the metropolitan area of this Galician city The biomethane will be certified under the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) scheme and will allow Inditex to continue to make progress in emissions reduction and using energy sources with a lower impact The Bens WWTP will be in charge of biomethane production while Naturgy will clean and purify the gas and deliver it to Inditex through its gas distribution network This initiative will allow the textile group to cover 75% of the natural gas consumption of its facilities in Arteixo and Laracha The profits generated through this agreement will be reinvested in R&D&I projects linked to renewable gases and the circular economy at the Bens WWTP facilities pointed out that the City Council has been working to obtain clean energy through waste management for years “We’re pioneers in Spain with this project which demonstrates that it’s also possible to promote cutting-edge technologies at the local level to reduce energy dependence and to take advantage of resources to generate energy in the most sustainable way and I hope it will serve as an example to take advantage of all the possibilities of this new technology” The City Council has been behind the project to obtain biomethane from the outset but it is also a pioneer in waste management to obtain energy pointed out that “innovation and collaboration are essential in the promotion of alternative energy sources This project shows how new technological developments allow us to take advantage of waste and turn it into new resources “This agreement is an important milestone that illustrates the potential of biomethane as a strategic energy vector to drive industrial decarbonisation in an efficient manner” Naturgy’s Industrial Market sales director “To address the green transition we need to be able to transform the energy value chain and drive the circular economy we’re able to promote innovation to give waste a second life in the decarbonisation process” Biomethane is an energy alternative to fossil fuels that is increasingly in demand and it is already used in many European countries by means of its injection into the natural gas grid for use in homes and industries or as a vehicle fuel According to a recent study by Sedigás and PwC Spain has the potential to produce 163 TWh of this renewable gas equivalent to 45% of the country’s gas demand Naturgy aims to be the leading company in promoting renewable gases in Spain both in the production and distribution of biomethane in Spain in the short term and in the development of hydrogen as an energy vector that will have a significant impact on the energy mix in the medium term The company is well positioned to take advantage of the opportunity offered by renewable gases to move towards decarbonisation and is ready to deploy significant investments and resources in this business Naturgy already manages more than 50 biomethane projects at different stages of development and it has two of its own production plants in operation one at the Bens WWTP (A Coruña) and the other in Cerdanyola del Vallès (Barcelona) which is currently in the final phase of construction and located at the Porgaporcs livestock farm in Vila-Sana (Lleida) while three more are in the pipeline in Torrefarrera (Lleida) Naturgy recently signed an agreement to acquire the entire biomethane production of the Bioenergía Vallés Oriental (BioVO) project located in the Barcelona province municipality of Granollers as well as the entire production of the first BioLNG project in Spain to promote the decarbonisation of transport As part of a total investment of €130 million to improve Inditex’s head office complex in Arteixo runs on photovoltaic solar power and features WiFi 6 and 5G connectivity highlights the importance of the new building which represents the “best visual example of the company’s strategy due to its investment in store and online integration technology and advanced sustainability systems” It expects to obtain the most stringent green building seal - LEED Platinum - thanks to environmental novelties such as the façades clad with high-efficiency glass and the rainwater reusage systems Inditex is set to inaugurate its new smart ecoefficient and cutting-edge building at its head offices in Arteixo (A Coruña which will house the new www.zara.com studios and the Zara Man central design department Surrounded by a natural ecosystem landscaped with plants and trees and as part of a total investment of €130 million to improve Inditex’s head office complex in Arteixo (A Coruña the building features the latest developments in sustainability and technology highlights the importance of the new building as ”representing the best visual example of the company’s strategic transformation Spanning 67,000m2 and with a height of 28m the building stands out for the 720 high-energy-efficiency glass modules that clad the entire façade intertwined with structural pillars made from aluminium The modules allow the interior to be flooded with natural light The use of innovative engineering solutions whereby all the structural weight runs through the external supports paves the way for spacious and diaphanous interior work areas Modular solutions will enable a highly flexible configuration of the new studios All of the interiors are open-plan and are articulated around a central agora designed to provide a meeting point and area for relaxation exchange of ideas and innovation that characterise the other recent expansions of the Arteixo head offices which were designed by the same team of architects who have also worked with Inditex on the headquarters for Pull&Bear The building is equipped with the latest connectivity solutions -WiFi 6 and 5G - which facilitates the use of innovative technology such as double-sided LED screens allowing users to project on them wirelessly through the local Wifi connection The ground floor and the first floor will be occupied by Zara Man's central design department and will provide room for an extensive pattern design area and extended showrooms The pattern design area is an essential part of the designers' creative process: the designers work constantly with the pattern experts to create samples and prototypes which following input from all the members of the product department are destined for the new collections that arrive in store and on customers' devices All those samples are displayed in the showrooms where the upcoming collections are presented The second and third floors will accommodate the large multidisciplinary Zara.com team: from the image professionals who work with the designers on the best way to present Zara's collections each season to the team of engineers and programmers who tirelessly service the needs of the integrated store and online platform The latter do so enabled by the proprietary digital architecture known as the Inditex Open Platform (IOP) which services each phase of Inditex's business model Thanks to modular solutions that are being added to the general architecture the IOP responds to customers' needs in real time Those floors will also be home to the process teams devoted to the integrated management of store and online platform inventory all customer service operations and R&D initiatives; such as the sustainability team working on new sustainable packaging solutions Located on the 9,000-m2 fourth floor are the studios stylists and make-up artists bring the clothing and looks available on www.zara.com to life which is currently fitted with eight permanent cycloramas but is designed to cater to the versatility required by Zara's campaigns is also home to the editors who select the best shots to upload onto the product pages and strive to ensure customers can visualise each product exactly as it is The new facilities are connected with the rest of Inditex's head office complex via a glass walkway located on the third floor while the building's five floors are interconnected by means of three wide stairwells: a main staircase articulated around a 32m-tall vertical atrium and another two staircases which also allow in daylight and provide views outside They are similarly connected with the underground floors including spaces for electric vehicle charging and places for bikes Energy efficiency and sustainable materials One of the most noteworthy aspects of the new building and one of the areas prioritised when designed The building was designed using bioclimatic parameters and environmentally-friendly materials and is equipped with high-efficiency installations It complies with the stringent requirements of the sustainable building benchmark US Green Building Council (USGBC) –and which it hopes to achieve its highest certification The building as a whole fosters conservation and efficient use of resources The roof is fitted with 554 photovoltaic panels which together with the 2,826 panels installed in the outdoor car park All the building’s energy comes from renewable sources  It also reuses rainwater for watering and sanitation thanks to a subterranean tank with its high-performance glass modules and light-coloured finishes delivers energy savings of 22% with respect to the USGBC threshold also play an essential role in energy efficiency and water consumption the materials used comply with Inditex's environmental and circularity commitments The pre-fabricated structure was made from recycled materials; the interior finishes are low in volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and the furniture and fittings come with environmental product certification (EDP); specifically the timber fittings boast FSC certification Designed by architecture studio Batlleroig, like other Inditex facilities the new Zara building will be distinctive for “the simplicity of its design energy efficiency and sustainability,” as indicated in a press release by Inditex The facility has been designed to “enhance the horizontal collaboration dynamics between designers open exchange and seamless communication,” added Inditex.The building will extend over five floors The ground floor will be home to Zara’s pattern-making and pilot store areas; the first and second floors will be dedicated to the men’s and children's collections while Zara’s womenswear departments will occupy the third and fourth floors will feature two large areas for connected work The building will be equipped with large windows to let in plenty of natural light a block away from the main shopping street in the Galician city of La Coruña Christmas party outfits are dramatically lit in windows glinting with gold and mirrors The small Zara store which winds around the doorway of an ageing office building that is also home to a firm of lawyers was first opened in 1975 by Amancio Ortega a local clothing manufacturer who had worked his way up from being a delivery boy at a shirtmakers This is the seed that blossomed into Inditex an empire that has shrugged off Spain's economic troubles to become the world's largest fashion retailer with more than 6,400 stores in 86 markets and a rapidly growing online business More than 120,000 people work for the company 4,400 of them at the HQ near its La Coruña birthplace is now the third-richest person in the world Inditex is valued at €69bn (£58bn) on the stock market but is still growing so fast that it is about to double the size of its head office in Arteixo for the second time since it opened in 2000 The building is also the headquarters of Zara have their own headquarters dotted around Spain some near Barcelona and others further south Inditex still manufactures and designs its own clothing to an almost unique system created to put the customer in charge is highly protective of his personal privacy and hardly ever photographed he is well known at the company headquarters going in nearly every day to discuss everything from property to fashion with Inditex staffers at all levels But the culture of secrecy means that only a handful of journalists have been allowed behind the wall of blue-mirrored windows which give the Arteixo offices the feel of a Bond villain-style lair albeit one nestled between a fish factory and a power station The Observer is the first British newspaper to be allowed a close look at how this company has developed its global appeal despite hardly buying any advertising and has kept profits and sales rolling during a tough autumn and winter for fashion stores Its processes have allowed it to deal with unseasonably warm weather by turning its operations around to produce more dresses and pull back some of the coats and jackets that usually sell well in November At Zara's British online store there is no sign of the discounting loudly blasting from rivals' websites because it has not been lumbered with as much of the wrong kind of stock most retailers must plough ahead with plans made more than six months in advance the clothes made and sent out to stores via a centrally controlled system but large groups of stores get similar stock but we shape everything in a very exclusive way to individualise it and shape the store to the customer's needs." Ortega and Inditex's current chairman and chief executive Pablo Isla may not be keen to speak to the media but part of Inditex's secret is a heavy reliance on conversation and collaboration Each store's stock is developed in partnership between designers country managers based at brands' HQs and local store and even department managers around the world who feed back ideas about what customers want and don't want "Decisions are being made from the bottom to the top not just in the stores but in every step of the business," said Echevarría Just over half of Inditex's product is only ever produced in relatively small amounts; even if something is incredibly successful "A blue and white print dress became a surprise hit this year," said Loreto Garcia "When we get something like that we try a different silhouette in the same print or the same silhouette in a different print." She finds versatile fabrics that can easily work as well in a skirt as a jacket to help facilitate Inditex's flexible approach With hardly any advertising to draw in new shoppers updating the look of stores is also important A new look is developed every 18 months for every brand It's one of the main areas of capital expenditure for Inditex with 300 to 400 stores a year renovated at a cost of €1.4bn a year Designs are developed at an indoor street of model shops within the Arteixo HQ where there is also a large room devoted to fake store windows where ideas are worked up before kits are sent out around the world In the vast white box at the centre of this decision-making process for the Zara brand in Arteixo is monitoring computer screens filled with sales data and talking to store managers or regional directors by phone developed in partnership with Massachusetts Institute of Technology which help to get the right mix of sizes for stores Managers are guided by these automatic suggestions depending on local feedback and market knowledge The country managers control the flow of product to stores and liaise with designers and buyers who sit close by nestled in divided areas for different product categories At the end of the office is a pattern-cutting and sample-making section where up to 50 ideas a week just for womenswear can be brought to life almost instantly These might be shown off in mini-catwalk sessions in front of the head office teams Several times a year key store managers are invited to head office to share their street-level analysis of fashion moves Photograph: Rafael PalacioZara has long been seen as a brand reliant on catwalk trends But Garcia said that ideas from the brand's own team as well as long-term fabric trends and the ideas of trend prediction agencies New York and London happy to wear similar items More than 95% of Zara's collections are sold internationally The concept of seasons is also disappearing with trends almost the same in the northern hemisphere's winter and the southern summer checks and tartans are in Zara stores worldwide – just in a different weight of fabric where it's summer Garcia says there are still regional differences: "In Germany they are a bit sporty In Russia things have to be a little bit more sexy: they don't like mannish fashion and might wear a pencil skirt with high heels whereas in the UK it would be worn with a brogue In China in the new year they want to wear red for the north of Europe we have to develop warmer coats while the boyfriend coat is not popular in Asia: it's too big." But while stores around the world may sell similar fashions there can be a surprisingly different array of items on show in Zara stores around the corner from each other or in neighbouring cities That's partly because staff at head office are able to make adjustments for product just three weeks in advance Spain and Portugal major production centres In Arteixo there are 11 factories owned by Inditex producing goods for the Zara brand But the company has moved on from when the vast majority of its clothing was made in-house Inditex owns just 2%-3% of its manufacturing capacity The company focuses on more expensive and skilled jobs such as cutting out garment pieces as efficiently as possible from piles of fabric or putting on price and security tags More than 100 partner factories nearby turn neatly stacked piles of fabric pieces sent from the Inditex-owned factories into finished clothes This way of working has been labelled "fast fashion" but Echevarría insists: "It's not fast and the moment of creation must be close to what customers are saying Everything we do is trying to think inside the skin of the customer but you get more loyalty from the customers and more flexibility Another key to that accuracy is Inditex's distribution system all Inditex's factories are linked to its distribution centre by tunnels and a 200km network of ceiling rails on which 50,000 garments a week from each factory flow around on hangers Fast-track fashions and basic items made in China or elsewhere in Asia are gathered in Spain no matter where they will end up in the world Virtual "boxes" of garments can be grouped and stored on the network The system allots individual garments piece by piece depending on the needs of each store and garments seem to magically fly off the rail network into boxes lined up for individual stores A separate system does the same for individual T-shirts or knitwear No store receives a box of 20 pink T-shirts just because it is easier to transport and sort Within eight hours of a store placing an order it will have been organised for shipping with a bespoke set of sizes and styles which recently overtook Spain as the biggest source of sales for the first time Bringing all its products to Spain may seem efficient now but Inditex's increasing strength in Shanghai and Beijing may yet mean the Arteixo model will need to be transferred to a small town in China Inditex is already Spain's largest internet fashion retailer controlling as much as a quarter of the market Zara did not launch its fashion online until 2010 Other Inditex brands joined in September 2011 as much as a decade after many clothing retailers Yet figures published at the Spanish equivalent of Companies House show Inditex's eight online Spanish stores registered sales of €82m last year stellar growth from the previous seven months for which accounts are available when they achieved just €9.8m in sales That €82m is only equivalent to 2.5% of Inditex's total Spanish sales and many retailers expect to see at least 20% of their sales online While that could affect performance in stores Inditex continues to see like-for-like sales growth in its high-street stores of 2.5%-4% in the last three months say analysts; many rival stores have seen sales fall back Photograph: Dani Ca OThe group also continues to take online stores into new countries It launched five brands in Russia this summer and will put Zara online in South Korea and Mexico next year The web also provides a way for Zara and its fellow stores to tell shoppers about the latest items in store Inditex's avoidance of advertising is partly driven by its manufacturing model which relies on a constantly changing array of garments That makes it almost impossible to book ads in magazines or on billboards weeks or months in advance – but the internet can change every day This is the archive of The Observer up until 21/04/2025 The Observer is now owned and operated by Tortoise Media Held in an industrial space in the port of A Coruña the immersive exhibition brought together 152 images selected by the German photographer from his extensive body of work spanning more than four decades of career Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker which owns Zara is investing EUR238m on a complex that will house Zara's apparel sales and design teams in Arteixo Inditex has announced the building works of its new apparel sales and design complex for Zara will start this month (January 2022) and will take approximately two years to complete Inditex explains the new apparel complex for Zara has been designed to reinforce the brand’s essence and support its flat organisational structure the architecture firm that was responsible for the recent expansion of the group’s facilities in Arteixo and several of the brands’ head offices The aim of the investment is to reinforce the work dynamics between apparel designers pattern-makers and sales professionals and to ensure this is underpinned by creativity and articulated around open collaboration and communication The five-storey building will complement the visual identity of the adjacent offices The building is based on an orderly and structured design of flexible work spaces that lend themselves to easy and multiple reconfiguration The proportions and dimensions of the complex give it a ‘shape coefficient’ which thanks to energy taken from three new wind turbines located in Coruña’s Outer Port Don’t let policy changes catch you off guard Stay proactive with real-time data and expert analysis In early December 2021, Inditex named Óscar García Maceiras as its new CEO and Marta Ortega Pérez, the daughter of the company’s founder Amancio Ortega, as its incoming chairperson. Later the same month, Just Style reported that Inditex’s sales and net income had reached “historic highs” in the third quarter with the company benefitting from a stronger online presence and active management of its supply chain. Give your business an edge with our leading industry insights View all newsletters from across the GlobalData Media network You are using an outdated browser. Please upgrade your browser to improve your experience There are 2,238 Zara stores in 96 different countries around the world each receiving shipments of new items twice a week Every single piece of clothing passes through one of Zara’s four distribution centers across Spain located in Zara’s main headquarters in the small town of Arteixo This area of the country is home to its founder, Amancio Ortega, and the first Zara store. Today, over 5,000 people work at this sprawling headquarters across different realms of the business, from design which manufacture and distribute Zara clothing around the world it is tested on models who are also full-time Inditex employees working in other areas of the fashion department These are almost 10 models there to test the various collections of men's and women's clothing a spokesperson for Inditex told Business Insider 860,000-square-foot campus is home to 10 different factories which manufacture Zara's most fashion-forward items of clothing - basically These factories are connected to the distribution center through a network of secret underground tunnels that transport clothing on electric hanging rails Other items are sent to external factories around the world all the manufactured items will return to one of its distribution centers to be sent out to stores An Inditex spokesperson compared this process to a game of Tetris The game here is to fit as many pieces as possible into one piece of material in order to be most economical with the fabric A spokesperson for Inditex said that Zara outsources all of the stitching of its clothing Any items that have been created in external factories and are not considered to be "fashion-forward" but more straightforward designs are sent directly to the distribution center Zara relies on the external factories to do quality-control checks on these items "We can't check one-for-one because there are millions; it's impossible," the spokesperson said This machine is a crucial part of the operation. It is responsible for giving each item its Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) tag The machine will pick up how many items there are in the box and assign each one an electronic identity This is used to track the item from the moment it arrives in the distribution center until the moment it is purchased by a customer in a Zara store RFID is one of Inditex's most recent innovations It enables Zara to have an accurate and sleek way to track inventory levels All of Zara's products now have an RFID tag This technology is expected to be rolled out to all of its remaining brands by 2020 Information on the computer system informs employees exactly how many items should be sent to each store These amounts are determined in advance using feedback from store managers about what is popular with their customers and historical sales data Store managers liaise with the design and commercial teams on a daily basis All European boxes are delivered by rail We spotted a string of deliveries headed to European cities and towns including Avignon delivery boxes reach the furthest points of Europe Meld je aan voor het Beste van Business Insider: 6 dagen per week in je mailbox • Americans mispronounce Zara all the time.• You shouldn't be saying "Zah-rah."• It's more like "tsah-dah." Yeah really.• The brand is based in Arteixo and that's how people pronounce the letters there The pronunciation of fashion brand Zara seems pretty obvious Two constonants and two vowels — what could go wrong You can hear it at around the 55-second mark in this video from Today Spain (though it's owned by the Galicia-based multinational conglomerate Intidex) the letter "Z" in "Zara" sounds more like a "ts" sound and the letter "r" sounds more like a light "d." The retailer was first founded in 1975, and has become popular for offering quality, straightforward, yet fashionable clothing at reasonable prices. The Dutchess of Cambridge is a well-known fan Americans realized they were getting the brand's name wrong about a year ago, when a Refinery29 editor journeyed to Spain and realized everyone was pronouncing it differently She took a video with one of the brand's representatives and blew the rest of the world's minds has bowed to pressure form animal rights activists and will stop selling clothing made from angora in its more than 6,400 stores around the world the thousands of fluffy jumpers and angora coats and caps now sitting in its warehouses will be sent to Syrian refugees in Lebanon Peta released graphic footage showing fur being ripped out of live rabbits to ensure the angora fibres were as long and thick as possible screamed and writhed in pain as their fur was torn out the rabbits were pushed back into cramped cages to regrow their fur until it could be plucked again The footage, said Peta, reflected the standard conditions for angora rabbits in China, which today is home to 90% of the angora fur trade. The Peta investigation prompted several retailers, including Marks & Spencer, Topshop and Primark, to stop selling garments made from angora In an about-face from its 2012 advert featuring Lana Del Rey clad in a light pink angora sweater H&M also said it would stop selling angora Inditex, controlled by founder Amancio Ortega, one of the world’s richest people with an estimated $63bn (£41bn) fortune, initially stayed quiet. After a petition urging an end to global angora sales gathered more than 300,000 signatures online the retailer said it would suspend its orders until it could verify that its supplier farms were in compliance with company requirements Now the company has told the Guardian it will not be resuming its sales of angora “We found no evidence of cruel practices at the farms providing angora wool to our suppliers,” Inditex said “But after consultation with animal welfare organisations to explore more sustainable ways to produce angora and help develop better standards within the industry we have decided that banning angora production was the right decision.” The Inditex statement was welcomed by Peta “Inditex is the largest clothing retailer in the world many of their competitors look to them and try to follow in their footsteps,” said the group’s president Ingrid Newkirk Press Release A Coruna – The Casas Novas Equestrian Centre hosts until Sunday the thirty second edition of the International Show Jumping where 166 horses and riders from 18 different countries compete The biggest class of the CSI4* has not disappointed Egyptian Abdel Saïd won the NH Collection class and all the public applaud him so much thanks to quick action on the back of Hope Van Scherpen Donder which ended without any fault and with a time of 55.78 seconds Meanwhile,Brazil achieved his first podium with second place achieved by Luiz Francisco de Azevedo and Collin who was for a long time in the first place with Cos I Can Fourth and fifth were Dutch Leopold Van Asten with VDL Groep Miss Untouchable (60.26) and Frenchman Patrice Delaveau with the great Orient Express HDC (60,61) the Turkish Airlines Trophy with Uthophe de la Roque The first Spanish ranked was Armando Trapote just one tenth of the Italian Giulia Martinengo The pair made by Maikel Van der Vleuten and Salomon was the winner of the Azkar Trophy the last class of the CSI4* A Coruna played under a Jump Off table and with a height of 1,45m The Dutch rider performed an incredible course which opens a window in the upcoming Olympic Games of Rio Out of the 47 pairs that took place in the class Among them were five Spanish riders: Sergio Álvarez Moya The favorite for the ones keen on betting was the Dutch Leopold van Asten who came second into the arena and stopped the time in 39,15 seconds which led him into the lead until the French Patrice Delaveau beat him 38,80 it was Maikel Van del Vleuten with Salomon who brilliantly won the class with a time difference of 0,37 seconds from Delaveau Gudrun Patteet was really close to the victory but a fault in the last fence brought her away from the podium Competition will start tomorrow at 11:30 with the Porsche Trophy followed by the Marques de Riscal and Longines Trophy (1,55m Winning Round) CSI4* A Coruna is doing a draw on their Instagram account and will draw the official jacket of the show between all the people who: Essenzielle Cookies ermöglichen grundlegende Funktionen und sind für die einwandfreie Funktion der Website erforderlich Inhalte von Videoplattformen und Social-Media-Plattformen werden standardmäßig blockiert Wenn Cookies von externen Medien akzeptiert werden bedarf der Zugriff auf diese Inhalte keiner manuellen Einwilligung mehr Rafa Nadal and Marta Ortega Surprise Everyone by Joining in La Coruña | en.edatv.news, Europa Press, Kichigin LIFESTYLE No One Demanded It: A Huge News About Rafa Nadal and Marta Ortega Is ConfirmedRafa Nadal Surprises Everyone by Being the Special Guest of Marta Ortega at the Zara Talks Hosted by Inditex03/04/2025 13:00:00h by Cándido Casares In a move that has taken everyone by surprise a very big news has been confirmed that unites two iconic figures: Rafa Nadal and Marta Ortega the former Mallorcan tennis player has been one of the star guests of the prestigious Zara Talks an event that shows the innovative vision of the Inditex heiress The invitation from Amancio Ortega's daughter to the former tennis player has caused great interest his career and mindset align with the values the company seeks to convey What unprecedented details has Nadal revealed at this meeting Rafa Nadal Surprises as Marta Ortega's Star Guest at Inditex's Zara Talks | Europa PressRafa Nadal and Marta Ortega's Collaboration ConfirmedThe Zara Talks have become one of the most exclusive events in the business and cultural world. Marta Ortega has managed to bring together top-level figures at her headquarters from designers like John Galliano to artists like Rosalía This phrase perfectly reflects the great virtues of our protagonist today: obstinacy and perseverance," stated Marta Ortega when introducing the tennis player the leader of Inditex made clear why Nadal fit perfectly into this forum of excellence Marta Ortega Surprises with Rafa Nadal's Invitation to Inditex Headquarters in Arteixo | Europa PressThe event took place in Arteixo where Nadal took a journey through his career sharing experiences about his discipline and sacrifice in sports His message was full of motivation and values that Nadal remains an inspiring figure beyond tennis the Mallorcan emphasized the importance of overcoming and humility These values have been key both in his career and in Inditex's success respect for everything and everyone," expressed Marta Ortega Rafa Nadal thanked the invitation and acknowledged Inditex's work as a world leader in the textile sector He also recalled his first visit to La Coruña in 2017 when he participated in another business conference Rafa Nadal's Shocking Participation in the Inditex Event in La Coruña | Instagram @rafaelnadalNadal's presence at the Zara Talks reinforces Marta Ortega's vision of bringing influential figures who convey teachings beyond their professional field the tennis player has left a mark with his story of struggle and perseverance The confirmation of Rafa Nadal as a guest at Marta Ortega's Zara Talks is news that has caused great surprise in the social and business landscape This meeting between the legendary former tennis player and the Inditex leader demonstrates the commitment to inspire all its employees through figures that represent universal values They stand in a room full of new technology at a large industrial complex in Arteixo the industrial estate does not appear that different to the standard collection of offices it is home to the biggest fashion retailer in the world a company that has reset the boundaries for what shoppers expect from a high street clothing store This is a rare glimpse into the world of Inditex the owner of Zara – a company that does not advertise still manufactures products in Europe and relies heavily on its store managers Inditex is notoriously guarded and private who was born in 1936 in northern Spain into humble origins and is today the third richest man in the world Ortega and his business partner Rosalia Mera opened their first store in the city of A Coruna a bar further down the street had adopted the same name Given that the Zorba name was already on the store they tried to think of a name that would still use most of the letters a brand now present in every corner of the globe This flexibility and efficiency has remained at the heart of Inditex the company built from Zara that now runs 6,500 shops in 88 different countries and includes seven other brands The business model built by Ortega is unique Zara stores around the world receive deliveries twice a week and products designed at the headquarters in Arteixo reach stores three weeks later helped by the fact that between 51pc and 55pc of clothing is manufactured in what the company describes as “proximity” markets This model is regularly described as “fast fashion” “It is too narrow for everything that is Inditex,” he explains “You see the stores and you can’t imagine what is behind them.” If there is a secret to Inditex’s success it is the connection between stores This is based on the sales data for the store but also anecdotal evidence from shoppers about what they like and don’t like The commercial team will then compile the order adding in new products and balancing out demand with other stores before sending it to Inditex’s manufacturing hub the commercial team is a liaising with the in-house designers who they sit next to in the offices at Inditex HQ When sales trends are identified – either from evidence in stores or the catwalk – the commercial team will work with the designers to develop new products to meet the trends New fashions are then produced in relatively small batches so flops can be disregarded after their first appearance and hits can be followed quickly by similar incarnations The commercial and design teams are vast – covering a large proportion of the 1.7m sq ft of offices at Inditex HQ The result of this structure is that the product range in Zara stores evolves rapidly Rather than relying on one product range per season – like Marks & Spencer will for autumn and winter – the retailer will enjoy four or five waves of new products after the initial seasonal launch allows store managers and the commercial team to examine the new ranges The influence of the store managers means they are paid more than the average in the industry and can earn 100pc of their salary in bonuses for hitting sales targets “We are never losing the human touch,” Isla says of their power Every single item of clothing that Zara sells comes through Spain even if it has been made in China and will ultimately be delivered to a Chinese store a tunnel network carries a carousel that moves clothing from the on-site factories – which themselves account for 5pc of Zara’s products – to the vast distribution centre clothes move along the carousel until they reach their allocated box will be packed with different products and reach its destination within 36 to 48 hours The flexibility and speed of Inditex has helped the fashion retailer to expand overseas If clothing is not selling in a particular store Isla says that fashion trends are becoming “more and more global” like-for-like sales have grown by 17pc and it has opened 11m sq ft of new shop space it is opening stores in more than sixty countries Isla grow to expand the company’s shop space by eight to 10pc every year for the next three to five years where Inditex has 99 stores and which Isla describes as a “very good environment to do business” China could become Inditex’s biggest market ahead of Spain within a few years This highlights how far Inditex has come from its first store in A Coruna which still exists on a street corner next door to a dentist the company’s methods have remained the same At 78 he has stepped into a non-executive position on the board but has lunch in the staff cafeteria every day Infographics: 20 new brands that entered the Ukrainian market in 2018th You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image Oil and gas exploration heating up off Otago's coast brings not only potential benefits but risks too Bruce Munro looks at the likely effects of a well blow-out and asks whether the planet can afford even one more well But for Dunedin taxi driver Pailate Tuisano it is ever present Standing on a wooden wharf in the Otago Harbour basin amid a long line of other hopeful salmon fishers the 68-year-old father of seven is keen to talk about his homeland; three coral atoll specks in the South Pacific Ocean midway between New Zealand and Hawaii Mr Tuisano's parents left the New Zealand-governed territory of Tokelau when he was a baby and did not return to his village on Fakaofo atoll until he was 58 ''My father always told us stories about our people ''I knew when I stepped on to the wharf [on Fakaofo] that this is my place During his nine-month stay in Tokelau he became part of everyday village life; going fishing before daybreak most mornings to catch the day's food fishing is one of several Tokelau links Mr Tuisano maintains This season he has caught one salmon and hopes today will yield another He is aware of deep-water oil and gas exploration off the Otago coast and is concerned a spill during drilling could pollute local fisheries says one in 35 deep-water drills results in a spill argues a much lower risk; two and a-half blowouts per every 1000 wells or 0.25% chance of unintentional pollution Where the truth lies is probably somewhere between the two The Greens' oceans and energy spokesman is using Gulf of Mexico drill data dating from the present day back to 1964 when safety procedures and technology were more rudimentary but deep-water drills were not common Ms Adams is using 1980 to 2005 data covering offshore drills in the Gulf of Mexico the UK continental shelf and Norwegian waters But her spokesman did not know whether the data included shallow water drills which have a lower ''incident'' rate than drills at the depth being pursued off New Zealand's coast who is chief executive of the Petroleum Exploration and Production Association of New Zealand (Pepanz) says well-design standards have improved since the Deepwater Horizon ultra-deep-water oil rig exploded and sank in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 causing the largest offshore oil spill in US history ''If you put together all the factors that are necessary to have a spill ''You wouldn't do anything if it was on worst-case scenario You wouldn't get on a plane or in a car.'' If the worst were to happen during Anadarko's deep-water test drill scheduled for this month 60km off the coast of Otago Peninsula the US-based oil company knows how it is likely to play out says the impact would be much worse for Canterbury than Otago Losing control of a well that has penetrated a productive reservoir of gas in the Great South Canterbury Basin could result in 18,000 barrels per day of light condensate gushing into the Pacific Ocean This could continue for 35 days before the well could be shut off with the look and consistency of pale lager would be carried north along the coast by wind and waves with a 10% likelihood it would be washed ashore low concentrations would reach shore within two days of the spill probably first washing up near the Moeraki boulders Within about three days it would reach Banks Peninsula Despite the light condensate evaporating and dispersing more quickly than heavier oils more than 14,000 tonnes are predicted to reach shore The maximum concentrations would be 10.88cu m per kilometre of shore The report says there is a medium chance more than 200km of foreshore from the mouth of the Ashburton River to the mouth of the Waimakariri River From Banks Peninsula ocean currents would take most of the remaining contaminant eastwards New Zealand's most productive and important commercial fishing ground Anadarko's New Zealand manager Alan Seay says the company has talked with fishing industry representatives Seafood NZ chief executive Tim Pankhurst is more concerned about spills if ''In particular we would seek a good behaviour-type bond,'' Mr Pankhurst says Maritime New Zealand would be responsible for co-ordinating a national response to any spill It will do this in partnership with local regional councils and the oil industry The agency has been criticised for its inadequate response to the 2011 grounding of the Rena container ship off the coast of Tauranga in which 2500 barrels of heavy oil leaked into the sea But the Government has since boosted the agency's funding by $2 million over three years and Mr Rendle says it now has ''a strong oil-spill response system'' Mr Tuisano has reservations about Anadarko's impending arrival No doubt other fishermen along this wharf hold different views The potential for conflict is one of the often overlooked risks of oil and gas exploration The Florida Atlantic University sociologist studies how communities are affected by the arrival of the oil and gas industry She is in New Zealand on a research sabbatical She says the decision to allow drilling is normally imposed on a community Its residents are forced to quickly take a position on the issue which can create tension within the community or between communities ''They are often still trying to get information and assess what it means while the oil or gas project goes forward,'' Prof Widener says ''I always advocate for people to have a greater ability to be involved and decide for themselves.'' Economic risks also need to be weighed up The University of Otago marketing department researcher is the former convener of the Otago Energy Research Group The probable financial returns on any publicly funded large-scale infrastructure associated with the oil industry should be carefully weighed up He hopes petroleum companies would fund any required infrastructure but says there is a risk of public funds being spent if a ''silly competition'' develops between Invercargill and Dunedin each seeking to become the industry's preferred operations base in the South The ruffled harbour surface sparkles like diamonds beneath a blue sky on this rare summer day Here the water is three metres below the commercial wharf platform sloshing harmlessly against its concrete wall one of the key tasks assigned by Fakaofo village elders was the building of sea walls to combat the encroachment of the rising sea ''Each family was given a bag of cement,'' he recalls 40m closer than it had been a generation earlier Sea-level rise and other environmental changes are having serious impacts in the low-lying atoll group which The layer of fresh water trapped in the porous coral has all but disappeared forcing the islands' 1353 inhabitants to rely on rainwater Climate change is without doubt the biggest risk posed by the ongoing search for Climate change itself is beyond argument At a global level there have been more than 300 consecutive months of temperatures being warmer than the 20th-century average for that month The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says the planet is now 0.85degC warmer than at the start of the Industrial Revolution And even that seemingly small increase is having some large consequences the Arctic summer ice cover has collapsed much more quickly than expected It is now about half of what it was a few decades ago The carbon already emitted is expected to push global temperatures 1.4degC above 1880 levels What scientists say we do not want to reach is a tipping point that unleashes runaway climate change - changes that trigger an irreversible and catastrophic reordering of our global ecosystem say such a scenario could result in a large reduction in worldwide crop yields significant global water shortages and massive threats to the world's plant and animal species It could also plausibly result in something much worse world leaders gathered in Copenhagen decided a 2degC increase above pre-industrial temperatures was a line not to be crossed It was not a mark at which there would not be any climate change effects but at which the impacts would probably be serious but manageable On current emission levels we are headed for a 4degC to 6degC temperature rise would release five times the amount of CO2 we can afford to put into the atmosphere if we hope to limit warming to 2degC So why are we contemplating digging even one more well said the real blame lay at the feet of the fossil-fuel industry whose wealth gave it the political influence to prevent change ''I would disagree very strongly,'' he says ''Where we put some effort in is in terms of ensuring we have a regulatory environment that works and is conducive to investment in New Zealand .. but typically that is at a very practical level Mr Robinson does not dispute what most scientists say about climate change but says the hunt for oil and gas in our offshore waters is ''about New Zealand developing a resource we can use rather than importing someone else's'' ''I see it as a societal issue for us all to collectively work out what we are going to do about it,'' Mr Robinson says and over what timeframe do we make that transition ''In order to displace those hydrocarbons we need an alternative form of energy which can do the things that hydrocarbons do today and it has to be affordable .. Or you have to have a really significant change in lifestyle.'' Mr Robinson believes New Zealand needs a plan to develop and transition to alternative energy sources ''In the absence of a transitional plan it all just becomes talk without action,'' he says Asked whether the country needed a national energy transition plan who is Minister of Energy and Resources as well as Associate Minister of Climate Change Issues obliquely replied: ''The New Zealand Energy Strategy sets out the Government's objectives for the energy sector'' The strategy includes a target of 90% renewable electricity generation by 2025 and a 50% reduction in New Zealand's greenhouse gas emissions from 1990 levels by 2050 Given fossil fuels' contribution to climate change It was burning 200 litres of diesel a day in its generators adding to the greenhouse gases so visibly threatening its inhabitants' livelihoods and even their ability to continue living there with the help of a $7.5 million advance on its New Zealand aid funding Tokelau installed three solar power plants They provide all of its energy needs and meet 100% of its international climate change obligations the rest of the world keeps mining and burning fossil fuels ''There should be something done straight away,'' Mr Tuisano says