Harrods has teamed up with London-based charity Traid as part of its efforts to reduce waste and prolong the life of unsold products.
The charity partner will collect surplus stock from the luxury Knightsbridge department store to ensure items are re-used, repurposed or responsibility redistributed.
Traid will also engage Harrods employees through volunteering, personal donations and a series of circular fashion workshops.
The charity has put back more than 240 million garments back to use since it was established in 1999, through a mixture of retail partners and consumer donations.
Traid collects, sorts and sells the pre-loved clothing through its London charity shops. Additionally, it funds global projects that support and empower people who make the clothes from organic cotton farmers to garment workers and their families.
The partnership news comes as Harrods is in the process of paying out compensation to survivors of abuse from its former owner Mohammed Al-Fayed.
It was reported last month that the department store had more than 180 survivors “engaged” in its compensation scheme.
The scheme will award each eligible claimant general damages of £200,000. This increases to £385,000 in compensation, plus treatment costs, if they agree to be assessed by a consultant psychiatrist, or up to £150,000 without a medical assessment.
The retailer’s current owners said last year they were “utterly appalled” by the claims of rape, sexual assault and abuse against Al-Fayed, and apologised to the victims who were failed.
Abuse survivors have until March 31, 2026, to apply to the compensation scheme.
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