Sept 2012: ABERCROMBIE & FITCH RECOGNIZED BY CDP FOR CLIMATE CHANGE DISCLOSURE AND IMPROVED CARBON PERFORMANCE RATING - WSJ.com
Abercrombie & Fitch Chairman and CEO, Mike Jeffries, commented, "We are very pleased to be included in the S&P 500 Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index. While we will continue to advance our sustainability programs, it is reassuring and encouraging to have our progress to date affirmed and recognized."Oct 2012: Models on Abercrombie Jet Had Rules on Proper Underwear - Bloomberg
The actors and models who worked on an Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (ANF) Gulfstream G550 jet had crystal-clear rules for serving Chief Executive Officer Michael Jeffries.
Clean-shaven males had to wear a uniform of Abercrombie polo shirts, boxer briefs, flip-flops and a “spritz” of the retailer’s cologne, according to an “Aircraft Standards” manual, disclosed in an age-discrimination lawsuit brought by a former pilot. Among the 40-plus pages of detailed instructions: black gloves had to be used when handling silverware and white gloves to lay the table, the song “Take Me Home” had to be played when passengers entered the cabin on return flights and Jeffries’s dogs -- identified in the document as Ruby, Trouble and Sammy -- had different seating arrangements based on which ones were traveling.
...
Abercrombie pays the salary and travel expenses of four cabin attendants provided by Cosmopolitan Management LLC and doesn’t directly employ pilots, according to an August 2009 aircraft management agreement with Jet Aviation Business Jets Inc. filed by Bustin with papers in the lawsuit. Jeffries has come under fire for his flying habits in the past. In 2010, the board agreed to pay him $4 million to limit his personal use of the company jet to $200,000 annually beginning with the fiscal year ended Jan. 29, 2011.
No comments:
Post a Comment