Three Questions The Fashion Industry Needs To Solve To Reach True Sustainability

September 5, 2024 EcoVadis EN


Fashion is one of the most taxing industries on our planet, behind oil, gas, and cement, due to its high-water consumption, chemical pollution from fibres to finished garments, the loss of natural ecosystems and high carbon emissions at every stage of its value chain. To say waste is a problem for the fashion industry, is to understate just how much we as consumers buy and fail to wear. The McArthur Foundation recently estimated that clothing production doubled in fifteen years while utilization went down by 20%. In the European Union, 80% of clothes end up in waste fields.



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