About 15% of fabric intended for clothing ends up on the cutting room floor. This waste rate has been tolerated industry-wide for decades.4 According toChristina Dean, Redress, waste generated in China is not known, with estimates that China will soon make 50% of the world’s clothing – ...
This includes new sustainability rules in the European Union and the US, which will require brands and manufacturers to double down on initiatives aimed at cutting greenhouse gas emissions and waste, while building business models that protect and preserve natural resources. The fast-...
With the fashion market rapidly growing, global fashion industry statistics forecast its value to reach approximately US$770.00 billion by 2024, according to Statista’s market insights. This growth presents vast opportunities for Australian fashion labels to flourish on the world stage. At DHL Express...
Mountains of discarded clothes, overflowing land fills, and polluted waterways bear witness to global textile and apparel industry's unsustainable practices. Textile waste, a by product of our insatiable appetite for fast fashion, is a growing environmental crisis. However, amidst this concerning scenar...
The fast fashion industry has undergone scrutiny for its environmental footprint. Studies suggest this style of production and consumption leads to substantial resource use and waste generation throughout the supply chain. Here are some key statistics from a comprehensive study on the environmental imp...
For real change there needs to be “more clear signals from the very top,” he added, referring to government targets like the ones that propelled China’s EV industry. Still, in China “government can be a friend to any sector,” Lu said, so if China’s commun...
Sustainable fashion refers to efforts to minimize the fashion industry’s adverse environmental and social impacts. This entry describes the industry’s entire production chain: from polyester production, cotton growth and wasteful fashion consumption pa
The fashion industry generates packaging waste through the entire supply chain. Although brands are making efforts to improve packaging sustainability as demands for low-impact packaging are rising, there is a lack of empirical evidence of innovative packaging solutions among fashion retailers. This study...
Impacts from the fashion industry include over 92 million tonnes of waste produced per year and 79 trillion litres of water consumed. On the basis of these environmental impacts, we outline the need for fundamental changes in the fashion business model, including a deceleration of manufacturing and...
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