The fashion industry is a low profile climate conundrum. While all the attention goes on big ticket carbon problems like power stations and cars, the clothing industry has a big enough carbon footprint to derail the world’s climate targets all by itself. A commonly cited figure is 8-10% of global emissions, once you add up the impacts of growing cotton, producing fabric, manufacturing, consumer use and laundry, through to final disposal.
One of the mad things about this situation is that the...
Published on September 17, 2024 05:01