Global policy covering sustainability in fashion and clothing: a review and implications
Charter, Martin and Sanchez-Moreno, Lilian (2023) Global policy covering sustainability in fashion and clothing: a review and implications. In: Accelerating sustainability in the fashion, clothing & textiles industry. Routledge, London. ISBN 9781003272878
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In Chapter 4, Charter and Sanchez-Moreno highlight the lack of industry-wide policies to regulate the fashion and clothing industry. The clothing industry has a significant environmental and social footprint e.g. accounting for 10% of global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, but it is surprising that efforts towards decarbonisation and the reduction of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions remain voluntary. The chapter is not designed as comprehensive review but provides an overview and insights into emerging policy related to sustainability in the sector. It highlights developments across Europe, North America, and Asia-Pacific regions related to climate and net-zero, waste management, eco-design, transparency, and marketing claims. Europe is shown to be leading the way, primarily through the European Commission with initiatives such as the EUStrategy for Sustainable and Circular Textiles published, along with other national initiatives such as textile-specific Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) schemes emerging in France, the Netherlands, and Sweden. The chapter concludes that global policy on waste management, transparency, and social sustainability for industry is limited, but now there are indications that policymakers in Europe and in some states in North America have fashion, clothing, and textiles on their agendas.
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