CO Data
Measuring Fashion's Ecological Footprint
First Published 08.06.2018 - Updated 17.12.2021
Fashion clearly has an outsized impact on the planet. Industry processes from cultivation of raw materials to fabric and garment manufacturing, related activities such as transport and logistics, and consumer usage from washing to discarding items - all adversely affect the environment.
Quantifying fashion's ecological footprint in a definitive way is difficult as different data sources present different parameters. It is nonetheless a worth…
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