The Issues: Water

Water is the foundation of all life, and yet global supplies of fresh water are being used up at an alarming rate. The fashion industry relies heavily on water for its own survi...

The Issues: Waste

Despite the well-aired public mantra of ‘reduce, re-use, recycle’, it’s estimated that the fashion industry creates around 13 kilograms of fashion waste for every person o...

The Issues: Pollution

Since 2000, the number of garments produced annually has more than doubled and for the first time in 2014, 100 billion items of clothing were produced - that makes 14 items of c...

The Issues: Energy

To reach the Paris Climate Agreement target of holding planetary temperatures at just 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels, the global community must achieve zero carbon emis...

The Issues: Chemicals

A substantial number of synthetic chemicals are used in the fashion, textile and footwear industry to turn raw materials into final products. Not only do these chemicals pose he...

Fashion's Key Environmental Issues

Waste More than 100 billion items of clothing...

The Issues: Biodiversity

Biodiversity loss is one of the greatest threats to our planet but what exactly does it mean and what impact does fashion have on this existential threat? CO provides an overview o...