With the challenges of fashion fashion in mind, it has never been more important to explore the emissions status quo and to understand in detail how various decarbonisation scenarios may play out.

This report presents an analysis on...

The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) aims to mobilize companies across the apparel and footwear value chain to set ambitious SBTs. The guidance refines existing corporate strategies by clarifying which target-setting methods are applicable ...

WeylChem Catexel manufactures a catalyst that can reduce the bleaching temperature of cotton. WeylChem Catexel has been working with the textile industry to enact positive change since the launch of the WeylCat Pegasus catalyst in 2011.&...

Turkey’s first and most comprehensive “Conference for Sustainability in Textiles” was held at Istanbul. Hosted by Orbit Consulting and Kipas Textiles, the Sustainability Talks brought together the pioneers of the textile industry in Turkey a...

Thailand has many textile factories of which the complete value chain consists of upstream, midstream and downstream sectors. The textile factory in this case is categorized as a midstream sector and has been consuming final energy in terms o...

Businesses need to create new strategies that will transform their relationship with nature, safeguarding their operations while at the same time taking responsibility for their impacts on the natural world. This paper focuses on the practica...

Eastman Chemicals, the producer of cellulose based Naia fibres has launched a new portfolio called Naia Renew, made from cellulose and recycled plastics. The fibre comprises 60% cellulose sourced from certified wood pulp and 40% hard-to-recycle pl...

This article stresses the importance of carbon reduction methods rather offsetting by the fashion brands in order to cope with the Paris Climate Accord. The objective is to show that fashion brands need to go beyond just GHG capturing projects and...

Allbirds has become the first fashion brand to label every item produced with its carbon footprint similar to calories in food products. From now on, all the products manufactured by the brand will include a number representing the CO2 emitted to ...

Burberry, a leading British luxury brand is innovating new approaches to fashion footprint management.

One of the approaches called carbon insetting is a concept where agroforestry or tree-planting projects are carried out directly ...

Textile industries and their processes have been known to contribute to increasing GHG emissions and several process efficient measures are being implemented and researched upon by industry experts. However, to make a significant shift towards sus...

Allbirds, a sustainable shoe brand and Adidas have collaborated to develop a low carbon impact sports shoe using renewable matarial resources and innovative manufacturing practices.

According to a Quantis International study from 20...

With growing interest from fashion consumers towards sustainable clothing, many leading brands have started focusing on sustainable textile supplychain and product tracebility offerings to the consumers. One segment that is massively influenced by...

European leading fashion brand Tendam Group (The Cortefiel Group) has collaborated with Telefónica Empresas, a leading fashion digital solutions provider, for its smart IoT solutions for energy management in their stores. By implementing in...

The fashion industry is aiming for net-zero emissions by 2050. Carbon neutrality means fashion brands must both reduce their emissions where possible and offset the remainder of their footprint by funding projects to remove carbon from the atmosph...

This document articulates the eight most crucial sustainability priorities for the fashion industry, offering clear guidance on where to focus their efforts. Within these eight priorities, the CEO Agenda is divided into two key sections:...

Dyeing and printing are the most pollution causing processes and many novel solutions such as digital printing are emerging. This article analyses the life cycle assessment of digital printing and conventional rotary screen printing. It takes an e...

For the fashion industry to have a response commensurate with global environmental challenges, it will require a systems level change and development of a new fashion system based in a sustainability paradigm. A transformation of the fashion ...

Aimed at greenhouse gas reduction in the textile and apparel production process, allocation methodologies are used to calculate the carbon footprint. The current allocation methodology used is controversial as it evaluates GHG emissions only at pr...

While many big brands and companies such as PUMA, Levi Strauss and Burberry are stepping up and setting ambitious greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction targets validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), they face numerous challenges.<...

The document places a focus on the high carbon emission related to the wasteful processes in fashion. The study is based on the emission of each step in the fashion value chain by looking at kgCO2 emitted for a single T-shirt, emission per T-...

The aim of this work was to map and understand the current environmental impact of Swedish clothing consumption. A life cycle assessment (LCA) was used to evaluate the environmental impact of six garments: a T-shirt, a pair of jeans, a dress, a ja...

Guiding the Pulse of the Fashion Industry report was the belief that the environmental, social and ethical challenges confronting the industry aren’t only a threat, but also a potential opportunity to recreate value for fashion busine...

Denim fabric production involves toxic chemicals and hundreds of gallons of water it takes to dye and finish. Several companies such as Levi Strauss and H&M have already embedded responsible production pathways into the supply chain....

Clothing accounts for between 2 % and 10 % of the environmental impact of EU consumption. Less than half of used clothes are collected for reuse or recycling when they are no longer needed, and only 1 % are recycled into new clothes, since techno...

This interview article shares the perspectives of Linda Greer, an Environmental scientist on the current sustainability practices in the fashion industry and how partnerships with value chain suppliers play a role in truly going green and preventi...

This article shares some of the carbon neutral efforts taken by large fashion brands and says how carbon elimination from practices is critical along with offsetting to be a more sustainable brand.

Some of the leading brands moving ...

With the growing impact of climate change due to the emissions from textile industries, many large brands have taken initiatives to reduce their carbon footprint validated by Science Based Target Initiatives. To enable the fashion brands focus on ...

VF Corporation, a leading apparel, footwear and accessories brand has signed the United Nations' Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action to engage in carbon footprint reduction activities. Through this, the brand would collaborate with more th...

PVH is one of the largest fashion brands based in US. As a commitment to reduce the global fashion carbon footprint, the company has collaborated with leading industry organizations and also developed many sustainability strategies.

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The study is based on a micro level value chain analysis of an Icelandic Small-Medium Sized Enterprise (SME). This is done through a single case study investigation of an Icelandic fashion brand. A hybrid approach of a standard Life Cycle Assessme...

The carbon footprint (CFP) of clothing supply chain reflects the GHG emissions throughout the life cycle of a product or activity, and Carbon Footprint(CFP) assessment is an important approach to assess GHG emissions.

In this study,...

This thesis was conducted to evaluate and compare the environmental impacts of three jeans manufactured by Nudie Jeans from a life cycle perspective and to evaluate the environmental focus at Nudie Jeans. The main focus was to find out the best en...

This paper reviews studies of the environmental impact of textile reuse and recycling, to provide a summary of the current knowledge and point out areas for further research.

Forty-one studies were reviewed, whereof 85% deal with recycli...

Aligned with the goals of the Paris Agreement, the Charter contains the vision for the industry to achieve net zero emissions by 2050 and defines issues that will be addressed by signatories, ranging from decarbonization of the production phase, s...

The main aim of this work is to evaluate the application of the LCA methodology in order to obtain a tool to support the company environmental policy. The object of the analysis is the evaluation of the basic items produced a company. A simple woo...

Trends point to these negative impacts rising inexorably, with the potential for catastrophic outcomes in future. 

This report by Ellen McArthur Foundation in partnership with major multi-line and luxury retailers outlines a vision for ...

Textile manufacturing is highly resource intensive and contributes to high GHG emissions in all aspects - from operations to building designs. While many focus on energy consumption reduction, there are other subtle areas which could also play a r...

This article provides a review of various energy efficient practices for a textile mill which will have a significant impact on energy management and in turn carbon emission reduction. The main role of a textile mill is yarn production by spinning...

This study has analysed energy inputs and related emissions of cotton yarn production, from cradle to factory gate boundary, including phases from farm, transport to ginning, ginning, transport to spinning plant and spinning and packaging. Th...

This study is centered upon a textile facility situated in Faisalabad, Pakistan. The most attractive lot of products includes curtains, panel prints, terry towels, bed in bags, embroidery, table and sofa covers etc.

The study emphas...

The report sets out the strategy that is enabling ASOS make a positive contribution to raising standards within the fashion industry in the field of environmental protection and also other areas such as human and labour rights and business in...

This study focuses on basic environmental impact assessment of wool textiles as provided by Dr. Beverley Henry from Queensland University of Technology. It states that life cycle assessment method being widely accepted by ISO and other standards c...

Apparel being produced in one of the biggest industries in the world, textile and clothing materials are responsible for high energy usage and significant carbon footprint. Several organizations have developed standards to study the presence ...

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a systematic evaluation of the potential environmental impact and resource utilization of a product from raw material through disposal. 

The primary purpose of this project was to provide robust and up...

The impact of fast fashion industry on climate change is an urging issue as climate change could threaten both the raw material availability and the production capabilities of the fast-fashion industry and ultimately affecting brand's sustainabili...

This study focuses on GHG emissions from two major textile services offered to customers in Europe - workwear and hotel bed linen. It was carried out by European Textile Services Associations (ETSA) in collaboration with a Denmark based company. T...

According to the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, textile consumption increased by 40% between 2000 and 2009 in Sweden. Given that currently no textile recycling plant in Sweden, the aim of this document is to explore the potential environ...

The textile industry, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, is the 5th largest contributor to CO2 emissions. In India, polyester and cotton constitute more than 80 % of textile processing.

The document contai...

The overall impact on the environment by a textile product or process may be best assessed by life cycle assessment (LCA) which is a systematic scientific approach to examine the environmental impacts of the entire life cycle of a product or servi...

The work reported in this paper presents the assessment of environmental performances of selected branded apparel T-Shirt products made by Bangladesh. The study is based on a standard evaluation tool named Higg Index. The environmental design tool...

This case study involves a detailed life cycle assessment comparison of digital and screen printing for a cotton fabric in Finland for the cradle to gate phase of the process. Water footprint for both the methods are also assessed to suggest suita...

WWF-India is working with farmers in Warangal district to promote better management practices (BMPs) in cotton so as to reduce the environmental impact associated with the overuse of inputs and resources. WWF-India is running a pilot project to es...

The textile and apparel industry consume a large share of raw materials and energy consumption in their manufacturing locations. Pilot factories from the manufacturing sector of major cotton products have been invited to this case study, that...

The carbon footprint reveals how much CO2 in total is emitted along the value chain of an apparel. The same is calculated in the life cycle assessment of the clothing.

The document provides an overview regarding the various factors ...

Currently organic cotton is less than 10 per cent of total cotton production in India but with the largest number of GOTS ((Global organic textile standard) certified facilities in the world; India is the leader in both organic cotton production a...

Emerging energy-efficiency, greenhouse gas (GHG), and pollution mitigation technologies will be crucial for the textile industry as it responds to population and economic growth that is expected to spur a rapid increase in textile consumption.&nbs...

Textile production processes are one of the most unsustainable contributing to CO2 emissions to a great extent. Further, the pollution control technologies available in the market present economic challenges which leads to poor adoption of sustain...

The concept of carbon credits has come into existence as a result of increasing awareness of the need for controlling emissions. These credits are measured in units of Certified Emission Reductions (CERs). Carbon Credit is a type of a tradable g...

In Sweden approximately 15 kg of textile is consumed per person annually, from which 53% of the consumed textile and garments are incinerated with the aim of energy recovery. Since there is no existing textile recycling plant in Sweden, from ...

The article discusses in detail the environmental impacts of manufacturing a Levi Strauss blue jeans via a life cycle assessment across the value chain - from raw material production to end of life (landfill or recycling). Levi Strauss and Co. hav...

Low-carbon garment involves the lowest carbon emissions in the production and resource management pathways while the garment is being manufactured.

This paper reports some feasible measures for garments faced to the low-carbon ...

Italian leading luxury brand Gucci has announced that it would invest millions of dollars into a 10-year programme for offsetting its carbon emissions. While the company is working on reducing carbon emissions across its valuechain, the time neede...