“The fashion industry has a huge impact on environmental, social, and governance issues. Crunch the numbers however you may like, and the textile and fashion industries score high on the amount of energy, chemicals, and resources from cotton to petroleum consumed to manufacture clothing. The factories in which textiles are woven and finished have their effects on workers from Southeast Asia to Turkey. Finally, with the convoluted supply chain upon which many apparel companies rely on to turn raw materials into products that line the shelves of retail stores, one errant supplier or contract manufacturer can cause a huge headache for the folks in the central office.
With the challenges that apparel manufacturers and retailers confront on a daily basis, a coalition of retail companies, apparel and shoe manufacturers, fashion houses, non-profits, and the EPA launched a new organization that seeks to reduce the environmental and social impacts of the clothing industry across the globe.”
Clothing Industry Giants Launch Sustainable Apparel Coalition via Leon Kaye – Triple Pundit