Using POLICY to bridge gaps between SUSTAINABILITY and Fashion

·        Sustainability

• Sustainability entails: circular fashion systems, recycling, refurbishing

·        Policy

-       proactively advocate for policy change

-       support measures that reinforce sustainability targets

-       incentivize necessary change

·        Fashion

-       Promote collaboration, alliance and partnership between designers/brands and manufacturers of sustainable materials and textiles

NET POSITIVE

Meanwhile, if the fashion industry continues its current trajectory, it will fall short of the decarbonisation targets required to conform with the UNFCCC’s 1.5-degree pathway by 50% (2). The fashion value chain also has a significant impact on ecosystems through land use, resource use and through pollution. Progress demands a holistic route in order to respect planetary sustainability, provide dignified work and protect the human rights of these many millions of people and their communities

require stakeholders to work together towards common targets 

What is Net-Positive Industry?? It’s the overall goal.

(1)    A net-positive industry is one that gives back more to the natural world, people and societies and the economy than it takes out. The targets to be defined by the consultation will not be directly accountable for a net-positive industry, but help to define the pathway towards it by encouraging ambitious sustainability strategies that reduce harm, but also deliver positive outcomes for the environment and societies