UN fashion charter highlights raw material choices
11/12/2018
This charter has the aim of encouraging companies in the luxury industry and other areas of fashion to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and achieve net zero emissions by 2050. As a first step, signatories to the charter have agreed to a 30% reduction by 2030. Plans are in place to define specific individual measures and create a working group.
Other steps will include the selection of climate-friendly materials as early as possible in the design process, monitoring and reporting on the effects of raw materials on the climate, disclosure of the preferred raw materials and respective energy sources, as well as the goal of being able to return the materials to “a value-retaining circular economy” after they are used.
Leathergoods and other luxury brands among the 43 signatories include Burberry, Hugo Boss and Kering.
Commenting on the development, Burberry chief executive, Marco Gobbetti, said: “While we have committed to becoming carbon neutral in our own operations, achieving a 30% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions across the entire global fashion industry by 2030 will require innovation and collaboration. By working together with other signatories of the charter, we believe that we can achieve systemic change and build a more sustainable future.”
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