Europe’s fashionwear manufacturers and importers may face stricter environmental rules under a push to clean up textiles production. In a fresh sign of the European Union’s ambitions to expand its green regulatory footprint around the globe, the bloc’s environment chief vowed to zero in on the apparel industry to ensure that it avoids using harmful
Global fashion’s “take-make-dispose” model needs a sustainability makeover. That’s according to a new report from Barclays titled “Green is the new black,” which projects the fashion industry can unlock some 110 billion euros ($123 billion) in value by addressing key environmental issues related to water, energy, chemicals and waste. If business continues as usual, 45