43 luxury brands and organizations sign the UN Climate Action Charter for Fashion Industry

At the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP24) in Katowice, Poland on December 8th, many brands and organizations in the fashion and luxury industries signed the new Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action. ) to promote the environmental protection process in the fashion industry.

A total of 43 brands and organizations in the fashion luxury industry have signed the charter, including Stella McCartney, Hugo Boss, H&M, Burberry, adidas, Kering (Kaiyun Group), Levi Strauss & Co, China National Textile Industry Association (China National Textile Association) And Apparel Council) and Outdoor Industry Association and Textile Exchange.

The initial goal of the Fashion Industry Climate Action Charter is to reduce the total greenhouse gas emissions of the fashion industry by 30% by 2030. Specific measures have been enacted in the Charter, such as the phase-out of coal-fired boilers or other heat-generating and coal-fired combustion by coal-fired companies and their direct suppliers since 2025.

In order to make concrete progress in these areas, the Fashion Industry Climate Action Charter has established six working groups, and the signatories will identify specific implementation steps in these working groups.

In addition, the Fashion Industry Climate Action Charter also hopes to achieve a net zero emissions vision by 2050 and identify issues that signatories need to address, including decarbonization, environmentally friendly and sustainable material selection, and low carbon transportation. To raise consumer awareness, collaborate with the finance community and policy makers, and explore sustainable business models.

“This is to bring together the entire fashion industry and work together for the most important environmental protection,” said Karl-Johan Persson, CEO of H&M Group. “The fashion industry is global, and only when we work together can we make meaningful changes.”

According to the United Nations data, the amount of greenhouse gases produced by the fashion industry exceeds the sum of international flights and shipping. The sewage discharge from garment cleaning will also cause microfibers to pollute the ocean. The annual damage is equivalent to investing 50 million plastics into the sea. bottle.

Fashion and environmental protection is one of the areas that the United Nations attaches great importance to. At the beginning of this month, the Conscious Fashion Campaign (hereinafter referred to as CFC) supported by the United Nations Office announced that it will work with the UK's Pure London Fashion Trade Show as “sustainable development” in 2019. The theme of the February show.