It ain't fashion, if it ain't sustainable

Urska Trunk

Fossil Fuel Fashion / Texas Fracking

16 December 2024

3 minutes

Across the US, more than 1.7 million fracking wells have been drilled, which pollute critical water sources, contribute to the climate crisis, and risk the health of over 12.6 million people.

100+ Fashion Brands Relying on Oil and Gas from Destructive Texas Fracking, Finds Stand.earth Investigation

An investigation by Stand.earth Research Group (SRG) says that more than 100 fashion giants currently source many of their fabrics from fracked oil and gas in the Permian Basin in Texas. And, of the 107 petrochemical-linked brands only one has committed to phase out virgin polyester altogether, and none have explicit, time-bound targets to increase the use of recycled textile waste.

Staff Writer

Synthetic Fashion / 2024 Status

17 September 2024

5 minutes

These companies continue to bet big on plastic fibres, showing little intention to change and resorting to tactics borrowed from the fossil fuel industry to distract and delay real progress.

Top Brands Using Synthetic Fibres More than Earlier; EU Initiatives on Reducing Fashion's Footprint Are Backfiring

Major fashion brands are using greater amounts of polluting synthetic textiles, a survey of 50 global firms— representing $1 trillion in market value and spanning fast fashion, sports, luxury and supermarket own-brands — reveals greater dependence on synthetic fibres that are driving fast fashion, and use of fossil fuel industry tactics, says a report by the Changing Markets Foundation.