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Fashion Industry Target Consultation

COP27 UPDATES / Industry Alignment

8 November 2022

2 minutes

The Fashion Industry Target Consultation is a multi-stakeholder project led by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Global Fashion Agenda (GFA) and the to identify and converge existing industry aligned targets to establish a holistic industry route of travel towards a net-positive fashion industry.

UNEP, GFA Launch Multi-Stakeholder Project on Existing Industry Aligned Targets

The Fashion Industry Target Consultation project, a multi-stakeholder initiative, which aims to identify and converge existing industry aligned targets, has been launched at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27), now under way at the Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh.

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