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

NewClimate Institute

Climate Action / 2024 Monitor

10 April 2024

5 minutes

Emissions in the fashion sector stem mostly from sourcing raw materials and from material production. Many of these emissions can be addressed by sourcing renewable electricity and electrifying processes such as textile preparation and colouration. For fashion retailers, most emissions are located in the supply chain.

Not Clear, Not Substantiated: World’s Top Fashion Companies Ambiguous about Climate Measures, Finds Study

The Paris Agreement goal of limiting climate change to 1.5°C could well remain a mirage, says the 2024 Corporate Climate Responsibility Monitor (CCRM) which evaluated 51 of the world’s largest companies, including 5 in the fashion sector.

Staff Writer

Energy Practices / Renewables

17 January 2024

4 minutes

Methodologies for calculating downstream emissions for the fashion sector are broadly inconsistent, depending on whether companies account for indirect product use-phase emissions, such as emissions associated with the use of washing machines for washing clothes sold. It did not consider downstream energy and emissions in the analysis.

Top Fashion Brands Score Low in Both Transparency and Integrity on Renewable Energy

Renewable electricity strategies of some major brands fall woefully short and standard-setters provide limited incentives and sometimes even barriers to increase ambition, says a study by the NewClimate Institute.

Staff Writer

Climate Action / Corporate Responsibility

15 February 2023

3 minutes

The Corporate Climate Responsibility Monitor 2023 found that most companies’ climate strategies are mired in ambiguous commitments, offsetting plans that lack credibility and emission scope exclusions, but replicable good practice can be identified from a minority.

H&M, Inditex, Fast Retailing, Amazon, Carrefour, Walmart: All Accused of Hiding Climate Inaction

The second edition of the 2023 Corporate Climate Responsibility Monitor has rapped fashion and retail giants for "hiding climate inaction behind a fig leaf of net zero plans."