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

Textile & Fashion 2030

Country Overview / Sweden

3 July 2023

5 minutes

Like many other Swedish industries, the fashion industry is an export-dependent industry. Due to the limitations of the domestic market, Swedish fashion operators must focus on going beyond its borders and establishing themselves internationally in order to grow and reach their full potential.

Report Lays Down Path for Swedish Fashion in Backdrop of Climate Crisis, Legislations and Consumer Shifts

There is an urgent imperative for the textile-apparel sector in Sweden to go sustainable and establish itself globally to reach its full potential, a new report on the country's export-dependent industry has underlined.

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Special Correspondent

Young India Fashion Survey 2025

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If unfair trade barriers persist, there's the risk of seeing mountains of usable clothing pile up in the US, while markets abroad fill the gap with cheap, low-quality fast fashion that often results in more waste, not less. Keeping the second-hand clothing trade flowing freely is in everyone’s best interest: economically, socially, and environmentally. This is a moment to build smarter, fairer, and more circular global systems, not to shut them down.

Trade Barriers on Second-Hand Clothing Disrupt a Globally Significant Reverse Supply Chain

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Future Lies in Hybrid Models Where High-Level LCAs Are Supplemented by Granular Data

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