Knowra Sustainable fashion Sustainable fashion Sustainable fashion comprises ways of designing, making, selling, using, and disposing of clothing that seek to reduce environmental damage and social harm across its life cycle.
Life-cycle assessment : A method for estimating a product’s environmental impacts across stages from raw-material extraction through disposal. It helps compare clothing impacts across the full life cycle rather than at a single stage.
Organic cotton : Cotton grown under standards that restrict synthetic pesticides and fertilizers. It offers an alternative to conventional cotton, with impacts that depend on farming and processing practices.
Textile industry environmental impact : The environmental effects of producing, processing, using, and discarding fibers, textiles, and clothing. These impacts provide the environmental problems that sustainable fashion seeks to reduce.
Greenwashing : Marketing that creates a misleading impression that a product, service, or organization is environmentally responsible. Fashion claims can exceed the evidence or conceal impacts elsewhere in a garment’s life cycle.
Microplastic pollution : The release and accumulation of tiny plastic particles in the environment. Synthetic garments can shed fibers during washing, raising questions about prevention and filtration.
Textile recycling : The recovery and reprocessing of textile fibers or fabrics into reusable materials. Recycling can divert discarded clothing from disposal, though fiber blends complicate recovery.
Fair trade : A trading approach that sets standards intended to improve terms for producers and workers. Fair-trade programs address economic and labor conditions within fashion supply chains.
Fashion industry carbon emissions : Greenhouse-gas emissions associated with the production, distribution, use, and disposal of fashion goods. Emissions arise across clothing supply chains, from fiber production to transport and care.
Environmental, social, and governance : A framework for assessing organizations through environmental, social, and governance factors. ESG reporting evaluates corporate performance, while sustainable fashion also concerns products and practices.
Textile waste : Discarded fiber, fabric, and clothing generated during production and consumption. Reuse and recycling efforts must contend with growing waste and limited material recovery.
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