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Fashion industry produces 10% of world CO2 and consumes a ton of water in the process [1]. To get H&M pricing, you’re using extremely low pay workers which in t
by azinman2 5y ago
Fashion industry produces 10% of world CO2 and consumes a ton of water in the process [1]. To get H&M pricing, you’re using extremely low pay workers which in the case of China, could easily be forced labor. You have to include the total picture to make a fair comparison.
[1] https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2019/09/23/costo-moda-medio-ambiente https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2019/09/23/costo-m...
- FireBy2024 5y agoThanks for sharing that link. It really is an eye opener. Although, this number seems wrong. Is the entire fashion industry only valued at 2.4B? > The fashion industry is key for economic development: it is valued at some USD 2.4 billion globally and directly employees 75 million people throughout its value chain.