The garment industry is flawed. It’s focused on profits over people, and complex supply chains hide the exploitation they are often built on. Skills to create clothes are undervalued despite all of us everywhere needing them every day.  

Then there’s the other problem. As a major polluter of our environment and contributor to rising carbon emissions, the industry has no choice but to change.

We need solutions fast.

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people work to make clothes for the global market, up to 80% of them are women between the age of 18-35 the majority of whom live in poverty and exploitation

 
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of clothing is made from plastic, contributing to 34.8% of global microplastic pollution in our waterways 

 
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tonnes of new clothing will be consumed every year by 2030, despite no large-scale solutions to deal with when they become ‘waste’ 

 
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of garment workers globally earn less than a living wage

 
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 The IPCC Climate Change Report 2021 tells us how human activity is changing the climate in unprecedented ways. If the clothing and textiles industry continues to produce in the same way at the same speed and volume, we will not be able to meet the Paris Agreement commitment to limit global heating to well below 2 degrees Celsius. 

Every garment has the potential to prop up a broken system or change the face of communities everywhere for the better. It’s a lot, we know but we choose the latter and hope you will too.

 Visit our workwear page for information on how we can support you to be part of building a better industry through our products.

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LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CLOTHING INDUSTRY CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS

 
 
 

Manufactured Podcast

An industry insider perspective on supply chains, sustainability and the making of fashion.

Roadmap on Living Wages

A platform to strengthen international alignment on paying living wages in supply chains.

 
 

Fashion on Climate

A Global Fashion Agenda report that urges all fashion industry stakeholders to play their part in limiting global heating to 1.5 degrees.

Microfibre Release

A study that looks at the release of microfibres from synthetic clothes during washing and wearing into our air and waterways.

 
 

Fashion Revolution

A global movement for a fashion industry that values people and planet over profit.

The OR Foundation

Highlighting the communities that bear the brunt of textile exporting and dumping.