Paris Fashion Week begins on February 27. This fashion week brings together designers from all over the world for fashion shows. But it raises many ecological questions. The journeys alone of people traveling to Fashion Weeks around the world represent 241,000 tonnes of carbon emissions.
For the environment, it’s the same impact as if we lit the Eiffel Tower non-stop for more than 3,000 years. According to the organization Carbon TrustParis Fashion Week accounts for almost a third of these shows.
For Catherine Dauriac, author of the book ” Fashion “, on the textile industry and the environment, it is in particular the recurrence of these weeks of fashion which questions: “ The problem is that it’s the fourth week in a row if we start with New York, London, Milan, Paris. People travel from all over the world and are in transhumance for a month on all these four Fashion Weeks “, she explains at the microphone ofEdgar Groleau by RFI
Misinformation
Fashion Week symbols of a fashion industry which, according to the environmental activist, does not really adapt to climate issues.
“ The big brands manage to try to do better, but we are very, very far from the markshe notes. All so-called “green”, “sustainable” collections of “fast fashion” brands (disposable mode, editor’s note)already, it is greenwashing excessive. They say they use recycled textiles, but how much percentage in a t-shirt? 5%… This is really misinformation. »
In total, fashion emits more CO2 than all international flights and maritime traffic combined.
In 2019, the Stockholm Fashion Week was canceled to denounce the massive pollution generated by the textile industry, the second most polluting industry in the world.
Greenwashing is doing well
The climate commitments of large companies generally lack credibility and transparency, according to a report published on February 13, which examines the stated ambitions of 24 multinationals from all sectors. This study carried out by the think tanks NewClimate Institute and Carbon Market Watch assesses the strategies of these giants of trade, agrifood, transport and various industries which alone accounted for some 4% of global greenhouse gas emissions. greenhouse effect in 2019. They have in common to highlight their commitments in favor of the climate.
But the reality often falls short of promises, concludes the report, which finds a general lack of progress since a previous edition a year ago. “ Most corporate climate strategies are mired in ambiguous commitments, compensation plans that lack credibility, and emissions scope exclusions “, he points.
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