51 min

The trillion-dollar climate gap in fashion Hot Buttons

    • Fashion & Beauty

Last fall, the Apparel Impact Institute and Fashion for Good mapped out what it would take to cut fashion’s carbon emissions by half by 2030, and hit net-zero by 2050. Those are goals identified by the UN fashion charter in 2018.
Their conclusion: we’ll need $1 trillion to get there. This week, we’ll ask: where will that money come from? 
Then, as shoppers are heading back to stores, high-end brands are adding circular services to try to draw them in. Is this an indication of a bigger movement for in-person retail? 
Finally, we end with European raids of top design brands’ headquarters. Did a movement to rewire fashion more sustainably somehow turn anticompetitive? 
Stories discussed in this episode:


Sourcing Journal: H&M and Lululemon back $250M climate fund


Euronews: The trillion dollar question over how to fix the fashion industry


Aii/Fashion for Good report on decarbonizing fashion


Vogue Business: sustainability comes to physical retail


Vogue: Rewiring fashion groups reflect on a year of change


Business of Fashion: EU raids target brands proposing sales periods, restrictive practices


Vogue: What happened to the fashion industry reset?


Hot Buttons is a production of Post Script Media. The show is hosted by Christina Binkley, Rachel Kibbe, and Shilla Kim-Parker. Follow the show on Twitter. 
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Last fall, the Apparel Impact Institute and Fashion for Good mapped out what it would take to cut fashion’s carbon emissions by half by 2030, and hit net-zero by 2050. Those are goals identified by the UN fashion charter in 2018.
Their conclusion: we’ll need $1 trillion to get there. This week, we’ll ask: where will that money come from? 
Then, as shoppers are heading back to stores, high-end brands are adding circular services to try to draw them in. Is this an indication of a bigger movement for in-person retail? 
Finally, we end with European raids of top design brands’ headquarters. Did a movement to rewire fashion more sustainably somehow turn anticompetitive? 
Stories discussed in this episode:


Sourcing Journal: H&M and Lululemon back $250M climate fund


Euronews: The trillion dollar question over how to fix the fashion industry


Aii/Fashion for Good report on decarbonizing fashion


Vogue Business: sustainability comes to physical retail


Vogue: Rewiring fashion groups reflect on a year of change


Business of Fashion: EU raids target brands proposing sales periods, restrictive practices


Vogue: What happened to the fashion industry reset?


Hot Buttons is a production of Post Script Media. The show is hosted by Christina Binkley, Rachel Kibbe, and Shilla Kim-Parker. Follow the show on Twitter. 
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

51 min