Planet
Planet is one of the four pillars in fashion business, it is about the fashion industry’s impact on the planet- Earth. “Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs” is the definition of sustainability based on the United Nations(Bartlett,2011). This article will examine the meaning and need of sustainability in fashion. Fashion industry includes garment, footwear, accessory,cosmetics, and fragrance sectors, and is one of the internationalised industries(Anguelov,2021).The large supply chain spanning across from raw materials harvesting, spinning, yarn production, dyeing, weaving, cutting, stitching and to the final garment construction(Mukherjee,2015). Those manufacturers of the fashion industry cause environmental impact in every product life cycle, and those environmental impacts not only affect the natural as well as the social environment(Mukherjee,2015). There are several environmental issues related to fashion industry such as resource consumption,greenhouse gas (GHG) emission,land use,toxic production processes, and landfill(Mukherjee,2015).The rise of fast fashion and the reliance on cheap and fast manufacteries, created over 92 million tonnes of waste produced per year(Niinimäki,2020). Beside it, in the social side the decrease of child labor are one of the goal in International Labour Organisation, but in fashion industry still is a challenge to them, because there is still home workers and indirect workers in the fashion industry(Allwood, Laursen,n.d). There are 151.6 million children between five to seven-teen years old who are child labourers across the globe, and half of them are working in the fashion industry(www.commonobjective.co, 2018). Sustainability is a goal for all the fashion industry to create a long-live environment.
United Nation Sustainable Development Goal which is an urgent call for all countries in the global partnership. There are seventeen main goals, each of them fit to environmental, social and economic spheres(sdgs.un.org). Responsible Consumption and Production are number 12 goals in the United Nation Sustainable Development Goal, which are to decrease the amount of waste in natural resources(sdgs.un.org). Fashion industry and its consumers have a responsibility to know that its products are harmful to the environment, and to force individuals and governments to take action(Stanton,2022). There are some fashion industries that follow the goals to decrease the waste of human resources, for example, Stella McCartney uses renewable energy to power their stores and offices, and they try to use as much organic cotton as possible(Lolli,2021).In conclusion, due to the amount of waste the fashion industry has made, Responsible Consumption and Production are the steps for the fashion industry envole in sustainability. The second largest industry starts the action on sustainability, will have the chance to lead others industry and government follow.
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