Think Tank: Uphold Your ‘Eco-conscious,’ Set Up a Green Wardrobe Now

Thanks to technology, we can now shop for almost anything online, 24/7: and it will be delivered right to your doorstep. We love to shop for clothes more than anything else. We now consume about 80 billion new pieces of clothing collectively every year, which is 400 percent more than the amount we consumed just around two decades ago. While we enjoy the convenience, we often overlook the environmental impact of our impulse purchases of something we’ll probably only wear once. Fashion waste is reaching a tipping point. It is the second-largest polluter in the world, just behind oil, and is not sustainable. The fashion industry realizes this detrimental effect and ways to address the issue are evolving from within the industry. A significant driver was the signing of the U.N. Climate Change’s Fashion Industry Charter in late 2018. Forty-three leading fashion brands, including Adidas, Burberry and Hugo Boss, retailers, suppliers and other companies, committed to work together to address the climate impact of fashion across its entire supply chain. Industry players are launching initiatives to better drive sustainability and promote a circular economy ecosystem in their supply chain, whereby resources are kept in use for as long as possible. The idea is to

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