Planet

Social development goals (SDGs) were founded by the United Nations. These goals were put in place to make our world and the way we live sustainable and to give every business and the world something to work towards to make the world we live in sustainable.

There are 4 pillars of sustainability, people, profit, purpose, and planet. In this blog, I will be giving readers an in-depth enhancement of knowledge on the pillar ‘Planet’. Living sustainably is defined as doing things in the present that will not impact future generations negatively, this is done by using sustainable resources rather than finite ones. The planet pillar is the foundation for living sustainably as everything we do on earth will affect it in the long run either positively or negatively, the decision is in our hands.

Building a circular economy plays a huge role In the planet pillar. A circular economy is ensuring that actions taken are not affecting the economy negatively which is done by refurbishing and recycling. in the context of fashion, a circular economy could be done by recycling textiles from recently produced garments rather than throwing away and burning materials. Fashion magazines such as vogue have been reporting on issues of climate change and educating readers on how to live more sustainable lives which is such an amazing way of influencing the world to live more sustainably as these magazines hold so much power in the fashion industry. (www.condenast.com may 2020)

The fashion industry is one of the least sustainable industries. Fashion production alone makes up 10% of humanity’s carbon emissions, dries up water sources, and pollutes rivers and streams (www.Genevaenvironmentnetwork.com  2021) however the fashion industry is recognising the importance of sustainability and is trying to improve. Brands such as fast fashion brand PLT have moved on to promoting reselling and re-wearing through the creation of the PLT marketplace. This is a base where PLT customers can sell items from PLT and other retailers. By this PLT is encouraging their consumers to recycle clothes rather than throw them away which is much better for the environment.

The SDG goal ‘zero hunger’ has a big relevance and impact on the fashion industry. In 2017, the fashion industry alone consumed 79 billion cubic metres of water, this is enough to fill 32 million Olympic size swimming pools (www.theconsciouschallenge.org 2019).

low-income countries in Africa have very little access to clean water and the amount of water used could cure that extremely devastating problem in the world.

Fashion companies are trying to make a difference such luxury fashion brand Balenciaga. In 2018, luxury fashion brands donated 10 per cent of their sales to the ‘World Food Programme which is the largest humanitarian aid group fighting world hunger.

refrences:

www.theconsciouschallenge.org 2019

www.condenast.com may 2020

www.Genevaenvironmentnetwork.com  2021