planet
The word “planet” refers to one of the four pillar which are Profit, Planet, People and Purpose. Fashion industry as a huge part of the society has the responsibility to link and combine these four pillars together in order to achieve sustainable fashion. The key issue of fashion is that the process including sample making, fabric and garment production, use, distribution and retail containing immeasurable amount of waste and pollution. (Gwilt, A. 2014) Some of the process in fashion requires chemicals and that would lead to waterways pollution (Allwood et al.2006). According to the UNICEF, 700 million people would effected by massive water scarcity by 2030. Approximately a quarter of children will be living in a circumstance with extremely horrible condition of water use (UNICEF). Water needs to be protected and saved. However, water usage in the fashion industry is up to about 93 billion cubic meters per year (CO.2021). Majority of the environmental pollution are produced during laundering process which causes energy, water and chemical detergents (Gwilt, A. 2014).
SDG stands for Sustainable Development Goals and it separates 17 goals that the world tend to achieve into three parts: Economic pillar, Environmental Pillar and Social pillar. Clean Water and Sanitation is one of the goals in SDG. In order to achieve this goal, sustainable fashion and circular economy become the indispensable components of the process. According to the The Soil Association (1946), organic cotton has a great impact in water reduction by saving 91% of water usage compared to normal grown cotton. In addition, organic farmers do not use chemicals or toxic pesticide to the crops so that helps waterways to keep clean and protected (The Soil Association, 1946). These crops and techniques are benefit for sustainable fashion since it cause less damage and pollution to the earth and saved natural resources.
Circular economy are formed by three principles which are Eliminate waste and pollution, Circulate products and materials and regenerate nature (Ellen Macarthur Foundation). It is a solution framework that solves global problems like climate change and pollution. In the first principle, it focus on minimize the waste and pollution to none which starts with design (Ellen Macarthur Foundation). By using recycled, degradable or edible product as raw material in order to achieve the circulation. The second principle’ main idea is highly repeated use either as a product, components or raw materials. The third principle focused on contributing to the nature instead of degrading nature so that earth has the time and space to breathe (Ellen Macarthur Foundation).
Reference:
Gwilt, Alison. A Practical Guide to Sustainable Fashion, Bloomsbury Publishing USA, 2020. ProQuest Ebook Central, http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/ual/detail.action?docID=6234061 ( Accessed on 10.9.2022)
UNICEF, Water scarcity. Available at https://www.commonobjective.co/article/the-issues-water (Accessed on 10.9.2022)
Soil Association Thirsty For Fashion? Available at https://catalogue.unccd.int/1352_thirsty-for-fashion-soil-association-report.pdf (Accessed on 10.9.2022)
Ellen Macarthur Foundation, Circular economy. Available at
https://ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/regenerate-nature (Accessed on 10.9.2022)
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https://www.commonobjective.co/article/the-issues-water (Accessed on 10.9.2022)