PLANET
In the Fashion industry, one of the significant factors is ‘Planet’. Planet is one of the four major pillars referenced in Fashion business. When referencing the ‘Planet’ pillar, it is in relation to sustainability and the responsibility of how environmentally friendly we are when consuming and producing a product. The Fashion industry is one of the biggest polluters being responsible for hundreds of billion of items produced globally, using thousands of different and destructive chemicals and then three out of five items end up in landfills in twelve months (www.youtube.com. (n.d.). Can Fashion Be Sustainable? | BBC Earth. [online] Available at: https://youtu.be/ZoiU8sprXpQ). This is effectively called ‘Linear Economy’, when materials are taken, then made into items and then disposed of quickly after. The average family produces thirty kilograms of clothing every year and only fifteen percent of that gets donated or recycled meaning the rest gets incarnated or sent to landfills. Due to this damaging cycle, the fashion industry contributes to greenhouse gasses (CO2), De-forestation, soil degradation, water pollution, waste accumulation and high-water usage (www.youtube.com. (n.d.). What is SUSTAINABLE FASHION. [online] Available at: https://youtu.be/A5DQhbrKoB8 [Accessed 9 Oct. 2022). In order for the fashion industry to meet the quintessential goal of being able to achieve a carbon neutral industry and a sustainable future – we must incorporate a circular economy as oppose to a linear economy. A circular economy is a model production and consumption where a product is created to be re-used, easily renewed and recycled. In relation to the Fashion industry, having a circular economy would generate a sustainable future in fashion. Helping to decrease fast fashion and the use of lad-fills. Sustainability in relation to fashion can radically reduce the negative impact that the industry has towards the planet. The constant need for cheaper, faster clothes has a severe effect on one of the SDGs, number 12. The twelve goal is Responsible Consumption and production which is also a goal for the Fashion Industry too. Our reliance on natural resources is increasing, over sixty five percent globally from 2000 to 2019 (United Nations (n.d.). Goal 12 | Department of Economic and Social Affairs. [online] sdgs.un.org. Available at: https://sdgs.un.org/goals/goal12.). The unsustainable patterns within and outside the fashion industry is the cause of the ‘Triple Planetary Crisis’ which is Climate Change, Biodiversity Loss and Pollution. We as consumers and producers must acknowledge our roles in causing environmental and human harm. (Remake. (n.d.). Remake — Ethically Fashionable. [online] Available at: https://remake.world.).