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Stella McCartney, Burberry among fashion brands uniting against climate change
CNN ^ | December 10, 2018 | by Fiona Sinclair Scott

Posted on 12/10/2018 11:54:56 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

The multitrillion-dollar business of fashion, with its complex and long supply chain, is worryingly vexed with problems contributing to climate change.

The fashion industry emits more greenhouse gas than all international flights and maritime shipping journeys combined, and it's estimated that a garbage truck's worth of clothing is either burned or sent to a landfill every second. On top of that, thanks to our powerful washing machines, our clothes pollute the ocean with microfibers equating to approximately 50 million plastic bottles each year.

Conversation and action around sustainability and climate change has been quiet and slow to come within the sector, but Monday marks another move toward collective change. A fashion industry charter for climate action was formally launched at this year's United Nations climate change conference, COP24, in Katowice, Poland.

Aligned with the goals of the Paris Agreement, the new charter includes 16 principles and targets. The companies involved have committed to reducing their aggregate greenhouse gas emissions by 30% by 2030 and they've agreed to prioritize low-carbon transportation suppliers and favor climate-friendly materials.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: climate; clothes; globalwarming; hoax; propaganda; socialism
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To: caww

“Most women”-maybe-but not this woman-my jeans and flannel shirts for work/everyday come from the online cheap clothing places-$8 to $15 per item-same for skirts/dresses and sweaters to wear out to dinner. I do spend more on boots-both for work and nicer wear, but I would never spend my hard-earned money on “designer” brands even if I had the money to spend-country people aren’t impressed by that crap anyway...


21 posted on 12/10/2018 12:58:59 PM PST by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: scottinoc

Centuries ago, humans left trifles and sacrifices - even sacrificing other humans - to appease various dieities and receive favorable weather for their crops.

Things haven’t changed much.


22 posted on 12/10/2018 1:05:07 PM PST by wbill
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To: Texan5

Wise to spend extra on good footwear. I do - it makes my wife wince occasionally - but cheap shoes hurt my feet. Name brand? I guess so, but it’s not vanity, it’s practicality.

I plan on using my feet for a long time and they need to last!


23 posted on 12/10/2018 1:12:42 PM PST by wbill
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To: Huskrrrr; Oldeconomybuyer
Dave's Site

Reminds me of Columbo’s raincoat. I guess I just don’t get it

Their "eco Nazi insignia will look outstanding on their oversized labels

Fabulous! (Snicker, Snicker!)
24 posted on 12/10/2018 1:13:42 PM PST by RedMonqey ("Those who turn their arms in for plowshares will be doing the plowing for those who didn't.")
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
These fashion houses are missing it. Here is the new French fashion:


25 posted on 12/10/2018 1:16:53 PM PST by jonrick46 (Cultural Marxism is the cult of the Left waiting for the Mothership.)
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To: jonrick46
The politically correct Muslim version


26 posted on 12/10/2018 1:20:37 PM PST by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Do designer brands depend on liberal buyers in their business?


27 posted on 12/10/2018 1:41:12 PM PST by FreedBird (T)
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To: Calvin Locke

I stuck with my London Fog
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DH & I each bought a London Fog (mine is a cold weather jacket; his is more iconic) for $9/ea at our favorite thrift store.

We both have many designer ready to wear pieces bought for anywhere from $1.90 to $25 (thrift vs. consignment). In favor of the labels, they usually are very well made of excellent materials and last nearly forever.


28 posted on 12/10/2018 1:46:12 PM PST by reformedliberal
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To: bgill

...artisan clothing, hand made and one of a kind. Should get my own label
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Serious: (I did this with hand woven fabric for twelve years)It’s a viable market. Upcycling is HOT. Design a limited, wearable line of items everyone *must have* and make them memorable and gorgeous enough for the high end juried craft shows. It takes time and capital for a marketing budget, but the clientele (include the *real life* sizes (16-20) is out there, especially if you can do custom.

Confession: I designed, wove and manufactured, but I’m a jeans and sweatshirt gal, myself. I specialized in tops I could wear with my jeans.

Limited production is easier & more profitable than only one-offs.


29 posted on 12/10/2018 2:01:27 PM PST by reformedliberal
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To: wbill

I spend the most on my work boots-I wear them every day, all year so I buy the ones with steel toes-like Northland, Brazos, etc. My other boots are not as expensive, but I don’t wear them to work, either. I do buy cheap summer sandals for going out.


30 posted on 12/10/2018 2:03:43 PM PST by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
uniting against climate change

Silly me. For a moment I thought they were uniting against the false dichotomy of the climate change ruse.

31 posted on 12/10/2018 2:13:19 PM PST by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken)
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To: TLI
$1,760.27

So, no wonder the are burning their products in landfills.

32 posted on 12/10/2018 2:14:55 PM PST by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“...our clothes pollute the ocean with microfibers equating to approximately 50 million plastic bottles each year.”

OMG! I never considered microfibers. We’re friggin’ done for now.


33 posted on 12/10/2018 2:23:01 PM PST by moovova
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To: rktman

If they really want to do something, they have to try to warm up the sun! Just say NO to the Grand Solar Minimum!


34 posted on 12/10/2018 2:50:35 PM PST by Ge0ffrey
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To: Calvin Locke

Read that Shackelton furnished Burberry stuff to the crew.

Some said they planned to not wear them and sell them when

they soon returned to England.Best laid plans and all that.

My daddy fought along side Brits in ww2 and said all the

ones he met were atheists.


35 posted on 12/10/2018 3:13:00 PM PST by Harold Shea (VN vet)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Just lost a Burberry customer ...


36 posted on 12/10/2018 3:15:05 PM PST by IronJack
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To: TLI

Look ma! A jug-eared soyboy!


37 posted on 12/10/2018 3:16:36 PM PST by IronJack
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To: scottinoc

OK!! Everybody pay attention!
Lesson for today:
1. The sun is 1,300,000 times as big as the earth.
2. The sun is a giant nuclear furnace that controls the climates of all its planets.
3. The earth is one of the sun’s planets.
4. The earth is a speck in comparison to the size of the sun.
5. Inhabitants of the earth are less than specks.
Study Question: How do less-than-specks in congress plan to control the sun?


38 posted on 12/10/2018 3:32:40 PM PST by abclily
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

the REAL solution is to eliminate “fashion” clothing and issue everyone an indestructible Mao Suit every 20 years or so ... then we wouldn’t be sending garbage trucks full of discarded clothes to landfills every second ... but somehow i don’t think these “fashion” outfits want an ACTUAL solution ... they just want to virtue signal ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mao_suit


39 posted on 12/10/2018 3:33:28 PM PST by catnipman ((Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!))
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To: Huskrrrr

“Reminds me of Columbo’s raincoat. I guess I just don’t get it.”

I think the idea must be that clothing must be ugly to be environmentally sound ... sort of like Priuses and Brussel Sprouts ...


40 posted on 12/10/2018 3:36:39 PM PST by catnipman ((Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!))
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