Pro Ethical Trade Finland/Training: Towards sustainable clothing industry
Pro Ethical Trade Finland (Eettisen kaupan puolesta ry) training in Helsinki on Sat 2019-11-23
Background / Context
In 2019 Eetti ranked 23 Finnish clothing brands (in Finnish) with the Rank A Brand evaluation kit. View the full report (in Finnish) and a video of the results of the research (in Finnish)
Information
Emissions of the textile industry are larger than the airline and maritime traffic combined. (slides)
The average utilization time of clothing in 2019 is one third less than in 2000. Clothes are used on average 160 times. The CO2 emissions of the textile industry would fall 44% by doubling the utilization time. (slides)
In Wikipedia
Eetti's podcasts
- Maija's corporate responsibility podcast - Episode 1: Samuji, Ikea, Finlayson and Tam-Silk (in Finnish)
- Maija's corporate responsibility podcast - Episode 2: with guests Teemu Vaarakallio and Amos Wallgren
- Maija's corporate responsibility podcast - Episode 3: 10€ jeans
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