
Valuing Our Clothes: the cost of UK fashion
11th July 2017
This report examines the environmental impact of the UK clothing industry. It highlights recent achievements in the sector, explores opportunities for businesses, and shares insights on consumer attitudes and behaviour toward clothing.
Key findings
Signatories of SCAP have outperformed industry – reducing carbon, water, and waste
The amount of clothing in household residual waste has reduced by 50,000 tonnes
700,000 tonnes CO2e saved through people changing their clothing care habits
Switching to sustainable fibres - biggest opportunities for environmental savings
Related
Sustainable Clothing Action Plan
Valuing Our Clothes, technical report (available to SCAP signatories & supporters only)
Overview
Valuing Our Clothes: the cost of UK fashion presents the latest research on the environmental impacts of the clothing industry in the UK, and an update on the progress and achievements of the Sustainable Clothing Action Plan (SCAP) so far. It highlights opportunities and actions that can be taken across the sector in order to meet the SCAP targets. It also sets out opportunities for the clothing sector to reduce the resource impacts of the clothing – and gain business benefits from doing so.