This report provides a 2024 update on the fashion industry's progress towards achieving a "net positive" impact, as envisioned by the Fashion CEO Agenda. It outlines advancements, challenges, and action areas across five key priorities: Respectful and Secure Work Environments, Better Wage Systems, Resource Stewardship, Smart Material Choices, and Circular Systems. The update builds on the Fashion CEO Agenda framework and includes insights from the Fashion Industry Target Consultation, a multi-stakeholder survey led by Global Fashion Agenda and UNEP. With contributions from impact partners, industry stakeholders, and an acknowledgment of regional and global challenges such as climate change, social equity, and regulatory shifts, the report presents an in-depth look at the current status, goals, and best practices for sustainability in fashion. The document emphasizes policy recommendations, collective action, and practical tools to guide the industry in improving social and environmental impacts.
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Table of Contents
- Contents 3
- Opening Address 3
- Executive Summary 3
- Respectful and Secure Work Environments 3
- Better Wage Systems 3
- Resource Stewardship 3
- Smart Material Choices 3
- Circular Systems 3
- Annex 3
- References 3
- Endnotes 3
- Opening Address 4
- Executive Summary 5
- Respectful and Secure Work Environments 5
- Better Wage Systems 5
- Resource Stewardship 5
- Smart Material Choices 5
- Circular Systems 5
- Synopsis 5
- Respectful and Secure Work Environments 6
- Upholding standards for the respect of universal human rights for everyone employed along the value chain 6
- The Social and Labor Convergence Program 7
- Responsible Purchasing Practices Diversity Equity and Inclusion 9
- Terms of Employment Social Protection 9
- Responsible Purchasing Practices 9
- Diversity Equity and Inclusion 9
- Terms of Employment Social Protection 10
- Better Wage Systems 11
- Ensuring the necessary systems to enable manufacturing partners to pay all workers fair compensation and living wages 11
- Fair Labor Association 12
- Wage Transparency Responsible Purchasing Practices Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining Agreements Pay Equity 13
- Wage Transparency 13
- Responsible Purchasing Practices 13
- Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining Agreements 14
- Pay Equity 14
- Resource Stewardship 15
- Decoupling value creation from virgin resource extraction and emission growth through coordinated and multi-stakeholder action 15
- Apparel Impact Institute 16
- Energy Use Land Use and Biodiversity Protection Water stewardship Chemical use Fibre Fragmentation 17
- Energy Use 17
- Land Use and Biodiversity Protection 17
- Water Stewardship 18
- Chemical Use 19
- Fibre Fragmentation 19
- Smart Material Choices 20
- Decoupling value creation from virgin resource extraction and emission growth through coordinated and multi-stakeholder action 20
- Textile Exchange 21
- Synthetics Plant Fibres Man-made Cellulosic Fibres Animal-derived Fibres 22
- Synthetics 22
- Plant Fibres 22
- Man-made Cellulosic Fibres 23
- Animal-derived Fibres 24
- Circular Systems 25
- Ellen MacArthur Foundation 26
- Circular Design Circular Business Models Textile-to-textile Recycling Just Transition 27
- Circular Design 27
- Circular Business Models 27
- Textile-to-textile Recycling 28
- Just Transition 29
- Annex 30
- References 31
- Endnotes 32
- Endnotes 33
- Endnotes 34
