The fashion industry is one of the world’s worst polluting industries, with its lenient regulatory environment. Especially fast fashion, affordable and trendy clothing that is typically discarded after being worn a few times or one season, creating a flawed system of overproduction and overconsumption, with materials often produced by countries reliant on gas or coal.

Furthermore, fashion brands have been repeatedly criticised for employee rights violations, which is a major global concern given that the fashion and textile industry hosts one in eight of the world’s workers (CoData, 2018; latest available data). Additionally, the industry is also known for its animal abuse.