Environmental issues and sustainability in the fashion industry. A realistic chance or just an illusion? (eBook)

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2020 | 1. Auflage
GRIN Verlag
978-3-346-22599-3 (ISBN)

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Pre-University Paper from the year 2020 in the subject Economy - Environment economics, grade: 13, , language: English, abstract: This short text is about social and enviromental issuse of the fashion industry and the question if labels could improve the industry.

According to the European Research Service about 5 % of the household expenditure in the EU is spent on clothing and footwear. The average German buys 60 items of clothing a year of which they do not wear 18% more than twice at all. 20 % of the items are not worn more often than four times a year.

However, the wish of wearing fair fashion has constantly increased in the last few years3 because consumers have become aware of the problems of fast fashion. These changes have triggered a different approach with some consumers. They look for clothes that are produced sustainably.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 17.8.2020
• Verlagsort: München
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre
• Schlagworte: Bangladesh • Fashion • fashion labels • garment industry • GOTS • Grüner Knopf • Labels • overproduction • Sustainablity
• ISBN-10: 3-346-22599-2 / 3346225992
• ISBN-13: 978-3-346-22599-3 / 9783346225993