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Fashion sector shares open-source blueprint for suppliers to reach ‘near net zero’

“We are systematically dismantling the biggest barrier to decarbonisation: the lack of a clear, implementable ‘how-to.’"
Melodie Michel
Fashion sector shares open-source blueprint for suppliers to reach ‘near net zero’
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H&M-backed initiative Fashion for Good has designed an open-source blueprint to help Tier 2 textile manufacturers in India reduce emissions, as well as electricity and water use.

Aiming to tackle one of the industry’s largest sources of emissions – textile dyeing, treatment and finishing – the blueprint is free to access and offers these manufacturers five practical and financially viable pathways to reduce carbon emissions by up to 93%, water use by 33% and electricity consumption by 41%. 

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