It seems as if it’s never been cheaper to kit ourselves out with a new wardrobe, but our love of fashion comes with a hefty environmental price tag, as according to the World Bank, the industry produces 10% of global greenhouse gas emissions every year.
To try to tackle the problem, the UN’s Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action, which launched in 2018 and was renewed in 2021 at Cop26, set the goal of net zero emissions by 2050. But when Dr Chamu Kuppuswamy, a senior lecturer at the University of Hertfordshire School of Law, read it, she noticed what was missing.
