Stephanie Lau, PhD

In Part 1 and Part 2 of this series, we described the methods we used to calculate the environmental and social harms of the global apparel industry. More specifically, we looked at the industry's impact on climate, water, and biodiversity in Part 1 and the impact on human

In Part 1 of this series, we showed that the environmental harms (greenhouse gas emissions, water pollution, and biodiversity loss) associated with the global apparel industry cost humanity at least $1.5 trillion per year. That's a lot considering that the annual revenue of the industry is $1.

Clothes—we all need them, but many of us own more than we need. We have been conditioned by the fashion industry and society to buy clothes for fun and not necessarily to meet a real need, and it has become acceptable to wear clothes for only a few times