Fashion and Globalization
Strategies for Sustainable Fashion
Innovations in producing yarns with lower environmental impact.
USMCA Trade Agreement: Impact on textile trade and production standards among the member countries.
The role of tariffs in promoting sustainable practices.
Greening
Minimize pollution
Reduce continuous flow production
Buying less
Outsourcing
Produce and sell items locally
The social and environmental issues related to globalization and textile production.
Ways to prevent the environmental issues in the textile production process
Government Regulations: Implementing and enforcing laws that limit pollution and resource use in textile production.
boycotts
Refusing to buy products from companies that engage in harmful environmental practices, pressuring them to change.
Just in time production
Environmental issues in the textile production process
Many textiles are produced in developing countries with less stringent environmental regulations.
Greenhouse gas emissions from transportation of raw materials and finished products.
Air emissions
Textile disposal
Carbon Emissions: The energy-intensive processes contribute to high levels of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.
Water emissions
Textile Dyeing: The process of coloring fabrics, which can lead to significant water pollution.
Benefits of fast fashion
Short production cycles.
Fast fashion: inexpensive clothing produced rapidly by mass-market retailers in response to the latest trends.
Low quality garments
Workers health issues because they lack financial stability from not getting paid enough. They may not be able to afford basic necessities.
Bad working conditions
To prevent this, there should be health and safety regulations
Child labor
Human rights violations
Labor costs
Fair trade: There should be fair wages to prevent this and promoting products that meet Fair Trade standards
Labor regulations
No more sweatshops
Pollution due to chemical runoff and greenhouse gasses.
Repetitive flow production.
Reducing costs
Offshoring, relocating business processes or production to another country to reduce costs.
Sustainability in fashion: Sustainable clothing uses biodegradable components from natural or recycled fibers. These materials grow with no pesticide or fertilizer use, consume less energy and water, and employ no chemical treatment, thus reducing the overall carbon footprint of these brands.
Renewable because they recycle and upcycle clothing to extend the lifecycle.
Sustainably produced materials because of the use of resources and energy which reduces waste.
Eco-Friendly Materials like the use of organic materials, recycled, natural fibers like plants and biodegradable materials.
Definiton: The process by which businesses or other organizations develop international influence or start operating on an international scale. The impact globalization can have on fashion is:
Different cultures have an influence on fashion trends.
Brands can reach a global audience through market expansion
Global supply chains allow for cheaper production costs.
