Business Impact Symposium examines industry sustainability
April 14, 2021 In a world draped with fast-change clothing trends and inexpensive toss-away wardrobes – all of which harm the environment – three clothing industry executives described the fashion world’s sustainability efforts at the April 8 kickoff panel for the Cornell Business Impact Symposium 2021. The symposium, which is virtual, runs through April 17. The industry itself exacts an environmental toll. In 2018, the United Nations said that fashion production discharges 10% of the world’s carbon emissions and accounts for 20% of global wastewater. The symposium’s first panel, â€...
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