ArticleBY EMILY CHAN
May 28, 2024
The Global Fashion Summit, launched back in 2009 to put sustainability on the map, celebrated its 15th anniversary this week. But what has actually changed in the fashion industry since it first began? “Honestly, I am disappointed that we’re not further [along],” Eva Kruse, founder of the summit, told British Vogue. “When we first started, we didn’t think it would go on for so long, I thought we would solve the problem and get on with another topic.”
Indeed, a stark report by the Apparel Impact Institute found that greenhouse gas emissions are set to rise by 40% by 2030, despite the fact that the industry needs to slash emissions by half in order to be in line with the Paris Agreement’s ambition to keep global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
