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Pushing the fashion industry to take bold climate action

As one of the biggest polluters on the planet and responsible for at least 4% of global climate emissions, we cannot solve the climate crisis without the fashion industry taking bold climate action.

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Read the latest report — Fossil Free Fashion Scorecard 2025: An in-depth look at 42 of the most influential global fashion brands’ progress in phasing out fossil fuels.

Key Fashion Facts

Just 3 of the 42 companies are on track to reduce emissions in line with 1.5℃

3

Synthetic fabrics account for 69% of all materials used in textiles and are projected to account for 75% by 2030

69%

D+ was the average score across all 42 brands in 2025, while 21 brands were graded D- to D+

D+

12 out of 42 companies have set targets to use renewable energy to make their products

12

Take Action

Tell #FilthyFashion to ditch coal

By outsourcing production to polluting factories in places like China, Vietnam, Turkey, and Bangladesh, the fashion industry is avoiding responsibility for its role in the climate crisis. It may be hard to believe, but the fashion industry is responsible for at least 4% of global climate pollution; to put this in context, if the fashion industry were a country, it'd be the 4th largest climate polluter. While the world pressures global leaders to invest in bold climate action, industries like fashion slide under the radar. Why let these polluting industries off the hook?

Tell #FilthyFashion to ditch coal

Suppliers

Supply Chain Map

The map below provides an interactive tool to explore some of fashion’s most interwoven supplier relationships and highlights the extreme ambition versus implementation gap between brands and their key product manufacturers.

Check out the map