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Fast-fashion: How investment firms need to gain pace at creating sustainable fabrics
- Investment Management
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Video
- 07.12.22
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Fast fashion is increasingly recognized as a problem for the environment through carbon emissions and water consumption, leading consumers to turn towards more sustainable buying habits. As investors acknowledge their ESGS responsibilities, they are also seeking manufacturers of sustainable fabrics, produced without harmful chemicals to protect their portfolio returns. This piece also covers the social issues surrounding fast fashion, and how changes within both the fashion industry and investment landscape can enhance working conditions.