Fast Fashion, Slow Transition: Social and Environmental Rights at the Heart of a Sustainable Transition in the Textile Industry

In the new ultra-fast fash­ion era, gar­ment pro­duc­tion cycles are accel­er­at­ed to new heights, while the qual­i­ty of the gar­ments dete­ri­o­rates. Key char­ac­ter­is­tics of the indus­try are its reliance on cheap man­u­fac­tur­ing, over­con­sump­tion and short-lived gar­ment use. This blog post will set out who is respon­si­ble for the pro­tec­tion of human rights from cli­mate change with­in the tex­tile indus­try. In a sec­ond step, this blog post aims to analyse the EU Strat­e­gy, focus­ing on the inter­sec­tion between envi­ron­men­tal and social rights in the tex­tile industry.