China’s fashion industry struts its stuff for sustainability:

Globally, the fashion sector emitted 2.1 billion tons of greenhouse gases in 2018. That equates to about 4 per cent of the global total, or the same quantity of greenhouse gases emitted per year by France, Germany, and the United Kingdom combined, according to McKinsey research. If the fashion industry continues on its current trajectory, it will fall 50 per cent short of the decarbonisation target it must hit to help limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius by mid-century, the United Nations Environment Programme said during the COP27 climate summit in Egypt this month. China’s textile, garment, and apparel industries consumed energy equivalent to 88.42 million tons of standard coal in 2019, accounting for 1.8 per cent of the country’s total energy consumption the same year, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. When it comes to carbon emissions, the textile industry ranked sixth among 31 subdivisions of the manufacturing sector in 2019, according to the China National Textile and Apparel Council. The chemical fibre manufacturing industry ranked 15th, and the garment and apparel industry ranked 22nd.