FASHION FACTS
WORLD POPULATION
1950: 2,5 billion
2020: 7,8 billion
Expected world population 2080: 10,6 billion
EARTH OVERSHOOT DAY
Earth Overshoot Day is the date on which humanity's resource consumption for the year exceeds Earth’s capacity to regenerate those resources that year.
1970: December 29
2019: July 29
Source: Overshoot Day
CARBON EMISSIONS
The fashion industry is responsible for 8% of carbon emissions.
Source: UN Environment, 2019
WATER
Fashion accounts for 20 to 35 percent of microplastic flows into the ocean.
Source: The State of Fashion, McKinsey 2020
“Washing, solvents, and dyes used in manufacturing are responsible for one-fifth of industrial water pollution”
Source: The State of Fashion, McKinsey, 2020
If* 2,700L WATER = 1 NEW T-SHIRT = 870 SECOND HAND T-SHIRTS
Calculation by Sustainable Fashion Matterz
"There is a big problem, but I think we can solve it."
- Anyone who ever changed the world.
*Sources: www.worldwildlife.org (check your facts)