Goals 1-4: No Poverty, Zero Hunger, Good Health and Well-being and Quality Education

“End poverty in all its forms everywhere.” 

“End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture.” 

“Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all times” 

“Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.”

 Brands must partner with those in their supply chain to improve their quality of life instead of exploiting them for cheap labor. Fair wages, documented hours, and maker well-being programs are essential in evening the playing field between brands and the women who make their clothes

“Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.”

 Around the world, most factory managers, supervisors and owners are men. Women continue to be excluded from fashion’s collective consciousness even though they are the backbone of the industry. It is important to step up and include women in decision making processes as well as organizational duties

“Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.”

“Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all.”

Seemingly beautiful fashion is produced through reckless pollution and inhumane labor conditions across the world. Fashion needs to take action against pollution at every lever and ensure net carbon 0 emissions by the use of closed loop solutions

“Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all.”

“Reduce inequality within and among countries.”

In many industries, but especially in fashion, the wealth disparity between the women making clothing and the corporations selling said clothing is shocking. Companies must bridge the gap and provide garment workers a fair wage.

“Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation.”

Like most modern industries, technology is rapidly progressing within fashion. Human labor continues to be replaced by automation and demand for increased efficiency. In order to combat widespread job loss the industry must commit to training up women from the factory floor to more skilled positions within companies. The fashion industry needs to utilize technology in a way which can grow alongside workers rather than surpassing them. Technological progress is inevitable, but job loss doesn’t have to be.

“Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.”

“Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss.”

So often clothing production is out of sight, and unfortunately, out of mind. we need to invest in communities and villages involving indigenous people to use their artisans skills to use nature based solutions, thereby giving back to Nature

“Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns.”

Both brands producing fashion and customers consuming fashion must acknowledge their roles in causing environmental and human harm. Fashion must take a step back from the oversupply of clothing and rethink the system as we know 

“Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts.”

By now we are well aware of the direct connection between climate change and the fashion industry. We know that an industry which involves many other carbon-heavy industries has a detrimental impact on our environment. We need to decarbonize supply chains and create a carbon negative circular economy. Create environmental regulations and ensure that consumers take proper care of their clothing after purchase

“Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development.”

Every time a synthetic garment is washed, microfibers, aka micro plastics, are released into the water. These micro plastics eventually end up in our oceans, the seafood we eat, and even rain. While there are innovative consumer products available to individuals, we must ensure safe collection of micro plastics

“Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.”

Using Fashion to fight corruption and its influence to end corruption at all levels. As Industry leaders we must take the responsibility for furthering conversations around climate injustice, labor violations, and gender inequality

“Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development.”

Fashion is an industry coming together to forge partnerships for all goals to ensure a more resilient and equitable planet for all