Has the fashion industry truly reduced its carbon footprint, or is it just talk?

The fashion industry's carbon footprint is estimated to be 1.2 billion tons of CO2, or about 2% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Photo: stocksnap.io

With COP27 currently taking place in Egypt, Nov 6 to 18, it is just the right time to find out whether fashion has truly become greener in the last five years, and whether it's really on its way to carbon neutrality by 2050.

Commenting on the subject is Thomas Ebele, co-founder of the ethical and eco-responsible French fashion certification label SloWeAre and co-author of the guide La Face Cachee Des Etiquettes (The hidden side of clothes labels), who has called out the lack of political action being taken to reduce the fashion industry's carbon footprint, estimated 1.2 billion tons of CO2, or about 2% of global greenhouse gas emissions.