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Climate Inaction Puts 34% of Fashion Industry Profits at Risk

The financial implications of global warming are becoming increasingly difficult for corporate executives to ignore.
Sustainability has been treated as a materials problem when it is, at heart, a systems problem.
Sustainability has been treated as a materials problem when it is, at heart, a systems problem. (Shutterstock)

The fashion industry is heading for a 34 percent drop in profits by 2030 unless companies move quickly to rein in their climate footprint, according to a report by the Apparel Impact Institute.

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