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The purpose of the ZDHC Wastewater Guidelines (hereafter referred to as “WW Guidelines”) is to set a single globally unified expectation for sampling, testing and reporting of industrial wastewater and sludge resulting from wetprocessing, across the textile and leather industry. Separate wastewater guidelines are available for Man-Made Cellulosic Fibres (MMCF).

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Achieving social dialogue in garment supply chains presents many challenges. Those regions where the downstream parts of the global supply chains are often located may lack both a tradition of social dialogue and the institutions that support it. With limited experience of social dialogue being available, suppliers and workers may not always be fully aware of its benefits, or familiar with the tools used in the process of social dialogue, and it therefore remains little used.

This good case practice describes the actions that Fair Wear Foundation, a partner of the Global Deal, is undertaking in order to break through the potential stalemate in negotiations and achieve more social dialogue and better industrial relations in global garment supply chains.

This is the second part of the white paper: The Great Green Washing Machine. The first part “Back to The Roots Of Sustainability” demonstrates that in fashion at the present time, sustainability is not properly defined, and the vital metric - impact on the multidimensionally poor - is not considered.

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This white paper is the first of a series of publications in which we will build upon that body of thought. We will examine sustainable fashion – the claims, the measurement, the reporting. We will critically assess the extent to which fashion’s efforts are contributing to meaningful change, and to what extent they are a distraction, and inhibiting genuine transformation. We will also suggest

ways in which governments can change the rules, and so alter mindsets and corporate behaviour, to obtain the results that we all want – a halt to climate change and a more equitable world.

The fashion industry has the potential to create positive impacts for business and society. It can catalyse decent jobs and opportunities that support socio-economic development in the global south and it can innovate and align production and marketing with planetary boundaries.

In this initial white paper, we start with the foundation from which all sustainability initiatives must be derived.

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Der sechste Jahresbericht prognostiziert, dass die globale Modeindustrie nach fast zwei Jahren des Umbruchs wieder Tritt fassen wird. Dennoch steht die Branche angesichts der Unterbrechung der Lieferkette, der schwankenden Nachfrage und des anhaltenden Drucks auf die Gewinne vor großen Herausforderungen. Laut der Autor*innen werden zehn Themen in drei Kategorien für die Modebranche im Jahr 2022 entscheidend sein: Weltwirtschaft: Ungleichmäßige Erholung, logistischer Stillstand; Veränderungen im Verbraucherverhalten: heimischer Luxus, Kleiderschrank Umgestaltung, metaverse Denkweise; Modesysteme: soziales Einkaufen, Kreislauftextilien, Produktpässe, Cyber-Resilienz, Talentknappheit.