| Pre-University Paper from the year 2020 in the subject Economy - Environment economics, grade: 13, , language: English, abstract: This short text is about social and enviromental issuse of the fashion industry and the question if labels could improve the industry. According to the European Research Service about 5 % of the household expenditure in the EU is spent on clothing and footwear. The average German buys 60 items of clothing a year of which they do not wear 18% more than twice at all. 20 % of the items are not worn more often than four times a year. However, the wish of wearing fair fashion has constantly increased in the last few years3 because consumers have become aware of the problems of fast fashion. These changes have triggered a different approach with some consumers. They look for clothes that are produced sustainably. |
