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The Path to Net Zero for the Fashion Industry: Five Strategies for Decarbonisation book cover

1st Edition

The Path to Net Zero for the Fashion Industry Five Strategies for Decarbonisation

By Simon J. Kew Copyright 2024
208 Pages 26 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

208 Pages 26 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

208 Pages 26 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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This book uses a quantitative science-based approach to explain where the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions emitted by the fashion industry are generated and it explores what strategies can be deployed to achieve Net Zero by 2050. With GHG emissions currently predicted to triple by the middle of the century, the fashion industry is far off course to reach Net Zero, as set out in the Paris... Read more

1. The path to Net Zero for the fashion industry

2. Fashion in the 21st century

3. Introducing energy: time to understand "Scope 3" manufacturing emissions

4. Tier 4: low GHG materials selection

5. Tier 2: lowering energy consumption in dyeing, printing and finishing

6. Tier 1: going after the waste in garment manufacturing

7. Sustainable pathways for end-of-life products

8. Decarbonising the energy supply

9. A Net Zero fashion industry: the detox diet

Biography

Simon J. Kew is a globally experienced senior technology leader with a track record of commercial success in implementing new chemically enabled manufacturing technologies at industrial scale. He has cross-industry global experience in implementing manufacturing innovations in global Fortune 100 and start-up companies across sectors including fashion and textiles, consumer products, chemicals, pharmaceuticals and food. A chemist and chemical engineer by training, he holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge.

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