‘UK fashion retailers are failing to commit to reduce their environmental impact’.

In autumn 2018 the Environmental Audit Committee wrote to sixteen leading UK fashion retailers, among them M&S, ASOS and Boohoo, asking what they were doing to reduce the environmental and social impact of the clothes and shoes they sell.

The Committee’s current inquiry into the sustainability of the fashion industry is considering the ‘fast fashion’ business model amid concerns that it encourages over consumption and generates excessive waste.