Best of Earth911 Podcast: Fordham University’s Frank Zambrelli on Scaling ESG Solutions in Fashion

Best of Earth911 Podcast: Fordham University’s Frank Zambrelli on Scaling ESG Solutions in Fashion

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Frank Zambrelli, govt director of Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business Responsible Business Coalition, discusses the varsity’s suggestions for sustainability and transparency within the style {industry}. He explains findings in Accenture’s not too long ago launched report, Scaling ESG Solutions in Fashion, which recognized seven areas of focus required for sustainable changes to the fashion industry. They embody industry-wide adoption of transparent emissions reduction objectives of fifty% by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2040, use of renewable vitality in manufacturing, elimination of the usage of restricted chemical compounds, and truthful labor practices throughout each step of the style provide chain in an effort to flip the {industry} right into a sustainable one.

Frank Zambrelli, executive director of Fordham University’s Responsible Business Coalition
Frank Zambrelli, govt director of Fordham University’s Responsible Business Coalition, is our visitor on Sustainability in Your Ear.

Fashion might make us appear and feel good nevertheless it does no favors for the planet, accounting for as much as 8% of world greenhouse fuel emissions yearly and offering many examples of egregious therapy of labor in low-income nations. Frank additionally explains the intentions behind New York Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand’s Fashion Accountability and Building Real Institutional Change Act, or FABRIC Act, which the U.S. Senate is at present contemplating. It would require shifting style manufacturing again to the U.S. beneath higher environmental and labor requirements than different nations implement. You can study extra about Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business at fordham.edu/gabelli-school-of-business.

This podcast initially aired on July 4, 2022.