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Written question asked by John McNally (Scottish National Party) on Monday, 7 February 2022, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 9 February 2022. It was answered by Jo Churchill (Conservative) on Monday, 14 February 2022 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Clothing: Disclosure of Information

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to improve transparency in the fashion supply chain by (a) providing the information on clothing labels or (b) other steps to allow consumers to easily access information on a garment's carbon footprint when making a purchase.

Answer

In the Government’s Resources & Waste Strategy we committed to provide consumers with better information on products when they purchase items, such as textiles and clothing. Our draft Waste Prevention Programme for England published in March 2021 identified textiles as one of seven key sectors for action and outlined the steps we are taking to improve information.

Through our landmark Environment Act 2021 we have powers to require better information on the resource efficiency of products to enable informed consumer choice.

We will be assessing options this year on what type of information would best support more sustainable purchasing decisions for textiles products, before making decisions. We are also providing funding to the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) to update their environmental footprint modelling tool later this year, working with industry signatories to the Textiles 2030 scheme. This will increase the level, availability and transparency of data relating to carbon emissions across the life cycle of garments.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
119654
Session
2021-22
Subjects
Disclosure of information Consumers Clothing Sales Textiles Carbon emissions Supply chains
Link
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