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There are a number of driving factors behind the fashion industry's adoption of traceability solutions. Each business comes with its own needs, complexities and challenges that will shape the type of solutions it needs. However, there are several universal considerations that brands of all sizes are recognising and responding to.

Defining your business's goals, outcomes and objectives is the first step in any successful traceability initiative. Below, read an extract from the TrusTrace Traceability Roadmap that will you gain clarity around crucial elements of your strategy, helping you to gain support from the key decision-makers in your business and start your traceability journey on the right foot.

What do these facts have in common? Fashion is the second most polluting industry in the world. It takes 1,800 gallons of water ​to create a pair of blue jeans. 20% of global industrial water pollution is from the fashion industry. The answer: they’re all false.

80% of fashion's carbon emissions occur in Scope 3, however many brands fail to address beyond the corporate level in their ESG initiatives. In this excerpt from the TrusTrace Traceability Playbook for Fashion Supply Chains, we explore the business case — both from internal and external influences — of going beyond the corporate level to implement true, measurable sustainability throughout the supply chain.

On Tuesday the 28th of March, the Drapers Sustainability Conference in London’s Kings Place hosted a panel discussion about traceability and transparency.