Sustainability. A necessary asset- no

The fashion industry is responsible for more than 8% of total global carbon emissions (UN, 2019).


This is an alarming data for the 43 leading global companies, including Textil Santanderina, who have signed the UN Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action (2018) with the aim of reducing emissions by 30% by 2030.

This is an alarming data for the 43 leading global companies, including Textil Santanderina, who have signed the UN Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action (2018) with the aim of reducing emissions by 30% by 2030.

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Customers on their side are increasingly demanding a higher commitment with the environment to the brands and companies they buy from. Denmark became the country with the highest increase in the world for online searches for “sustainable fashion” in 2020.

  • Specifically, searches related to sustainable clothing increased by 114% in this European country.
  • Australia and Germany ranked second and third, respectively.

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This leads us to wonder, what actions can we take, as a textile mill, to reduce our carbon emissions?