How Fair is Fashion’s Water Footprint?

WATER WITNESS Photo of blue coloured runoff entering river Text: How fair is fashion’s water footprint? Tackling the global fashion industry’s destructive impacts on Africa’s water and workforce health

Evidence from Africa (where apparel production for export grows rapidly) – Tanzania, Ethiopia, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mauritius, suggests that production for household brands/supermarkets is associated with uncontrolled pollution; lack of WASH access; inequitable water access and pollution/scarcity in cotton production.