Taking climate action: measuring carbon emissions in the garment sector in Asia
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Taking climate action: measuring carbon emissions in the garment sector in Asia

Samantha Sharpe, Elsa Dominish and Cristina Martinez-Fernandez
ILO working paper, 53, ILO
2022
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.54394/WAWN5871

Abstract

environmental protection clothing industry textile industry pollution control Asia
This paper examines carbon emissions across the garment sector as counted using the two prominent methodologies for calculating emissions – the life cycle assessment (LCA) and carbon accounting in line with the Greenhouse Gas Protocol. The purpose of this paper is to provide insight into where and why the carbon intensity of textiles and garments varies across the supply chain and where activities to decarbonize the sector should be prioritized.
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