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The global fashion industry is estimated to produce around 4% of global Greenhouse Gas emissions each year* - equivalent to the combined emissions of France, Germany and the UK!
38% of these emissions come from raw material production, of which cotton makes up 27% by volume.**
*McKinsey and GFA, Fashion on Climate
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**WRI and Aii, Roadmap to Net Zero
The Unlock Programme has been developed to ‘unlock’ barriers to decarbonising cotton and raw materials production, and aims to provide a game-changing catalyst for increased adoption of lower climate impact and regenerative farming practices.
It does this by supporting farmers to identify and implement practice changes, quantifying the actual GHG impact (and other impact) of these changing practices, and using these GHG impacts to issue additional, outcomes-based financial incentives to farmers called ‘Unlock Units’.
Unlock is designed to address key industry challenges, including:
Quantifying on-farm GHG benefits from better practices - as well as quantifying benefits for biodiversity, water, soil and farmer livelihoods.
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Providing early additional incentives to farmers to apply improved practices and technologies - ultimately increasing farmer resilience and making more sustainable cotton available in the market.
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Supporting brands in connecting to farmers and making credible scope 3 claims for cotton.
Unlock was created by The Fashion Pact and 2050, and will be piloted until Q2 2024 in collaboration with some of the world’s leading technical partners as well as 25 industry-leading fashion brands.
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