In recent years, the damaging environmental impact of our modern way of living has become a hot topic on society’s agenda and there has been a notable shift towards making choices based on their ethical consequences. If we take the fashion industry as an example, when purchasing a new item of clothing, consumers are now more interested than ever before in the supply chain that led to the creation of that item:
- Where did the raw materials, for example the cotton, come from?
- Were the raw materials grown using pesticides?
- Did the farmers get a fair price for the raw materials?
- Were the clothes manufactured in a factory producing significant emissions?
- Did the workers who made the clothing receive a good wage?