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时装和纺织行业是英国GDP的主要贡献者，但全球行业是碳排放和其他负面环境影响的主要贡献者，包括每年在英国焚烧/填埋数千吨纺织废物。随着英国时尚消费的持续增长，迫切需要制定可持续转型战略，这意味着首先要清楚地了解该行业对环境的全面影响，特别是与英国有关的影响。这个大型跨学科网络将确定如何评估、证明和监测时装和纺织行业当前和拟议做法的可持续性证书，以确保与净零目标保持一致。这项工作将确定向更可持续的做法过渡的部门、学科、技术、文化和技能障碍，以及具体干预措施可能产生最大影响的领域，以决定未来创新和优先事项的最佳目标。该网络还将考虑到设计、制造、零售、使用和报废处置之间持续存在的脱节，这些脱节会造成环境影响。一个强大的，准确的和诚实的图片目前的“基线”的立场，该行业，从最佳战略，以满足净零和其他规定的目标可以依据。

The fashion and textile sector is a major contributor to UK GDP, but the global industry is a major contributor to carbon emissions and other negative environmental impacts, including generation of thousands of tonnes of textile waste incinerated/landfilled in the UK every year. With UK fashion consumption continuing to rise, there is a pressing need to develop strategy for sustainable transformation, which means first establishing a clear picture of the current state of the industry's full environmental impacts, particularly as it relates to the UK. This large interdisciplinary Network will determine how to assess, evidence, and monitor the sustainability credentials of current and proposed practices across the fashion and textile industry to ensure congruence with Net Zero targets. The work will identify the sectoral, disciplinary, technical, cultural, and skills-based barriers to transitioning to more sustainable practices, as well as those areas where specific interventions could result in the highest impacts, to decide where best to target future innovation and priorities. The Network will also take account of ongoing disconnects between design, manufacturing, retail, use and end-of-life disposal that contribute to environmental impacts. A robust, accurate and honest picture of the current 'baseline' position of the industry will be presented, from which the best strategy to meet Net Zero and other mandated targets can be based.