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At the end of July, the French parliament passed a "Climate Act" (Projet De Loi Sur Le Climat) implementation plan, which will compulsorily require goods and services including clothing and textiles to be labeled with "environmental rating" to inform consumers The impact of each product and service on the environment, especially the impact on the climate.
This is also another action taken by the French government following the prohibition of brands from destroying clothing stocks under the “Anti-Waste Law” in 2020, and after the flooding in Europe in July this year, which killed more than 200 people.
The bill has formulated special environmental protection measures for the five major industries of consumption, production and work, transportation, housing, and food to meet the environmental protection goals previously set by EU member states: by 2030, reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the EU by at least 55 %.
Regarding the consumer industry, the French government believes that good consumption habits are the key to improving the environmental impact. In order to let consumers know more about the impact of their purchases on the environment, Congress decided to create an "environmental label" and mandate the supply of all consumer goods. Manufacturers must add this label to their products, especially clothing suppliers.
In the future, the "environmental rating" of the product will be marked on the environmental label, and it must be displayed on the product (or service), on the shelf or on the Internet. The score ranges from letters A to E, where A means the product has no negative impact on the environment, and E means the product has a great negative impact on the environment. In order to allow consumers to see the rating information more intuitively, the five letters A~E are matched with five different colors of dark green, light green, yellow, orange and red.
The “Environmental Rating” system is formulated by the French Environmental and Energy Administration (l'Agence française de l'environnement et de la maîtrise de l'énergie, referred to as ADEME), which will evaluate the entire life cycle of the product and implement it A 100-point scoring standard.
It is reported that the implementation plan of the "Climate Bill" was sent to the parliament by French Minister of Ecological Transformation Barbara Pompili in February this year. On July 27th, more than 60 members of parliament voted to pass the revised version and submitted it to the Constitutional Committee. At present, "environmental rating" and "environmental labeling" are in the trial stage.
According to the information released by the French Ministry of Ecological Transition (L'Agence de la Transition écologique), the fashion industry is the second largest source of pollution in the world. The production of a T-shirt requires an average of 2700 liters of water (equivalent to 70 showers). On average, a pair of jeans consumes 11,000 liters of water (equivalent to 285 showers).
In addition, Congress passed an amendment earlier this year: In the future, all textiles and clothing produced and produced in France can use the "blue, white and red flag" logo to indicate the place of origin.