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Chapter 9 Notes
1. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_Transition.
2. See https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/smefinance.
3. See https://www.carbontrust.com/resources/briefing-what-are-scope-3-emissions.
4. See https://lessons.recycool.academy/chemistry, specifically Chemistry: Care for your
clothes, like the good friends they are.
5. See https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/01/
fashion-industry-carbon-unsustainable-environment-pollution.
6. See https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10151227.
7. See https://stacker.com/environment/how-long-it-takes-50-common-items-decompose.
8. See https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844021012081.
9. Explore up-and-coming fiber producers who are integrating carbon farming
practices into their business models, prioritizing the climate, soil, and animal
welfare, such as Climate Beneficial(TM) Verified: https://fibershed.org/programs/
climate-beneficial-agriculture/climate-beneficial-verification-program.
10. “Fashion & Sustainability: Design for Change” by Kate Fletcher & Lynda Grose, 2011,
p.29, ISBN: 978 1 85669 754 5.
11. See https://healabel.com/vegan-fabric-textile-material-list.
12. Explore up-and-coming fiber producers who are integrating carbon farming
practices into their business models, prioritizing the climate, soil, and animal
welfare, such as Climate Beneficial(TM) Verified: https://fibershed.org/programs/
climate-beneficial-agriculture/climate-beneficial-verification-program.
13. See https://gcbhr.org/backoffice/resources/reportfinal72dpi2.pdf.
14. See https://fsc.org.
15. See https://members.fsc.org/sites/default/files/2021-04/Focus%20Forests%20FAQ.pdf.
16. See https://www.oeko-tex.com/en/, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oeko-Tex.
17. For example, Greenpick and “HEALable.”
18. For example, made by Certified B Corporations: See https://bthechange.com/
search?q=gift+guide. Not all B Corps are focused on greenhouse gases, although a
subset of them are working to achieve net-zero or climate positive like the B Corp
Climate Collective.
19. See https://www.compensate.com/articles/
understanding-carbon-neutral-carbon-negative-net-zero-climate-positive.
20. The Energy and Intelligence Climate Unit maintains an updated list of net-zero
announcements at https://zerotracker.net.
21. See https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/headlines/society/20190926STO62270/
what-is-carbon-neutrality-and-how-can-it-be-achieved-by-2050.
22. https://www.carbonneutral.com/the-carbonneutral-protocol/introduction.
23. https://www.climateneutralgroup.com/en/a-to-zero-co2/certification/.
24. See https://www.climateimpact.com/business-solutions/climate-claims/
climate-claims-regulation-tracker/.
25. See https://carbon.ci/insights/companies-with-net-zero-targets.
26. See https://cdn.cdp.net/cdp-production/cms/guidance_docs/pdfs/000/000/386/original/
CDP-technical-note-science-based-targets.pdf and
https://sciencebasedtargets.org/resources/legacy/2019/03/SBTi-criteria.pdf.
27. See https://www.unglobalcompact.org/sdgs/about.
28. See https://www.iso.org/iso-14001-environmental-management.html.
29. See https://www.techtarget.com/sustainability/feature/
Top-ESG-reporting-frameworks-explained-and-compared.
30. See https://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/resources/apply/
circulytics-measuring-circularity.
31. https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/insights/industry/
technology/technology-media-and-telecom-predictions/2022/
environmental-impact-smartphones.html.
32. See https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2016/01/07/461381813/
how-much-do-your-text-messages-contribute-to-global-warming.
33. See https://www.myclimate.org/en/information/faq/faq-detail/
what-is-a-digital-carbon-footprint/.
34. See: https://www.goldmansachs.com/insights/articles/AI-poised-to-drive-160-increase-
in-power-demand and https://www.bestbrokers.com/forex-brokers/ais-power-
demand-calculating-chatgpts-electricity-consumption-for-handling-over-78-billion-
35. The overlooked environmental footprint of increasing Internet use:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0921344920307072?via%3Dihub.
36. For a good explanation of Jevons paradox, see Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox.
37. See https://www.epri.com/research/products/000000003002028905.
38. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronics_right_to_repair.
39. See https://repair.eu.
40. See https://home.howstuffworks.com/home-improvement/heating-and-cooling/
heating-and-cooling-system-basics-ga.htm.
41. See https://ec.europa.eu/environment/green-growth/raw-materials/index_en.htm and
https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/report/2019/goal-12.
42. See https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/nouvo_why-is-plastic-so-hard-to-recycle-/45348284.
43. See https://www.wwf.ch/sites/default/files/doc-2020-02/Resource_light_business_
models_Concept_Note_Final_Logos.pdf.
44. See https://www.nrdc.org/sites/default/files/home-idle-load-IP.pdf.
45. See https://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/news/one-garbage-truck-of-textiles-
wasted-every-second-report-creates-vision-for-change, accessed June 2021.
46. See https://www.researchgate.net/publication/336934228_Circular_Economy_and_
Waste_in_the_Fashion_Industry#pfc, accessed June 2021.
47. See https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/headlines/society/20201208STO93327/
the-impact-of-textile-production-and-waste-on-the-environment-infographic.