ESG in Fashion: How Smatch Reduces Fashion Waste and Supports Sustainability

ESG in the Fashion Industry

ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) refers to the standards fashion brands use to ensure sustainability, fair labor, and ethical practices. As consumer and investor demand for responsible fashion grows, integrating ESG is no longer optional.

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Fast Fashion vs. ESG

Fast fashion leads to overproduction, waste, and poor labor conditions. Around 30 out of every 100 t-shirts are discarded without being worn - a clear ESG failure.

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How Smatch Helps

smatch is a marketplace for surplus fashion stock—unsold inventory from fashion brands. Instead of ending up as waste, this stock is resold via smatch, cutting overproduction and supporting circular fashion.

Smatch's ESG Benefits:

1. Environmental – Waste Reduction & Circularity
2. Social – Ethical Supply Chain & Access
3. Governance – Transparent Inventory Management

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