可持续时尚技术：将可持续性融入时尚

sustainabilityinto style Sustainable FashionTechnologiesStitching sustainability into style The user is allowed to reproduce, distribute, adapt, translate and publiclyperform this publication, including for commercial purposes, withoutexplicit permission, provided that the content is accompanied by anacknowledgement that WIPO is the source and that it is clearly indicated ifchanges were made to the original content. © WIPO, 2025First published 2025 World IntellectualProperty Organization34, chemin des ColombettesP.O. Box 18CH-1211 Geneva 20Switzerland Suggested citation: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) (2025).Sustainable Fashion Technologies: Stitching sustainability into style. Geneva:WIPO.DOI:10.34667/tind.58680 Adaptation/translation/derivatives should not carry any official emblem orlogo, unless they have been approved and validated by WIPO. Please contactus via the WIPO website to obtain permission.For any derivative work,please include the following disclaimer: “The Secretariat of WIPO assumesno liability or responsibility with regard to the transformation or translationof the original content.”When content published by WIPO, such as images,graphics, trademarks or logos, is attributed to a third party, the user of suchcontent is solely responsible for clearing the rights with the right holder(s).To view a copy of this license, please visithttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0. Attribution 4.0 International (CCBY 4.0) ISBN: 978-92-805-3742-0 (print)ISBN: 978-92-805-3743-7 (online) Any dispute arising under this license that cannot be settled amicably shallbe referred to arbitration in accordance with Arbitration Rules of the UnitedNations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) then in force.The parties shall be bound by any arbitration award rendered as a result ofsuch arbitration as the final adjudication of such a dispute. The designations employed and the presentation of material throughoutthis publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoeveron the part of WIPO concerning the legal status of any country, territoryor area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiersor boundaries. This publication is not intended to reflect the views of the Member Statesor the WIPO Secretariat.The mention of specific companies or products ofmanufacturers does not imply that they are endorsed or recommended byWIPO in preference to others of a similar nature that are not mentioned. Cover: Getty Images/piranka, c11yg, kynny; Unsplash/Timothy DykesWIPO Publication No. 2017EN/25 Contents Acknowledgments2 Executive summary3 Introduction4 Key challenges on environmental impact in fashion7 Outsourcing of environmental responsibility8Harmful chemicals and water usage8An energy toll of fashion through energy usage and greenhouse gas emissions9Challenges with leather10Fragmented supply chains increase transportation carbon footprints10Less than 1% of textiles are recycled into new textiles10High online shopping return rates11Prevalence of linear business model11Mitigating fashion’s environmental impact12 Stages in the fashion and textiles value chain with high innovation potential forenvironmental benefits13 Intellectual property as a public good15Intellectual property in the circular economy16 Extraction of raw materials/textile manufacture17 Raw materials and the circular economy18Water use18Garment manufacture25 Distribution30 End of product life36Managing textile waste37 Synthesis and future direction42 Working with suppliers43Supporting small and medium-sized enterprises to drive sustainability43Market needs and challenges44Trade-offs and unintended consequences44Technology and the growth challenge45 47 Acknowledgments Patsy Perry (Manchester Metropolitan University) is the main writer of this publication. It wasled by Anja von der Ropp (WIPO). Sabrina de Souza Herzog and Rishab Raturi (both WIPO)also contributed to the publication and the writing. Faisal Alenazi, Emma Francis and WenzaoZhen (all WIPO) supported the identification and management of the technologies in the WIPOGREEN database. The publication was produced under the supervision of Edward Kwakwa, Assistant DirectorGeneral (WIPO). It was reviewed within the organization by Natasha Mahezabin Helal, DaphneZografos, Anna Sinkevich and Wend Wendland. We would like to thank the following individualsfor their review and comments on the draft: Abrima Erwah, Founder, Studio 189; MichaelBrandkamp, European Circular Bioeconomy Fund; Deborah de Wolf, Deloitte; Professor DavidTyler, Manchester Fashion Institute. Thanks also to the WIPO Publishing Committee, Charlotte Beauchamp and Vanessa Harwood(both WIPO) who oversaw the editing and production process; Westchester Publishing Services,who edited the report; and Fairouz El Tom (WIPO), who provided graphic support. Disclaimer This publication, WIPO, and WIPO GREEN are in no way affiliated with any of the featuredcompa