Volvo Studio hosts a sustainable fashion talk
In line with Volvo Cars sustainability efforts towards climate-neutrality, the circular economy and responsible business practices, Al-Futtaim Trading Enterprises, the official representative of Volvo Cars in the UAE, recently partnered with Amanda Rushforth, Environmental Consultant, to host a Smarter Shopping and Sustainable Fashion Talk in Volvo Studio, Festival Plaza, in Dubai.
Amanda discussed the challenges of fast fashion, the rapid, mass production of synthetic, poor quality, and ultimately disposable clothing highlighting the key factors of reducing textile waste, and tackle fashion’s heavy carbon footprint with an aim to achieve a carbon-neutral fashion industry, built on equality, social justice, animal welfare, and ecological integrity.
Al-Futtaim Trading Enterprises’ ambition is to become a fully electric car maker by 2030 and in its commitment to an ongoing reduction of its carbon footprint, with the ambition to be a climate-neutral company by 2040, a press communique concluded.
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