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ingredient sourcing and how safe it is for the people and the planet. The fashion and beauty industry has grown into becoming a billion-dollar industry, serving employment jobs for more than 430 million people across the world with is approximately one eighth of the global workforce. Let alone, the fashion industry is also the second most polluting industry in the world behind oil. The industry com-
ustainability can be defined as meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. This could be in terms of agriculture, infrastructure, energy uses, transportation, including the fashion and beauty industries. Sustainable fashion is said to be fashion that is manufactured, marketed and used in the most sustainable manner by taking account of both the environmental and socio-economic aspects. These aspects can include social justice (wages and working conditions), landfills, pollution, etc. It is similar to beauty in sustainability which looks more into the product and
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