Petition · past parliament

Require UK fashion retailers to sign up to an environmental code of ethics

Closed 114 signatures

What the petition asks

Companies trading in the UK should be required to source clothes responsibly.

To feed a culture of cheap fashion, companies are ignoring the environmental damage in developing countries.

Fashion is the 2nd largest global polluter. The UK is one of the largest consumers of fashion.
BBC production: Stacey Dooley Investigates Fashion's Dirty Secret.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/5a1a43b5-cbae-4a42-8271-48f53b63bd07

Timeline

23 Oct 2018 Petition opened for signatures
23 Apr 2019 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 114
Status Closed
Opened 23 Oct 2018
Closed 23 Apr 2019

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.