Sustainability: Fashion by the Numbers

Size of fashion industry: $2.5 trillion, globally

Employment numbers: 1 in 6 work in a fashion-related job

Global water waste to produce one shirt: 2,700 liters

Global carbon emissions from apparel sector: 10 percent

Percentage of textiles sent to landfills each year: 85 percent, or 21 billion tons annually

Percentage of apparel purchases never worn: 40 percent