Sustainable Apparel Coalition delivers the eco-skinny on your skinny jeans

‘I spend a lot of time shining a light on murky areas of the food system, but what about the industrial-apparel complex? Just as the food we eat has a material basis and a history, so do our clothes. It turns out that I know a lot more about the (grass-fed, local) beef I ate last night than I do about the (non-organic) cotton T-shirt on my back.
Recently, a group of apparel-industry companies banded together to launch a tool to help consumers -- and the industry itself -- figure out the environmental impacts of our clothing choices. The Sustainable Apparel Association consists of big-name brands like Patagonia, Adidas, Nike, and Timberland, retailers Walmart, JCPenney's, and Target, and well as Duke University, Environmental Defense Fund, and the EPA.
The plan is to develop a comprehensive database to track the ecological impact of clothing at every level of production, manufacture, distribution, and consumption, with the goal of giving every garment on retail racks a sustainability score....’

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Philpott, Tom. "Sustainable Apparel Coalition Delivers the Eco-skinny on Your Skinny Jeans | Grist." Grist | Environmental News, Commentary, Advice. 11 Mar. 2011. Web. 19 Mar. 2011. <http://www.grist.org/article/2011-03-11-sustainable-apparel-association-delivers-skinny-on-your-jeans>.