Exposing the Secrets of Sustainable Fashion

October 27, 2023

Marketplace

Sustainability is selling, and some of fashion’s biggest brands say they’ve gone green. But the latest investigation by Marketplace has found they’re not going far enough. We expose the problem with polyester, and the fashion industry’s reliance on fossil fuel derived synthetics. We reveal why some of your clothing is far from the sustainable solution you’ve been sold on.

Watch Marketplace Fridays at 8 p.m. (8:30 NT) on CBC-TV and anytime CBC Gem

(Charlsie Agro/CBC)

Sustainability is selling, and some of fashion’s biggest brands say they’ve gone green. But the latest investigation by Marketplace has found they’re not going far enough.  We expose the problem with polyester, and the fashion industry’s reliance on fossil fuel derived synthetics. We reveal why some of your clothing is far from the sustainable solution you’ve been sold on.

You can watch it this Friday, October 27th at 8:00 p.m. (8:30 in Newfoundland) on CBC TV and CBC Gem. 

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