SACRAMENTO—Assemblymember Dawn Addis (D-Morro Bay) introduced the Fashion Environmental Accountability Act (AB 405), a new bill designed to confront the fashion industry's environmental destruction and their role in generating textile waste, natural resources pollution, and exploitative labor practices.
AB 405 would require companies to disclose environmental impact, carbon emissions, water use, and waste. Additionally, the bill would mandate transparency in the use of harmful chemicals, ensuring that companies disclose the substances they use in production processes that can contaminate water sources and pose health risks to consumers.
"Fast fashion has fueled a global crisis," said Addis. "We cannot stand by while companies profit from depleting natural resources, and using toxic chemicals that pollute and harm our environment and people. The Fashion Environmental Accountability act will hold them accountable."
AB 405 now awaits referral to its first policy committee.
Dawn Addis was elected to the California State Assembly in 2022 to represent the coastal 30th Assembly District, which includes San Luis Obispo, Monterey, and Santa Cruz Counties. She is the Chair of the Assembly Budget Subcommittee 1 on Health.
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