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Fashion houses launch manifesto to improve green credentials Coalition of 32 companies will present its Fashion Pact at the G7 summit in Biarritz Extinction Rebellion stage a mock fashion show in London’s Oxford Circus to protest against the industry’s wastefulness and carbon footprint. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA A coalition of 32 of the world’s largest fashion groups and brands has published a manifesto that details the practical objectives and targets it has set to minimise the industry’s impact on the climate, oceans and biodiversity. The Fashion Pact, which was released on Friday and will be presented at the G7 meeting in Biarritz, says it “will not reinvent the wheel, but create an overarching framework for action”, and will make its findings open source. It intends to build on the work of existing organisations such as the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and Fashion For Good. Key points include a commitme...