Shein: Fashion’s Biggest Polluter in Four Charts

Last year, ultra-fast-fashion giant Shein generated more planet-warming emissions than any of fashion’s largest public companies for the first time.

The company’s carbon footprint of 16.7 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent is big enough to rival several countries. It’s nearly tripled in the last three years, an increase that has outpaced even Shein’s staggering rate of sales growth.

In 2023, Shein’s carbon footprint nudged…