During Paris Fashion Week 2025 the Welsh Conservative Shadow Minister for Climate Change, Janet Finch-Saunders MS, has launched the Welsh Sustainable Fashion Pledge, urging the Welsh Government, Welsh Parliament, and Welsh public to consider backing, buying, and using sustainable clothes.
Yn ystod Wythnos Ffasiwn Paris 2025 mae Janet Finch-Saunders, Gweinidog yr Wrthblaid dros Newid yn yr Hinsawdd, wedi lansio Addewid Ffasiwn Gynaliadwy Cymru, gan annog Llywodraeth Cymru, Senedd Cymru, a’r cyhoedd yng Nghymru i ystyried cefnogi, prynu a defnyddio dillad cynaliadwy.
The Welsh Sustainable Fashion pledge says that we, the people of Wales:
1. Regret that around 350,000 tonnes of clothing ends up in landfill every year, despite much of it still being wearable and holding commercial value;
2. Note that almost £15m worth of clothes were imported into the UK in 2024;
3. Call on the Welsh Government and local authorities to improve awareness of recycling or re-use facilities for textiles, such as clothes banks or charity shops;
4. Request that the Welsh and UK governments provide targeted support to boost local clothes manufacturing;
5. Ask fashion retailers to operate a textiles take back recycling scheme;
6. Pledge to back, buy, promote sustainable fashion
Dywed Addewid Ffasiwn Gylaniadwy Cymru, y bod pobl Cymru yn:
1. Siomedig bod 350,000 tunnell o ddillad yn mynd i safleoedd tirlenwi bob blwyddyn, er bod llawer ohono'n dal yn addas i’w gael ei wisgo ac efo gwerth masnachol;
2. Nodi bod gwerth bron i £15m o ddillad wedi’u mewnforio i’r DU yn 2024;
3. Galw ar Lywodraeth Cymru ac awdurdodau lleol i wella ymwybyddiaeth o gyfleusterau ailgylchu neu ailddefnyddio ar gyfer tecstilau, megis banciau dillad neu siopau elusen;
4. Neud cais i lywodraethau Cymru a’r DU ddarparu cymorth wedi’i dargedu i hybu gweithgynhyrchu dillad lleol;
5. Gofyn i fanwerthwyr ffasiwn weithredu cynllun ailgylchu tecstilau i'w cymryd yn ôl;
6. Gaddo cefnogi, prynu, a hyrwyddo ffasiwn gynaliadwy