Glad to see 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗞𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗮 𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝘂𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗹, 𝗰𝗶𝗿𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘆𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁.

On May 7, 𝗞𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗮’𝘀 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲, 𝗘𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 (𝗠𝗖𝗘𝗘) 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝟭𝟵 𝗳𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝟭𝟮,𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝗽𝗶𝗲𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘂𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗰𝗶𝗿𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗮𝗹.

The initiative combines:

• discounted resale of donated inventory

• support for vulnerable communities

• estimated carbon footprint reduction effects associated with extended product use

The official MCEE press release also referenced 𝗬𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝗰. (윤회(주)) — the company behind CARE ID — as 𝗮 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁 𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 (𝗗𝗣𝗣) 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲.

As part of the initiative, CARE ID supported the carbon reduction estimation process based on a methodology developed by 탄소중립연구원 (Tanso Lab), aligned with ISO 14040/14044 LCA principles.

*𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘢 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘓𝘊𝘈 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘥-𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘺 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵.

Nevertheless, it is meaningful to see industry conversations beginning to expand beyond disposal and recycling alone toward:

• 𝘂𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁

• 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘆𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆

• 𝗰𝗶𝗿𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻

• 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗲𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀

Thank you to all participating organisations and fashion brands involved in this initiative!