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Module 3 — Environment and Climate
Covers environmental performance and climate reporting in apparel factories.
What you will be able to do
Manage the factory's environmental performance with numbers: energy and carbon, water and wastewater, waste and circularity, inside one management system.
The practical work
Take twelve months of utility bills and production output for one factory. Calculate energy and water per garment, find the two largest consumers, and write the two actions with the shortest payback. Then classify one week of factory waste by stream and destination.
Prerequisite: Read module 2 and pass its quiz first.
Reading for this module
Read these 4 Garment Ed subjects in order, then take the quiz below.
Practical worksheet
Water use falls 10% while production falls 30%.
Calculate litres per piece for 100,000 litres/10,000 pieces and 90,000 litres/7,000 pieces; explain limitations.
- Identify requirements and assumptions.
- Record evidence and calculations.
- Choose a decision and containment action.
- Assign an owner and verification check.
Module quiz
5 questions on Module 3 — Environment and Climate. Answer them all, then check your score before moving on. 4 correct or more is a pass. Your best score is saved on this device, and to your account when you are signed in. This is a self-check, not an accredited assessment.
1. Why is energy expressed per garment or per kilogram rather than as a monthly total?
2. A factory reports lower emissions after moving dyeing to a subcontractor. Has its footprint improved?
3. What does a wastewater discharge limit exceedance require first?
4. In the waste hierarchy, which option is preferred?
5. What makes an environmental management system credible rather than decorative?
Applied assessment
Water use falls 10% while production falls 30%. Calculate litres per piece for 100,000 litres/10,000 pieces and 90,000 litres/7,000 pieces; explain limitations. 5 questions that ask you to decide or calculate from a real situation, 75 per cent to pass, unlimited attempts.
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