Bill > SB5965

This bill aims to address the environmental impacts of the fashion industry in Washington state. The key provisions are: 1. Requires fashion retail sellers and manufacturers with over $100 million in annual worldwide gross income to disclose their environmental due diligence policies, processes, and outcomes, including significant real or potential adverse environmental impacts and targets for prevention and improvement. This disclosure must be published on their website. 2. Requires these fashion companies to map at least 50% of their supply chain, identify significant environmental risks and impacts, and develop plans to prevent or mitigate those impacts, including on energy, greenhouse gas emissions, water, and chemical use. 3. Mandates the companies to establish, track, and disclose progress towards quantitative performance targets on energy, greenhouse gas emissions, water, and chemical management. The targets must align with industry standards. 4. Empowers the Department of Ecology to enforce the requirements through civil penalties for non-compliance, and creates a community benefit account to fund environmental projects in overburdened communities using the penalty proceeds. 5. Allows for citizen enforcement of the law through civil lawsuits against non-compliant companies or the Department. Overall, the bill aims to increase transparency and accountability around the environmental impacts of the fashion industry in Washington, with the goal of driving companies to mitigate those impacts.