Taking it to the next level

Leading environmental groups believe more can be done.

WWF-Hong Kong launched a "Making Zero Impact Fashionable" initiative with the backing of HSBC in 2018, citing figures from the UN Climate Change meeting that says the fashion industry "contributes to about 10 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions."

The WWF program provides "key platforms for senior management of participating companies to introduce sustainable practices throughout their business operations" while generating "new ideas and solutions to address the pressing challenges in the fashion industry, and reduce the environmental impacts from the entire textile and apparel supply chain."

Meanwhile, in the time since reFashioned was shot, positive developments continue and Bowers now hopes to soon land a deal with an international screening platform to expand its audience, while collaborating with Swinton to take the film into local schools as part of a series of talks on plastic waste he has been giving.

There are also quantifiable - and quite major - developments in the businesses reFashioned features.