Environmental:
Pesticide use - particularly
in cotton production
Water use and pollution
Air miles & climate change
Waste
Use of oil-based fabrics
Animal Welfare
Social:
Working conditions
along the supply chain
Preservation of culture
and skills
Size zero
Over consumption
Economic:
Poverty wages
Trade rules
Inequality of profit
distribution
Organic Cotton Top by Anjana Janhardhan LCF Shared Talent India Project
Responding to needs of employers
75.9% of respondents felt that is either ‘quite important’ or ‘very important’ that new recruits have knowledge regarding social, environmental and ethical issues.
Centre for Sustainable Fashion (2009) Green Collar Graduates for the Future of the Fashion Industry, London College of Fashion
Sunita Giri and Tirtha Tandukar hand knit sweaters and accessories, KTS, Nepal
Mirza, India
Inspire Empathy
Lakshmi Bhatia from Gap tells
students
Go and meet a garment worker,
listen to their story, find out who
they are. Then, when you go into
the industry think about the imp
act of your decision on that
person.