Sustainable Views: Turning fashion into a sustainable business

From the environmental impact of certain materials to the huge waste problems caused by discarded clothing, the fashion industry is problematic. Even more so if social factors are taken into account – after construction, fashion is the world’s second biggest driver of modern slavery, according ot the Global Slavery Index. Women represent over three quarters of people involved in abuses.Yet sustainability claims are increasingly popular with fashion brands. In this episode, Silvia talks to author and campaigner Orsola de Castro, the co-founder of Fashion Revolution and one of the best-known voices calling for greater accountability in this space. Orsola argues that clothing labels should provide environmental and social impact information to consumers. She discusses upcycling, greenwashing and our favourite subject – regulation.-Links to Sustainable Views’ coverage of the fashion industry: https://www.sustainableviews.com/is-cmas-fashion-greenwashing-probe-start-of-a-wider-clampdown/https://www.sustainableviews.com/norway-declares-leading-sustainability-index-unusable-on-consumer-labels/https://www.sustainableviews.com/new-yorks-catch-all-fashion-act-aims-to-enforce-global-change/Here is Fashion Revolution’s ‘Good Clothes, Fair Pay’ campaign:https://www.fashionrevolution.org/good-clothes-fair-pay/#:~:text=Good%20Clothes%20Fair%20Pay%20is,workers%20are%20paid%20living%20wages.And here is the link to Orsola’s book, Loved Clothes Last:https://uk.bookshop.org/books/loved-clothes-last-how-the-joy-of-rewearing-and-repairing-your-clothes-can-be-a-revolutionary-act/9780241461150 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Confused about sustainability? You’re not alone. Environmental, social and governance factors, or ESG, are increasingly a headache for business, finance and world leaders alike. Now even policymakers are creating rules to govern this space. It’s hard to keep up and make sense of it all. So let us help you by sharing some of the most interesting views shaping this space. Join your host, Silvia Pavoni, as she talks to the people living and breathing sustainability – and a few critics too. (We can’t promise this will be a completely jargon-free space, but we shall try!)Want to talk to us directly? Email sustainable.views@ft.com. Want to find out more about Sustainable Views? Visit www.sustainableviews.comSustainable Views is an intelligence service by the Financial Times Group. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.