Traid blog
29 / 04 / 21
Ethical fashion?
29 / 04 / 21
TRAID's CEO Maria Chenoweth explores the painfully slow progress of ethical fashion and what we can do about it. Ethical fashion means different things to different people. However, broadly, 'ethical fashion' aims to address five key problems in the fashion industry: waste, exploitative labour, environmental damage including water scarcity, the use of hazardous chemicals and animal cruelty. Ethical fashion, often…
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14 / 04 / 20
Interview with Dana Thomas, author of Fashionopolis.
14 / 04 / 20
For thirty years, Dana Thomas has covered the fashion and apparel industry for the Washington Post, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and Newsweek, and has written three books about fashion and its impacts. Dana talked to TRAID about her most recent book 'Fashionopolis: The Price of Fast Fashion and the Future of Clothes' which explores how the…
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25 / 09 / 19
Let’s Fix Fashion Now
25 / 09 / 19
Today marks the one year anniversary of TRAID's 23% campaign and Londoners have passed on one million garments. An incredible achievement. Chair of the Environmental Audit Committee Mary Creagh MP writes on the urgent need to reform the fashion industry, and what we can do to make a difference. Mary Creagh MP and Chair of the Environmental Audit Committee on…
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