Education
Nadira Lamrad on CSR in China’s Apparel Supply Chain
SA’s Nadira Lamrad presented her research, “CSR Trends in China’s Apparel Supply Chain,” at the FEI conference on March 2nd. The workshop, titled “New Approaches in Education and Industry,” was chaired by industry consultant Maggie Burns, and speaking alongside Nadira was Dr. Matilda Tham, professor of fashion at Beckmans College of Design in Stockholm. Tham’s... »
WATCH// Social Alterations @ FEI
Here are just two of the videos we took at the conference. We have more videos to come, so stay tuned for those. The first video is of my Pecha Kucha talk. I’ll be posting the slides and my notes a little later on. Please contact us if you have any questions on the works... »
Social Alterations @ FEI
So here we are in London for the Fashioning an Ethical Industry Conference: Fast Forward. Today, Nadira and I will both be presenting at the conference, and with Katrine in attendance, this will mark the first time the SA team is all together in the same place at the same time! We will be doing... »
Take action on Philippines labour rights abuses
A message from Maquila Solidarity Network (MSN): Last fall, a high-level International Labour Organization (ILO) mission went to the Philippines to investigate “serious allegations of the murder of trade unionists, death threats, arrests of trade union leaders in connection with their trade union activities, widespread impunity relating to violence against trade unionists and the militarization... »
Fashion Futures
Fashion Futures, a new report out of Forum for the Future in partnership with Levis Strauss & Co., has predicted 4 scenarios for the future of the fashion industry (see below). Here is an excerpt from the Executive Summary: “Fashion Futures is a call for a sustainable fashion industry. We want companies in all sectors to... »
‘I’d rather go naked than wear sweatshop clothes!’
Join a week of student action against sweatshops starting next Monday, March 1st 2010 in the UK and the US. Description: “Universities and student unions spend tens of millions on clothing for their staff uniforms, sports teams and branded hoodies. Sadly, the people working for your university’s suppliers are often working under slave labour conditions,... »
Tracing Trash
Trash of Your Society (T.O.Y.S.), an art project of theSYNdicate, is on tour investigating the after-life-cycle of products, or artefacts (a.k.a. trash). Do you know what happens to your products once you’ve tossed them? Here is part of ‘The Concept’: The footsteps or traces that refuse leaves internationally, are the subject of the art project of... »
CSR Asia Summit 2010
In 2009, SA’s Katrine Karlsen reported on CSR Asia’s 7th summit “Sustainable Business as the Road to Recovery” in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Click here to read Katrine’s synopsis of last year’s summit. This year’s summit will take place September 14-15 in Hong Kong, and will offer cutting edge workshops on the following topics: -Community investment and... »
Social Biomimicry: Insect Societies and Human Design
How might ‘social biomimicry’ influence design within the context of socially, culturally, environmentally, and economically responsible systems of fashion? While this conference may not directly focus on fashion at the stage of design conception, it does concentrate on other stages, such as manufacturing, communications, transportation, and green building. Indirectly, lessons learned at all stages... »
Bamboo// Continued Misconceptions
With the current spotlight on ‘green’ fashion over at Vogue U.K. via Livia Firth and the Green Carpet Challenge, we were surprised to see bamboo as designer Linda Loudermilk’s fibre of choice for Colin Firth’s suit at the premier of Tom Ford’s “A Single Man” in Paris. Despite the comments out of Loudermilk’s office, we’re... »
