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Ethical Sourcing Forum North America 2010

February 13, 2010
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Ethical Sourcing Forum North America 2010

The Ethical Sourcing Forum is a unique industry event that brings together members of the global sustainability community in order to address emerging sustainability and ethical supply chain challenges. Here is the Agenda (subject to change): Day 1: Thursday, March 18th, 2010. 7:45 AM  -  8:30 AM: Registration & Breakfast 8:30 AM  -  9:15 AM: Welcome Note and ESF Community Poll Findings What are YOUR top sustainability issues and management challenges? (Kathrin Bohr, Director, ISS Advisory Services) 9:15 AM  -  10:30 AM: ‘VISUALIZE’ Panel Discussion The Arc of Sustainability Progress: What have we achieved, where are we going and...

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Update// Noko is a No Show!!

February 8, 2010
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Update// Noko is a No Show!!

If you read our website regularly, you may have seen a post in December about Noko Jeans, a company manufacturing jeans in North Korea (DPRK).  At the end of that post I wrote: “To tell you the truth, I don’t really know what to think about this so, I emailed Noko jeans earlier today asking about their Code of Conduct and also asking them for an interview. If you have any questions that you would like me to ask, please let me know.  Stay tuned for an update to this fascinating story!!” I thought it only fair to give...

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Go Green Week, 2010 // The University of the Arts

February 4, 2010
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Go Green Week, 2010 // The University of the Arts

Timo Rissanen offers a great post with his notes on ‘The Sustainability Equation: Ethics and Aesthetics in Contemporary Fashion’ and on the ‘Ethics and Aesthetics = Sustainable Fashion’ exhibit at Pratt on his personal blog “Timo Rissanen: Fashion Creation Without Fabric Waste Creation.” Not to be confused with the Pratt exhibit, that runs until the 20th of February, the graduate students of the MA in Fashion and the Environment over at the London College of Fashion will host “n informal evening called Ethics+Aesthetics = Sustainable Fashion, on Friday 12th February at the HUB” for Go Green Week 2010,...

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FIBERcast 4: Fair Trade in the Global Apparel Industry

February 3, 2010
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FIBERcast 4: Fair Trade in the Global Apparel Industry

Social Alterations has been following the FIBERcasts out of the University of Delaware, and we are very excited about the upcoming live event tomorrow. Make sure to pre-register! There will be opportunity to email in questions, live. Here are the details: “The next FIBERcast will take place this Thursday, February 4, at 11 a.m. (EST) and will examine Fair Trade in the Global Apparel Industry. Join host Dr. Marsha Dickson of the University of Delaware and board member of the Fair Labor Association in examining fair trade practices and possibilities in the global apparel industry.” “The FIBERcast guests will...

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Gallatin Eco-Fashion Week

January 22, 2010
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Gallatin Eco-Fashion Week

“Save the dates for a dynamic line-up of informative lectures and panels, roundtable discussions, educational workshops, presentations, art installations, and fashion shows that will uncover the trends emerging throughout the world of eco-fashion. The majority of ideas featured at Gallatin Eco-Fashion Week 2010 will highlight the unique, original research of Gallatin community members. Gallatin Eco-Fashion Week not only recognizes environmentally and socially responsible fashion, but also critically examines what the terms “eco” and “green” really mean within the fashion world. The event is organized by a diverse committee comprised of students, alumni, faculty, and administrators.” (NYU, Gallatin Eco-Fashion Week)...

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Predictions for the Future of Apparel Sourcing

January 20, 2010
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To close off 2009, Clothesource released “The World of Apparel Sourcing: 2010-2012”. The report forecasts sourcing trends in over 60 countries. Here is a small summary of what the report covers: “The World of Apparel Sourcing 2010-2012 looks at the trends that influenced apparel sourcing between 2007 and 2009 and reviews which of them are likely to change between 2010 and 2012. It then makes detailed forecasts for the net effect on apparel exports from over 60 countries in 2010, 2011 and 2012.” (Clothesource) Click here to download the Management Summary, and to purchase the report. Recently, on their...

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Consumer Education

January 14, 2010
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Consumer Education

Curb Your Consumption’s Katie Hart, recently asked my opinion on the three most important things consumers need to know, and the difference it would make to the fashion industry if consumers were more educated and conscious about the clothes they buy. Here are my answers: What do you think are the 3 most important things consumers need to know? Consumers need to know and understand their role in, and association with, the social and environmental problems that occur in the lifecycle of a product. In this way, consumers need to take on part of the responsibility for the social...

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Clearing the Hurdles

January 14, 2010
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Clearing the Hurdles

Clearing the Hurdles challenges sportswear companies Nike, adidas, Pentland, Puma, Lotto, New Balance, Asics and Mizuno on the working conditions within their supply chain, and offers a snapshot of the state of play for these companies, identifying four key “hurdles” facing workers within the sportswear industry, and recommending solutions for how to overcome them: Develop a positive climate for freedom of association and collective bargaining; Eliminate the use of precarious employment in sportswear supply chains; Lessen both the frequency and negative impacts of factory closures; and Take steps to improve worker incomes, with the goal of reaching a living...

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EcoChic Geneva

January 13, 2010
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EcoChic Geneva

  The United Nations has declared 2010 the International Year of Biodiversity and the International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures. UN Secretary General Welcome Message for the 2010 International Year of Biodiversity from CBD on Vimeo. EcoChic Geneva is an event that strives to redefine both sustainability and fashion in this context: Title: EcoChic Geneva Location: Geneva, Switzerland Link out: Click here “As the 2009 International Year for Natural Fibres draws to a close and the focus begins to shift to 2010, the International Year of Biodiversity, Green2greener is delighted to announce its collaboration with the United Nations...

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Planet Textiles

January 4, 2010
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Planet Textiles

“We are delighted to announce the launch of Planet Textiles, a new international event jointly organised by Ecotextile News, Messe Frankfurt and the Society of Dyers and Colourists. Dedicated to improving the environmental and social impact of the global textile and clothing supply chain, it is supported by leading industry organisations and international clothing retailers. What makes Planet Textiles unique? Planet Textiles runs alongside Interstoff Asia Essential (17–19 March 2010), the leading trade show for eco-textiles and functional fabrics in Asia. Delegates can listen to the presentations, join in the discussion, and see round 200 textile manufacturers, most of...

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