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.

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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

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