Posts Tagged ‘ethical fashion’
2022 Ethical Fashion Guide
The Baptist World Aid 2022 Ethical Fashion Guide is here. Is your favourite brand ensuring their supply chain is ethical and sustainable? Which brands are protecting workers and the environmnet? According to Peter Keegan, Director of Advocacy at Baptist World Aid Australia, this year’s report shows that while there’s been some progress made by companies…
Read MoreConversation in October
Please join ACRATH on Wednesday 27th October for our final Conversation for 2021. Our Conversation Series has hosted some wonderful people with powerful stories about human trafficking. We are excited that our two October guests will help us put people at the centre of our consumer practices, very important in the lead up to Christmas…
Read MoreFashion Supply Chains
On 24th April 2013 the eight-story Rana Plaza building outside Dhaka, Bangladesh, collapsed, killing more than 1,100 people and injuring thousands of others. In 2021 there is a 1 in 4 chance that a cotton t-shirt you purchase is tainted by forced labour. Around the world, exploitation and forced labour are rife in fashion supply chains. In the…
Read MoreTake Action in October
In October the ACRATH calendar alerts us to a resource that enables us to make ethical fashion choices. How does your favourite brand rank in the 2019 Baptist World Aid Ethical Fashion Guide? Use this guide to help end worker exploitation in the fashion industry. October 17 is International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.…
Read More2017 Ethical Fashion Report
Are Your Garments Ethical? The fourth edition of the Ethical Fashion Report was recently released by Baptist World Aid. It grades over 106 companies… that’s 330 brands! It includes firsthand accounts of what life is like for garment workers around the world. And, for the first time ever, the research has been expanded to include New Zealand’s favourite…
Read MoreRana Plaza Anniversary
Four Years on Has Anything Changed? Who could forget the scenes of devastation that we saw on 24th April 2013 when the Rana Plaza factory in Bangladesh collapsed killing over 1,000 garment workers? Now four years on what has changed? The New Daily reports that after the tragedy 200 international apparel brands and retailers from about…
Read MoreCotton On Sourcing Ethical Cotton in Kenya
Ethical Fashion Products Soon to Be in Australian Stores The Australian Newspaper recently reported that Cotton On has been working towards selling ethical fashion products in Australian stores by sourcing cotton from farmers in Kenya. Working in partnership with Business for Development (BFD), the hope is to develop sustainable sources of cotton. Tim Diamond, the general manager…
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