April 26, 2019April 26, 2019Green Home, Lifestyle, NewsAustralians Throw Out $8.9b Worth of Good Food Each Year. Here’s How to Cut Food Waste…By Jennifer Nini 4 minAccording to the UN Food and Agricultural Organisation, 1.3 billion tonnes of food is wasted globally each year; that’s one-third...
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April 25, 2019April 25, 2019Business, Environment, NewsDemand for Compostable Packaging Rises As Businesses Find Ways to Satisfy Eco-Conscious ConsumersBy Dudez Perez 4 minPlastic has us at its mercy. From the leaching of harmful toxins to the degradation of the environment, who knew...
April 25, 2019April 25, 2019Environment, NewsConcrete: The Quiet Greenhouse Gas Emitter Beneath Your FeetBy Mary Imgrund 6 minWhen you think of polluting industries, you probably imagine extractive fuel endeavors like coal or oil, and maybe wag a...
April 24, 2019April 24, 2019Business, Ethical Fashion, PeopleEKO Mindful Boss Ladies Series: tommie Magazine Founder Natalie Shehata on Prioritising Self-Development and Improving Diversity in FashionBy Jennifer Nini 8 minVintage aficionado and eco stylist Natalie Shehata is also the founder and editor-in-chief of tommie Magazine, an online platform for creative...
April 24, 2019April 24, 2019Accessories, Ethical Fashion, FashionNordgreen: Timeless, Minimalist, Sustainable Watches That Give BackBy Kate Hall 5 minYou would think giving sleeping bags to homeless people and selling ethically made watches were completely unrelated. But on the...
April 23, 2019April 23, 2019Business, OfficeNoissue, a Sustainable Business Helping Brands Create Custom Eco-Friendly Packaging and Reduce WasteBy Mary Imgrund 5 minWith brands from Guinness to Hermes announcing their switch to sustainable packaging, and others like Glossier suffering backlash over over-packaged...
April 23, 2019April 24, 2019Activism, Ethical Fashion, EventsFashion Revolution Week Australia: Ethical Fashion Events You Should AttendBy Sara Pull 6 minThis week marks the sixth year of Fashion Revolution Week and along with commemorating the anniversary of the Rana Plaza...
April 22, 2019April 22, 2019NewsGovernment Advertising May be Legal, But it’s Corrupting Our Electoral ProcessBy The Conversation 4 minThis article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Author: Joo-Cheong Tham, Professor, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne. The...
April 22, 2019April 22, 2019NewsClimate Joy Week #3: Celebrating Positive Climate News this Earth DayBy Nnaemeka Ugochukwu 4 minToday is Earth Day, so… Happy Earth Day! Would you like to hear something strange? When I set out on...
April 22, 2019April 22, 2019Ethical Fashion, Fashion, NewsThe Baptist World Aid Ethical Fashion Guide: A Skeptic’s AppraisalBy Nnaemeka Ugochukwu 7 minA little over a week ago the 2019 Ethical Fashion Guide was published by Baptist World Aid Australia. As the...
April 21, 2019April 21, 2019Ethical Fashion, Fashion, PeopleEKO Mindful Boss Ladies Series: Sustainable Stylist Faye De Lanty on Following Her Purpose and Dealing with RejectionBy Jennifer Nini 5 minFaye Delanty is the founder of Australian fashion blog Fashion Hound and is one of Australia’s most recognisable sustainable stylists...
April 21, 2019April 21, 2019Activism, Social JusticeYour Political Involvement Matters: A Case for Participating in Politics, Elections and GovernmentBy Nnaemeka Ugochukwu 6 minI was about fifteen the first time I realized the impact elections and the government could have directly on my...
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![ETHICAL FASHION GUIDE // "A little over a week ago the 2019 Ethical Fashion Guide was released. The report highlights which Aussie brands are making positive strides and meeting these expectations, and those continuing to fall behind the line. The current report, Baptist World Aid’s 6th edition, is the largest to date, grading 130 apparel companies from A to F on the current systems and strategies in place to ethically manage their supply chains.
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Now this report signifies a higher level of progress and even though there remains a lot more work to be done, I heartily commend the work of Baptist World Aid so far. My praise however does not quite extend to the fashion brands because, in my opinion, and regardless of what they share on paper, the majority of the industry have failed to live up to ethical expectations.
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Overall progress may have been made by the clothing brands; but upon closer examination, I find that most of the ‘progress’ is at the final stage. Once the questions get beyond the final stage, past the “low-hanging fruit”, the number of positive answers plummet. This would have been excusable except that it has been shown that the raw materials stage is where it is most likely to have cases of forced labour, child labour and worker abuse. So one might wonder if this “progress” and focus isn’t awfully convenient for the brands. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
The [other] problem I see with the Baptist World Aid report is not that the information presented to the readership is wrong, but that it is incomplete. While I do not suggest that the information provided by the companies in this survey were false, I believe there is something wrong with a system that sets the benchmark based on information provided by company representatives and board members of these companies only. I mean what else were they expected to do but cast their operations in positive lights?..." to continue reading our analysis, visit 'Latest Articles' via link in bio. What are your thoughts on this guide? 📸ILO🌏#fashrev #whomademyclothes #ethicalfashion #ecofashion #ethicalclothing #sustainablefashion #sustainability #ecowarriorprincess](http://scontent-sea1-1.cdninstagram.com/vp/19499352d0eb793f9d9d8f90a7559a9c/5D6F987F/t51.2885-15/e35/s320x320/56542189_475951249610960_6463815985552987933_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent-sea1-1.cdninstagram.com "ETHICAL FASHION GUIDE // \"A little over a week ago the 2019 Ethical Fashion Guide was released. The report highlights which Aussie brands are making positive strides and meeting these expectations, and those continuing to fall behind the line. The current report, Baptist World Aid’s 6th edition, is the largest to date, grading 130 apparel companies from A to F on the current systems and strategies in place to ethically manage their supply chains.
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Now this report signifies a higher level of progress and even though there remains a lot more work to be done, I heartily commend the work of Baptist World Aid so far. My praise however does not quite extend to the fashion brands because, in my opinion, and regardless of what they share on paper, the majority of the industry have failed to live up to ethical expectations.
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Overall progress may have been made by the clothing brands; but upon closer examination, I find that most of the ‘progress’ is at the final stage. Once the questions get beyond the final stage, past the “low-hanging fruit”, the number of positive answers plummet. This would have been excusable except that it has been shown that the raw materials stage is where it is most likely to have cases of forced labour, child labour and worker abuse. So one might wonder if this “progress” and focus isn’t awfully convenient for the brands. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
The [other] problem I see with the Baptist World Aid report is not that the information presented to the readership is wrong, but that it is incomplete. While I do not suggest that the information provided by the companies in this survey were false, I believe there is something wrong with a system that sets the benchmark based on information provided by company representatives and board members of these companies only. I mean what else were they expected to do but cast their operations in positive lights?...\" to continue reading our analysis, visit 'Latest Articles' via link in bio. What are your thoughts on this guide? 📸ILO🌏#fashrev #whomademyclothes #ethicalfashion #ecofashion #ethicalclothing #sustainablefashion #sustainability #ecowarriorprincess")
