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Ethical Fashion Revolution: Building a Sustainable Future in Global Garment Industry

Explore ethical production solutions in fashion industry & impact of globalization on factory workers. Uncover brands' ethical initiatives & importance of informed consumer choices.

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Ethical Fashion Revolution: Building a Sustainable Future in Global Garment Industry

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  1. Fashion and Globalisation Today We are learning to: Develop an understanding of solutions to the conditions factory workers face We will do this by: Investigating ethical production.

  2. Ethical edge • The sweatshop scandals of the 1990s have left a lasting impression and top names want to get rid of that image. • Sweatshop scandals prompted shoppers to think hard about their buys

  3. Ethical edge • Many High Street stores - including Primark and Peacocks - now belong to the Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI), which makes sure they stick to a code of conduct covering working conditions, wages and the right to belong to a union. • It also carries out unannounced visits to factories and nowadays very few fail the test, says its chief executive.

  4. People Tree

  5. People Tree • There are firms that market their clothes as being totally ethical. Firms like People Tree which used to rely on internet sales are now moving into London stores. • The company's founder, Safia Minney, wants to do more than pay a decent wage. • "Generally we're paying between two and three times more for a product than a High Street name would be paying to a factory in Bangladesh."

  6. Origins tagged • But unless clothes are advertised as ethical there is no way of knowing how they were made. • There are growing calls for a label which would show fashion lovers they can hand over their £2 with a clear conscience. • The Fraser Consultancy, which asks shoppers how ethical they think stores are, says a lack of a logo is a problem.

  7. Origins tagged • But the bottom line remains price. • With shops now offering six or eight collections a year rather than the staple winter and summer lines, shoppers want price tags in single figures. • The question for the High Street is whether it can convince us we're salving our consciences as well as saving the pennies.

  8. Design a logo to send to: • Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI)

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