Environmental:

Pesticide use - particularly

in cotton production

Water use and pollution

Air miles & climate change

Waste

Use of oil-based fabrics

Animal Welfare

Social:

Working conditions

along the supply chain

Preservation of culture

and skills

Size zero

Over consumption

Economic:

Poverty wages

Trade rules

Inequality of profit

distribution

Organic Cotton Top by Anjana Janhardhan LCF Shared Talent India Project

Responding to needs of employers

75.9% of respondents felt that is either ‘quite important’ or ‘very important’ that new recruits have knowledge regarding social, environmental and ethical issues.

Centre for Sustainable Fashion (2009) Green Collar Graduates for the Future of the Fashion Industry, London College of Fashion

Sunita Giri and Tirtha Tandukar hand knit sweaters and accessories, KTS, Nepal

Mirza, India

Inspire Empathy

Lakshmi Bhatia from Gap tells

students

Go and meet a garment worker,

listen to their story, find out who

they are. Then, when you go into

the industry think about the imp

act of your decision on that

person.