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Protesters from Extinction Rebellion demonstrate outside the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London ahead of the Victoria Beckham Spring/Summer 2020 London Fashion Week catwalk show
THE world’s poorest workers must be at the heart of plans to make the fashion industry sustainable to prevent them losing out in corporate-driven green pledges, a new War on Want report said today.
The anti-poverty charity said “fast fashion” spews up to 10 per cent of global greenhouse emissions as well as bogus greenwashing claims that pit workers’ rights and environmental movements against each other.
Arguing that those who depend on the industry must not lose out to profit-driven lip service of cutting production, it said only unionised garment-makers and communities bearing the brunt of climate change can lead and design a fair transformation of the industry.
As fossil fuels have had their day, JOSIE MIZEN makes it clear that it is now the government’s responsibility to initiate the transition to alternative employment in a manner that is organised, efficient and effective
From summit to summit, imperialist companies and governments cut, delay or water down their commitments, warn the Communist Parties of Britain, France, Portugal and Spain and the Workers Party of Belgium in a joint statement on Cop30
One of the major criticisms of China’s breakneck development in recent decades has been the impact on nature — returning after 15 years away, BEN CHACKO assessed whether the government’s recent turn to environmentalism has yielded results
Climate justice and workers’ rights movements are uniting to make the rich pay for our transition to a green economy, writes assistant general secretary of PCS JOHN MOLONEY, ahead of a major demonstration on September 20