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World’s poorest workers must be at heart of plans to make fashion industry sustainable
‘A truly sustainable fashion industry is one that doesn’t wreck our planet or impoverish and exploit the people in it,’ War on Want says
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.
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