A title that helps to raise awareness of modern slavery within the fashion industry. Highlights the brands and companies who are championing slave-free fashion and features interviews with those who are caught up in slavery. Safia Minney is founder of sustainable fashion label, People Tree.
Safia Minney is an ethical business pioneer. She founded of Fair Trade and
sustainable fashion label, People Tree, and now brings her expertise and experience to help businesses embrace sustainability and transparency in their operations and branding. She is author of several critically-acclaimed books including Naked Fashion and Slow Fashion. She lives in London.
1. The Modern Slavery Act. What is it & how are governments, human rights organizations and trade unions giving slaves a voice? What can industry bodies do to improve practice?
[Despite being UK legislation the Modern Slavery Act is having an impact across the world as it mostly affects big companies and in fashion these are all global brands]
2. The Global Economy. How do we make population growth, climate change,
human rights and the Sustainable Development Goals add up in our supply chains?
The case for New Economics.
3. Meet the Slaves. Meet the people, like you and me, who are victims of Forced
Labour, Bonded Labour, Human Trafficking and Child Labour.
4. Social and Technical Innovation. Social enterprise and Fair Trade ensure ethical business practice whilst tech innovation could hold the keys
to the Sustainable Development Goals.
5. Your Toolkit. How you can join the campaign to eradicate modern slavery.