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Evie Evangelou on fashion as diplomacy, first ladies and F4D's UN General Assembly luncheon

Fashion 4 Development (F4D) holds its 14th Official First Ladies Luncheon at the Pierre Hotel in New York on Tuesday, staged during the 81st session of the UN General Assembly. Evie Evangelou, founder and president of F4D, co-hosts with Dame Amanda Schumacher, founder of The Tree of Life Foundation, in a programme that includes a runway...

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Rachel Arthur on why production volumes & incentives must change to reach sustainability goals

There are countless sustainability initiatives across the global fashion industry, but who is truly driving that transition? Are their efforts visible to the public or not? In this series, we interview changemakers, consultants, sustainability experts, and activists in fashion to see what we can learn from their work. We speak with Rachel...

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Eton named debut production partner for redesigned uniforms for the United Nations

Swedish menswear brand Eton has announced that it is the first production partner for the redesigned uniforms for the United Nations tour guides at the organization's headquarters in New York. A new initiative, the project sees students from the Swedish School of Textiles at the University of Borås create the uniforms. Marking the United...

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Fast Retailing and UNHCR celebrate 10th anniversary of ‘Power of Clothing Project’

Japanese retail holding company Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. celebrates the 10th anniversary of its ‘Power of Clothing Project’ in collaboration with UNHCR, which encourages students to collect discarded children’s clothing in order to give them to refugee children in need. The project first launched in 2013, with a total of about 380,000 students...

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What to know about the UN’s Xinjiang human rights report

The United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) published a detailed report following its assessment of China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, in which it said that “serious human rights violations have been committed”. The region, which produces around a fifth of the world’s cotton, has been the subject of an increasing...

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2021 is the year of the Creative Economy for Sustainable Development

The time, as they say, is now. After a year of pandemic-induced lockdowns, there couldn’t be a better time to appreciate the creative economy, says the United Nations. This is why the world’s leading intergovernmental organisation has marked 2021 as the International Year of the Creative Economy for Sustainable Development. UNCTAD, alongside...

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Lululemon partners with United Nations Foundation

Lululemon wants to promote mental and physical health. The athleticwear brand has partnered with the United Nations Foundation on an initiative to address the health of UN Humanitarian Aid workers. The Canada-based brand will commit 1 million U.S. dollars over the next three years to Peace on Purpose, which is an evidence-based program that...