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A circular fashion label transforming the way people buy, wear & discard clothing.
Description/achievement of initiative

To use our platform as a tool to raise awareness about the need for sustainable practices considering the environment and people behind our clothing. We will use our brand to amplify the Sustainable Development Goals, tackling over consumption, wastage & promoting recycling & longevity.

Implementation methodologies

By increasing our supply base to work with more vulnerable communities, providing fair wages & teaching skills. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\nMonitoring and calculating our landfill operations, scaling our collections to reduce more wastage from landfill. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\nWorking with our factories to introduce women empowerment schemes & support programmes. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\nDevelop our relationship with our charities, to increase financial aid & eradicate slavery from fashion supply chains.

Arrangements for Capacity-Building and Technology Transfer

Coordination mechanisms/governance structure

These initiatives will be measured quarterly with our in house Sustainability team to ensure we are working towards these goals & improving on performance.\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\nWe will continue to work with our charity partners - International Justice Mission to eradicate slavery from fashion supply chains, supporting them both financially & through awareness generation. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\nWe are expanding our supplier network to work with organisations that promote equality & have women empowerment initiatives, supporting vulnerable communities providing training & financial support.

Partner(s)

Fanfare Label
Progress reports
Goal 5
5.1 - End all forms of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere
5.2 - Eliminate all forms of violence against all women and girls in the public and private spheres, including trafficking and sexual and other types of exploitation
5.5 - Ensure women’s full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making in political, economic and public life
5.a - Undertake reforms to give women equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to ownership and control over land and other forms of property, financial services, inheritance and natural resources, in accordance with national laws
Goal 8
8.7 - Take immediate and effective measures to eradicate forced labour, end modern slavery and human trafficking and secure the prohibition and elimination of the worst forms of child labour, including recruitment and use of child soldiers, and by 2025 end child labour in all its forms
8.8 - Protect labour rights and promote safe and secure working environments for all workers, including migrant workers, in particular women migrants, and those in precarious employment
Goal 12
12.5 - By 2030, substantially reduce waste generation through prevention, reduction, recycling and reuse
12.6 - Encourage companies, especially large and transnational companies, to adopt sustainable practices and to integrate sustainability information into their reporting cycle
12.7 - Promote public procurement practices that are sustainable, in accordance with national policies and priorities
12.8 - By 2030, ensure that people everywhere have the relevant information and awareness for sustainable development and lifestyles in harmony with nature
Goal 13
13.3 - Improve education, awareness-raising and human and institutional capacity on climate change mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction and early warning
09/2021
Increase our suppliers including women empowerment initiatives & working with vulnerable communities by 3
09/2021
Financially contribute towards our Charity International Justice Mission to eradicate slavery in their giving months
09/2021
Reduce another 2000 metres of clothing & textile wastage from landfill
09/2021
Create another 6000 hours of skilled work for women led businesses
Other, please specify
2000 metres of landfill wastage recycled

Basic information
Time-frame: 04/2021 - 09/2021
Website
Partners
Fanfare Label
Countries
Contact information
Esther Knight, CEO, esther@fanfarelabel.com
United Nations