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“Making incredible things happen”: why sustainable fashion is the way forward
“Making incredible things happen”: why sustainable fashion is the way forward
Safia Minney
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Founder, People Tree
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Safia tells us why People Tree employ sustainable practice, and why, though it may be a more costly process, it can improve both customer loyalty and risk management
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“Making incredible things happen”: why sustainable fashion is the way forward
Safia Minney , Founder, People Tree
- Safia tells us why People Tree employ sustainable practice, and why, though it may be a more costly process, it can improve both customer loyalty and risk management
Safia Minney , Founder, People Tree
- Safia tells us why People Tree employ sustainable practice, and why, though it may be a more costly process, it can improve both customer loyalty and risk management
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Jim Haywood, Director, Business in the Community
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Patrick O'Meara, National Membership Director, Business in the Community
Patrick O'Meara, National Membership Director, Business in the Community
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Alan Coates, Chairman, Park Royal Partnership
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Solitaire Townsend, Co founder, Futerra Sustainable Communications
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Green PR: Reputational risk
Solitaire Townsend, Co founder, Futerra Sustainable Communications
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Solitaire Townsend, Co founder, Futerra Sustainable Communications
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Green PR: Supply chain impact
Solitaire Townsend, Co founder, Futerra Sustainable Communications
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Green PR: The importance of the CEO's behaviour
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Zak Muneer , Head of Finance and Operations, LHC
- Zak tells us why LHC are committed to providing work experience programmes, which offer two-way benefits for both parties: knowledge for the employer and skills for the student
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- Zak tells us why LHC are committed to providing work experience programmes, which offer two-way benefits for both parties: knowledge for the employer and skills for the student
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- Richard tells us why the City of London Academy (Southwark) is continuing to support work experience despite budget cuts, and why this can be mutually beneficial for schools and businesses
Richard Bannister , Principal, City of London Academy (Southwark)
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Safia Minney is the founder of People Tree, a sustainable fashion brand. Having founded the company with her husband in Japan in 1991, it is now recognised as a pioneer in sustainable fashion, and has received certification from the World Fair Trade Organisation (WFTO) and the Soil Association.
Here, Safia explains the benefits of sustainable practice. Fundamentally, it means providing a fairer deal to the company's network of farmer and artisan producers - People Tree work with 150 groups in 12 countries - but it also has benefits for your business, with both customers and the industry showing increasing demand for ethical products, even if they cost more.
Safia also adds that it can be an expensive process, with People Tree spending £250,000 a year, around 10% of their turnover, on technical assistance to farmers and artisans. However, if the WFTO continue to bring their standards to different sectors, sustainable manufacturing processes could become mandatory, levelling the playing field.
People Tree
Soil Association Certification
World Fair Trade Organisation
Extract from Safia’s book, Naked Fashion, about fashion’s impact on the environment