{"id":187,"date":"2019-09-10T10:17:17","date_gmt":"2019-09-10T10:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/s4sproject-exeter.uk\/?p=187"},"modified":"2023-02-08T20:38:18","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T20:38:18","slug":"s4s-project-deliver-paper-psa-conference-event-2-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/s4sproject-exeter.uk\/2019\/09\/10\/s4s-project-deliver-paper-psa-conference-event-2-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Fashion Revolution\u2019s Consumer Survey Report Released"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This month Fashion Revolution,<\/a> the global advocates for making the fashion industry and it\u2019s workers rights sustainable, ethical and fair, released it\u2019s 2018 Consumer Survey Report<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The downloadable PDF comes in two formats, 1. The Full Report and 2. The Results \u2013 so there\u2019s something for everyone here and that people with all levels of interest can pick up something useful and meaningful to them. The release of the report coincides with the co-founder and Global Operations Director, Carry Somers making an appearance on British TV show BBC\u2019s Breakfast, saying \u201cTransparency is key. If we can\u2019t see what\u2019s happening, then we can\u2019t fix it.\u201d And she\u2019s absolutely right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The report\u2019s timely arrival also met with the first oral hearing of the Environmental Audit Committee\u2019s<\/a> ongoing\n enquiry into the fashion industry. This hearing, which has been \npreceded with written reports and oral evidential panel submissions from\n leading academics, designers and figures from the fashion and textiles \nsector, saw CEO\u2019s and representatives of UK fast fashion giants like \nASOS, Primark, and Misguided held to question alongside more \u2018respected\u2019\n iconic British brands Burberry and Marks & Spencer about their \nmanufacturing and retail \u2018practices\u2019. The Parliamentary panel, chaired \nby MP Mary Creagh, grilled the company heads and reps about \nover-production, workers rights, failure to liaise with external  \norganisations who are campaigning to change the industry for the better \nfrom within and a range of highly sensitive and topical matters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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All of this current media exposure to the burgeoning awareness in the mainstream about the acute environmental and ethical issues rife across the whole sector ironically comes in on the wake of a tidal wave of Black Friday sales and deals. The tug-of-war for consumer\u2019s brand loyalty and ethical conscience is happening and it\u2019s a complicated and emotional dilemma for many consumers. On one hand, everyone wants to look good and get a great deal for buying clothes but at the same time, no one really wants to add to environmental destruction or be complicit in enslaving garment industry workers in life-threatening working conditions or illegal bonded labour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The wonderful thing about Fashion Revolution\u2019s report is that \nrepresents a broad spectrum of consumers across the globe and finally \ngives them a voice amid all of the \u2018official\u2019 industry scrutiny. It\u2019s \npresented in readable and easy to grasp terms that mean something to all\n who don\u2019t necessarily think about manufacturing supply chains and \ntechnical processes. It\u2019s a step in the right direction and a model of \nhope in a complex mass of problems. Download the report and find out \nmore here\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.fashionrevolution.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/201118_FashRev_ConsumerSurvey_2018.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This month Fashion Revolution, the global advocates for making the fashion industry and it\u2019s workers rights sustainable, ethical and fair, released it\u2019s 2018 Consumer Survey Report. The downloadable PDF comes in two formats, 1. The Full Report and 2. The Results \u2013 so there\u2019s something for everyone here and that people with all levels of interest can pick up something useful and meaningful to them. The release of the report coincides with the co-founder and Global Operations Director, Carry Somers making an appearance on British TV show BBC\u2019s Breakfast, saying \u201cTransparency is key. If we can\u2019t see what\u2019s happening, then we can\u2019t fix it.\u201d And she\u2019s absolutely right. The report\u2019s timely arrival also met with the first oral hearing of the Environmental Audit Committee\u2019s ongoing enquiry into the fashion industry. This hearing, which has been preceded with written reports and oral evidential panel submissions from leading academics, designers and figures from the fashion and textiles sector, saw CEO\u2019s and representatives of UK fast fashion giants like ASOS, Primark, and Misguided held to question alongside more \u2018respected\u2019 iconic British brands Burberry and Marks & Spencer about their manufacturing and retail \u2018practices\u2019. The Parliamentary panel, chaired by MP Mary Creagh, grilled the company heads and reps about over-production, workers rights, failure to liaise with external  organisations who are campaigning to change the industry for the better from within and a range of highly sensitive and topical matters. All of this current media exposure to the burgeoning awareness in the mainstream about the acute environmental and ethical issues rife across the whole sector ironically comes in on the wake of a tidal wave of Black Friday sales and deals. The tug-of-war for consumer\u2019s brand loyalty and ethical conscience is happening and it\u2019s a complicated and emotional dilemma for many consumers. On one hand, everyone wants to look good and get a great deal for buying clothes but at the same time, no one really wants to add to environmental destruction or be complicit in enslaving garment industry workers in life-threatening working conditions or illegal bonded labour. The wonderful thing about Fashion Revolution\u2019s report is that represents a broad spectrum of consumers across the globe and finally gives them a voice amid all of the \u2018official\u2019 industry scrutiny. It\u2019s presented in readable and easy to grasp terms that mean something to all who don\u2019t necessarily think about manufacturing supply chains and technical processes. It\u2019s a step in the right direction and a model of hope in a complex mass of problems. Download the report and find out more here\u2026 https:\/\/www.fashionrevolution.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/201118_FashRev_ConsumerSurvey_2018.pdf<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":204,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/s4sproject-exeter.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/s4sproject-exeter.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/s4sproject-exeter.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/s4sproject-exeter.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/s4sproject-exeter.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=187"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/s4sproject-exeter.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":684,"href":"https:\/\/s4sproject-exeter.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187\/revisions\/684"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/s4sproject-exeter.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/s4sproject-exeter.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/s4sproject-exeter.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/s4sproject-exeter.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}