Most Australians value the idea of ethical fashion but fewer follow-through in shopping habits – report
Australian consumers are supportive of the idea of ethical purchasing but are failing to follow-through in their shopping practices, according to the findings of a new report. The Australian Ethical Consumer Report, released by Christian aid and development organisation Baptist World Aid Australia in collaboration with social research company McCrindle, found that while 87 per cent of Australians want their consumption […]
Essay: A different kind of Christmas
PETER KEEGAN, director of advocacy at Transform Aid International/Baptist World Aid Australia, writes about why we need to pay attention to what we’re buying this Christmas…
Big clothes brands found to fall short of own fair wage promises
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation The world’s top clothing brands are failing to fulfil their own promises to pay workers a fair living wage that covers basic family needs, academics and activists said on Thursday. Most major garment companies lack plans for calculating – let alone achieving – a living wage in their global supply chains, despite […]
Six years after Bangladesh’s Rana Plaza disaster, fashion brands urged to pay more
Thomson Reuters Foundation Garment workers in Bangladesh face lower wages and exploitation as fashion brands have failed to compensate factories for safety improvements backed by big labels, labour leaders said on Wednesday, six years after the deadly Rana Plaza disaster. The collapse of the factory on the outskirts of the capital, Dhaka, in April, 2013, […]
CONVERSATIONS: NERIDAH MORRIS, DIRECTOR OF ETHICAL FASHION MARKETPLACE THREAD HARVEST
DAVID ADAMS chats with Neridah Morris, director of Australian-based online ethical fashion marketplace Thread Harvest, about fashion, faith – and Holy Spirit encouragement…
SIGHT-SEEING: SHOP TILL WE DROP?
AMANDA JACKSON reflects on the challenges in buying ethically…