We’ve begun new research into the Value of Fashion to the UK economy, publishing key statistics for 2023 showing that fashion has bounced back from a temporary setback in 2022. Watch out for more coming up from us in this space!
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The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Ethics & Sustainability in Fashion held another successful meeting on delivering a vision for the sector across fashion, textiles, manufacturing and retail industries. This timely meeting discussing a united vision for the sector was held shortly before an update report from the UN Global Compact Network (UK) on the Sustainable Development Goals was published, with clear evidence businesses want to go further and faster on sustainability with more transparency and consistency.

Our CEO, Tamara Cincik was invited to the opening night of the The Icons of British Fashion at Blenheim Palace, a new exhibition celebrating British designers from across the decades. The exhibition includes many pieces from the Bath Fashion Museum which is currently being refurbished, with Fashion Roundtable supporting both the refurbishment of the Museum and the wider regeneration of the surrounding area.
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Next month, Tamara will be speaking at the Centre for Sustainable Fashion’s Imagining Possibilities Festival to share her in depth reflections on ways to turn sustainable fashion aims into reality.
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The Bill is to be read a Second time on Friday 25 November, and to be printed (Bill 141)
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We had various meetings in 2020, including with the Immigration Minister, regarding the impacts of modern slavery on fashion supply chains.
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We have daily briefings with the government on behalf of the diverse needs of the industry, across all relevant Whitehall departments.
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As Secretariat for the APPG for Textiles and Fashion, and the APPG for Ethics and Sustainability, we represent the UK fashion and textile industry with the only two All-Party Parliamentary Groups for the sector. Our work relates to the fashion industry across manufacturing, design, retail, innovation, ethics and environmental.
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We successfully lobbied the Environment Audit Committee to reopen their Fixing Fashion Inquiry.
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Our Cleaning Up Fashion report on environmental and ethical impacts, read by numerous parliamentarians and stakeholders, with a commitment to meet the relevant minister this Autumn.
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Further insight provided, following up on our first report to offer insights and solutions in light of Brexit impacts on the fashion industry.
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Our Don’t Make Fashion History campaign successfully gave a voice to the industry in the Brexit negotiations leading to a meeting with the relevant government minister and with a global reach of over 2.2bn in the media.
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The first report to offer insights and solutions in light of Brexit impacts on the fashion industry.
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During the PPE crisis we worked together with founders of the EDN, Holly Fulton, Bethany Williams, Phoebe English, Cozette McCreery, leading to a 70% made in the UK PPE commitment by the UK Government. In addition we distributed 50K Dazed donated masks: 15K to the Pregnancy Advisory Service and the remainder to hospitals, hospices and social groups such as BLK UK.
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