GLOBAL - Business leaders have launched a new campaign - Fashion Declares - to urge people at all levels within the fashion industry to tackle the current "climate, ecological and social emergency".
It is led by People Tree founder Safia Minney; Farfetch's global director of sustainable business Tom Berry; M&S former director of sustainable business Mike Barry; Finisterre product director Debbie Luffman; Continental Clothing's head of product and sustainability Mariusz Stochaj; and Ben Tolhurst, director of climate action non-profit Business Declares.
Over the next three years, Fashion Declares aims to attract 50,000 members who will each sign an open letter pledging support for five commitments that could “rapidly transform fashion”.