I’ve got a confession to make. I’m an Ed Sheeran Fan. And yesterday I spent half an hour or so wrestling with the internet to buy tickets for his 2019 Suffolk gig. The local boy is coming home. How could I not go? But it got me thinking. Yesterday morning at the school gates the …
Thanks to Natural Mumma Magazine who featured an article about our new project to set up a sustainable supply chain in Africa in their September 2018 issue. Read the magazine by clicking below. Read the latest edition: Zero Waste (Sep 18) Published September 26, 2018 & Filed in Jo Media,Jo’s Soapbox,Media Coverage,Where Does It Come From? Blog
Where Does It Come From? is partnering with the NGO Proudly Made in Africa to create our new transparent supply chain in Africa. Here’s the team – we’ve been working closely with their director, Vikki Brennan (back row, second from right) and with their Programme and Sourcing Manager, Feena Kirrkamm (front row, middle). The organisation has been vital to our Building …
Ethical Business – PART TWO BELOW This is PART TWO of an article on Ethical Business co-created with rebuildingsociety.com. For PART ONE please go to: https://www.rebuildingsociety.com/where-it-comes-from-matters/ It is very important to run an ethical business as a business – keeping firm control of finances, maintaining excellent customer service and developing business strategies for future growth. Many …
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Crowdfunding a Transparent Supply Chain in Africa During September and October 2018 Where Does It Come From? ran a crowdfund to help establish our new transparent supply chain in Africa. You can now order one of our African tunics, scarves, pocket squares or hair scrunchies in our online shop, or create something for yourself with our Natural …
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Jo SalterFounder, Where Does It Come From? Great news that the UK government are launching an investigation into the impacts of Fast Fashion on the environment, announced by the BBC on Friday. There’s been a media outcry in recent months on topics such as the microfibres in our clothes, the towering plastic mountains and the colossal amount of clothing being …
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Our Founder Jo Salter was asked to comment on an announcement by fashion chain New Look that they intend to cut prices in an attempt to recover their financial losses. New Look is wrong to slash its prices – consumers want to buy ethically, not cheaply Following drastic financial results New Look announced yesterday that …
By Jo Salter, Founder of Where Does It Come From? Transparency in Fashion – the Buzzword at Copenhagen Fashion Summit It seems that the latest trend in fashion is transparency – knowing where your clothes came from and how they were made. As Stephanie Klotz recently announced in Sustainable Brands ‘Transparency has become a bit of a buzzword …
Nostalgia – Caryn Franklin and the Clothes Show Sunday afternoons in front of ‘The Clothes Show’ hosted by Caryn Franklin were a regular part of my teenage weekends. Surprisingly, not least to me, I have ended up working and campaigning in the Clothing Industry so when I heard Caryn was coming to my home town …
by Jo Salter, Founder Where Does It Come From? On Saturday 28th April a group of almost 30 ethical brands got together at the Museum of Brands in Ladbroke Grove, London for our event ‘Ethical Brands for Fashion Revolution’. Their mission – to show customers that there are clothing and fashion brands in the UK who CAN …