On 24th April it will be the fifth anniversary of the Rana Plaza Factory disaster, in which 1138 garment workers were killed when their unsafe factory collapsed. Many more were injured and countless lives were affected. This disaster triggered a huge response from consumers and from the fashion industry. Fashion Revolution was set up by leading fashionistas …
by Jo SalterFounder, Where Does It Come From? Plastic and its overabundance is a hot topic at the moment. From single use plastics like straws and coffee cups to plastic particles in the air we breathe, our seas and our food chain, it seems that the world has woken up to just how much plastic has …
The Plastic in Our Clothes – Is it a Plasticky Catastophe? Read More »
by Jo Salter Founder Where Does It Come From? When I talk to people about shopping and living ethically (and I do this a lot), a common response is that being ethical is just too complicated, too difficult and too expensive for them to take it on. This saddens me because being ethical is easy – …
The Government will be launching their new 25 year environment strategy on Thursday. Snippets released this morning outline plans to extend the 5p charge on plastic bags in most shops and to eradicate all avoidable plastic by 2042. It is certainly positive to have the government clearly accepting that there is a plastic crisis, somewhat …
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On 20th of October I headed off to the Ethical Consumer 2017 conference in London with my good friend and colleague Mark. It is the third year I’ve attended and this years theme – Challenging Corporate Power in a Changing Political Landscape – really hit the button. Where Does It Come From? has a key ethos of …
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London Fashion Week….. London Fashion Week 2017 has just finished – a frantic festival of catwalk shows and new designs. But it’s not just about style and glamour, fashion is big business – the UK fashion industry contributed £28billion to the economy last year and supported 880,000 UK jobs (Oxford Economics). It’s popular too – …
by Jo Salter and Rachel Forcella (Forcella Content Marketing) Who doesn’t own a pair of jeans? Invented in 1873 by Jacob Davis and Levi Strauss (sound familiar?), jeans have gone from being the workwear of farm labourers and miners during the American gold rush to a staple of virtually everyone’s wardrobe. In the UK alone …
10 Reasons Why Shopping Ethically for Clothes Is Easier Than Ever Before! Great news – the ethical market in the UK is growing! This is a big relief for those of us who shop ethically as it is now simpler for us to buy our sackcloth dresses and rag rugs (yes, I am joking). According to the Ethical …
People like me often talk (bang on) about ethical clothes and the benefits for those people creating them and for our planet too. That’s all very well but, let’s face it, however altruistic we are feeling, most of us want to know what’s in it for us. Well here are five good reasons why it …
Five Reasons why it’s better FOR YOU to buy Ethical Clothes Read More »
Trusted Clothes (www.trustedclothes.com) kindly asked us for a Guest Blog – click the link below to read it! Meeting Our Makers – A Guest Blog for Trusted Clothes Published July 11, 2016 & Filed in Jo Media,Jo’s Soapbox,Media Coverage,Where Does It Come From? Blog