May in Fashion, Condensed.
Sustainable sale for Palestine, jasmine farms supplying perfume brands linked to child labour, decoupling profits from production, and unlocking the DPP.
Hello there,
A short intro from me this month! There are so many interesting stories, reports, podcasts and more to sink your teeth into below. Today, I’ll let the content do the talking.
See you at the end of June,
Meg
Things I Did Write
Jasmine Farms Supplying Estée Lauder and L’Oréal Linked to Child Labour for Vogue Business
A new BBC documentary found children as young as five picking jasmine from 3am in an Egyptian village responsible for producing 75 per cent of the country’s jasmine.
Things I Didn’t Write
Gaza Tailors Take In Clothes As Palestinians Go Hungry by Mohammad Salem for Reuters
How To Sell Sustainable Fashion, Sustainably by Bella Webb for Vogue Business
Fraud Rife On Secondhand Marketplaces Depop, Preloved, And Shpock by Zoe Wood for The Guardian
Interviews With Factory Employees Refute Shein’s Promises To Make Improvements by Oliver Classen and David Hachfeld for Public Eye
Can Fashion Decouple Profits from Production? by Jasmin Malik Chua for Sourcing Journal
Too Good To Be True: The Greenwashers’ Box Of Tricks by Andreas Hoepner for the Financial Times
10 Years After ‘Who Made My Clothes,’ Is It Time for a New Question? by Jasmin Malik Chua for Sourcing Journal
Special Report: Behind the Math of Artisanal Labour by Shefalee Vasudev for the Voice of Fashion
Castoffs To Catwalk: Fashion Show Shines Light On Vast Chile Clothes Dump Visible From Space by Sarah Johnson for The Guardian
What Is Collective Bargaining? Why It’s Central To Labour Justice by Amy Miles for Good On You
The To-Do List
Journalist Sophie Benson has launched Sustainable Sale for Panelistine to raise money for the grassroots organisation Operation Olive Branch, which supports Gazan families. Follow the IG account set up by Sophie for more information on the sale, and donate directly to Operation Olive Branch below.
Unlocking DPP by TrusTrace
TrusTrace’s latest playbook is all about Digital Product Passports, a key requirement within the Ecodesign for Sustainable Product Regulation, which will standardise how sustainability efforts are measured. Written by Brooke Roberts-Islam, it’s a one-stop shop to understand the DPP.
Clean Energy Close Up by Stand Earth
The 2024 Clean Energy Close Up provides an in-depth analysis of the tangible progress of 11 of the most influential global fashion brands. Their performance is measured against the runway to an equitable fossil fuel phase-out by 2030 on criteria related to energy efficiency and renewable energy, drawing in data shared publicly by manufacturers in their supply chains.