The Imperative of Equal Partnership for Sustainable Fashion

Kim van der Weerd
May 8, 2020 · 5 min read

Suppliers are the experts on sustainability, yet their silence is deafening. The industry needs to ask itself why.

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The fashion industry’s focus on transparency as an answer to our sustainability woes encourages a culture of control over equal partnership. This critique naturally…

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