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Zero waste good practices in fashion: call for submission

The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), in its seventy-seventh session, adopted the resolution “Promoting zero-waste initiatives to advance the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” on 14 December 2022, which proclaims 30 March as the International Day of Zero Waste (hereafter Zero Waste Day), to be observed annually. The resolution...

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Fast Retailing and UNHCR celebrate 10th anniversary of ‘Power of Clothing Project’

Japanese retail holding company Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. celebrates the 10th anniversary of its ‘Power of Clothing Project’ in collaboration with UNHCR, which encourages students to collect discarded children’s clothing in order to give them to refugee children in need. The project first launched in 2013, with a total of about 380,000 students...

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What to know about the UN’s Xinjiang human rights report

The United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) published a detailed report following its assessment of China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, in which it said that “serious human rights violations have been committed”. The region, which produces around a fifth of the world’s cotton, has been the subject of an increasing...

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Polimoda joins United Nations Conscious Fashion and Lifestyle Network

Florentine fashion school Polimoda has teamed up with the United Nations Office for Partnerships (UN) to join its UN Conscious Fashion and Lifestyle Network. Polimoda is the first academic institution to join the online platform. It was created with the objective of connecting key industry stakeholders, media and governments globally to speed-up...

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2021 is the year of the Creative Economy for Sustainable Development

The time, as they say, is now. After a year of pandemic-induced lockdowns, there couldn’t be a better time to appreciate the creative economy, says the United Nations. This is why the world’s leading intergovernmental organisation has marked 2021 as the International Year of the Creative Economy for Sustainable Development. UNCTAD, alongside...

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Model Natalia Vodianova named new UN women's health envoy

United Nations, United States - Russian supermodel Natalia Vodianova travels the world working for luxury fashion brands such as Balmain and Stella McCartney, and now as a United Nations’ goodwill ambassador she’ll be promoting a new global message about normalizing discussions on women’s reproductive and sexual health. Vodianova was named as a...

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Lululemon partners with United Nations Foundation

Lululemon wants to promote mental and physical health. The athleticwear brand has partnered with the United Nations Foundation on an initiative to address the health of UN Humanitarian Aid workers. The Canada-based brand will commit 1 million U.S. dollars over the next three years to Peace on Purpose, which is an evidence-based program that...

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United Nations at Coterie launches sustainability campaign

A new partnership between the U.N., UBM Fashion, ReMode, and SheTrades launched at Coterie with a prosecco toast and a special installation featuring brands which promote the initiative’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals' Conscious Fashion Campaign aims to harness the power of retailers, media and...

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Victoria Beckham named International Goodwill Ambassador

Fashion designer Victoria Beckham has been appointed as an International Goodwill Ambassador by the joint United Nations Programme on HIV/Aids, UNAIDS. Announced at an event held during the 69th United Nations General Assembly in New York, Beckham’s new role as Ambassador will see her working towards ensuring that all children are born free from...