Show notes
In this episode, two experts who campaign on sustainability and workers’ rights help us to explore the gap between rhetoric and reality in the global fashion industry. Urška Trunk is Campaign Manager at the Changing Markets Foundation, a global campaigning organisation which addresses sustainability challenges using the power of markets.Paul Roeland is Transparency Coordinator at the Clean Clothes Campaign, a global network of unions and labour organisations focusing on working conditions in the garment industry. Good Corp, Bad Corp is produced by Speak Productions. The views expressed in this episode represent the interviewees’ own opinions and may not be shared by the podcast host or the production company. Speak Productions has no affiliation with the interviewees and has not paid guests to participate. Care was taken to ensure the accuracy of facts within the episode. This podcast is for informational purposes only. Thanks for listening to Good Corp, Bad Corp. If you enjoyed today’s episode, please remember to subscribe, rate and leave a review on your favourite podcast platform. And if you have ideas for future episodes, please get in touch via LinkedIn or at [email protected].~Speak Productions’ factchecking process highlighted additional statistics or indicated potential inconsistencies between information referenced in the podcast and online sources, which have been noted below.06:59 – McKinsey states that from 2000 to 2014, clothing production doubled and the number of garments purchased per capita increased by about 60%.12:06 – External sources, including Fashion United and Common Objective, reference various figures for the number of hours worked by garment workers per week.18:23 – According to the Changing Markets 2022 synthetics report, Burberry (alongside others) is listed as disclosing that it is investing in some form of initiative that is looking to accelerate fibre-to-fibre recycling.18:26 – The Changing Markets 2022 report suggests that in 2021, Sainsbury’s said 48% of its clothes contained synthetics.26:22 – Polyester reportedly overtook cotton as the most dominant fibre in 2002.26:54 – According to Fashion Revolution, the number of clothes purchased by the average consumer has increased 60% between 2000 and 2014, and the clothes are kept about only half as long.