Title

Fair Labour and the Living Wage with Auret van Heerden

Contributor Names

Fashion Institute of Technology (New York, N.Y.). School of Art and Design

Fashion Institute of Technology (New York, N.Y.). Fashion Design Department

Fashion Institute of Technology (New York, N.Y.). School of Graduate Studies

Brown, Sass

Van Heerden, Auret

Cipriani, Simone

Date

2016:03-15

Description

The fair labor agenda is a set of implementable guidelines for basic conditions that provide dignity in the workplace. The Fair Labor Association has put fair labor and living wage standards into practice at a range of iconic brands, including Apple. Auret van Heerden has supported the EFI in applying the fair labor agenda to all its projects. Auret van Heerden is the Labor Expert and Director at Equiception.

The Hand of Fashion series brings together industry leaders in sustainable fashion practices, as well as friends and collaborators of the Ethical Fashion Initiative (EFI). The EFI is a United Nations program that connects and enables artisans in developing countries to work directly with top fashion brands on an ongoing basis. Having worked with some of the most innovative fashion designers around the world, the EFI has developed a set of pioneering sustainable practices for the fashion industry. The EFI also mentors new designers from Africa and collaborates with high-end retailers all over the world.

Simone Cipriani, the founder of EFI, presents the various aspects of sustainability in fashion through conversations with a number of key industry experts, managers, and designers. All the guests have collaborated with the EFI, and each bring different aspects of innovation in sustainable fashion to their work.

The series of discussions are intended to widen the understanding of sustainability in fashion design and to enable and encourage sustainable thinking as part of fashion, which will help establish a new normal in the industry.

This panel is introduced by Sass Brown, Associate Dean, School of Art and Design at FIT.

Type

Moving Image

Subject

Fashion design

Fashion shows

Clothing trade

Sustainable design

Sustainability

Environmental impact analysis

Labor laws and legislation

Living wage movement

Fair Labor Association

Rights

In Copyright

This video was produced by the Fashion Institute of Technology ("FIT") and is the property of FIT. FIT expressly prohibits the copying, displaying, or uploading to a website of any portion of this video, except for the purposes of fair use as defined in the copyright laws, without express written permission from FIT. This video has been made available online by the Fashion Institute of Technology Gladys Marcus Library strictly for research and educational purposes. If you are the copyright holder for content in this video and have any objections to this work being made available online, please notify us immediately at [email protected].

Identifier

FIT Repository ID: aod_000418