Audience with Government regarding impacts of modern slavery on fashion supply chains
We had various meetings in 2020, including with the Immigration Minister, regarding the impacts of modern slavery on fashion supply chains.
Daily Government briefings
We have daily briefings with the government on behalf of the diverse needs of the industry, across all relevant Whitehall departments.
Secretariat for the only two Governmental APPGs representing our sector
As Secretariat for the APPG for Textiles and Fashion, and the APPG for Ethics and Sustainability, we represent the UK fashion and textile industry with the only two All-Party Parliamentary Groups for the sector. Our work relates to the fashion industry across manufacturing, design, retail, innovation, ethics and environmental.
Read more here about our work for Ethics and Sustainability in Fashion APPG
Reopening of the Fixing Fashion Inquiry
We successfully lobbied the Environment Audit Committee to reopen their Fixing Fashion Inquiry.
Cleaning Up Fashion Report, July 2021
Our Cleaning Up Fashion report on environmental and ethical impacts, read by numerous parliamentarians and stakeholders, with a commitment to meet the relevant minister this Autumn.
The Follow-up Brexit Report, 2021
Further insight provided, following up on our first report to offer insights and solutions in light of Brexit impacts on the fashion industry.
'Don’t Make Fashion History' campaign
Our Don’t Make Fashion History campaign successfully gave a voice to the industry in the Brexit negotiations leading to a meeting with the relevant government minister and with a global reach of over 2.2bn in the media.
Brexit Report, 2018
The first report to offer insights and solutions in light of Brexit impacts on the fashion industry.
Policy Advisors for the Emergency Designer Network (EDN) and British Textiles Consortium
During the PPE crisis we worked together with founders of the EDN, Holly Fulton, Bethany Williams, Phoebe English, Cozette McCreery, leading to a 70% made in the UK PPE commitment by the UK Government. In addition we distributed 50K Dazed donated masks: 15K to the Pregnancy Advisory Service and the remainder to hospitals, hospices and social groups such as BLK UK.
Representation & Inclusion Report, July 2021
The first report with policy recommendations to support diversity and inclusion commitments for the fashion industry.
Bectu agreement
As of January 2020, Bectu, the Broadcasting, Entertainment, Communications and Theatre Union, agreed to represent fashion assistants for the first time.