Courses in Sustainable Fashion:

A thorough foundational knowledge of the issues driving sustainable and ethical fashion today, focusing on workers, nature, materials and waste.

Explored how clothes are made, how global garment supply chains work and what impact clothes have on the environment and people working across the industry.
How we need to collaborate to build strategies for change and engage brands to improve their supply chains and share more information on their commitments, goals and progress around their human rights and environmental impacts.

Broadened my knowledge on sustainable fashion, sustainable business models, circular economy and related concepts.

Helped me to understand the challenges and opportunities brands face when they try to create or transition into sustainable business models.
Taught me the basic vocabulary and tools to discuss sustainable business models’ ideas and concepts in the context of fashion.
Inspired me with case examples from the fashion industry, and gave me the details of their innovative and sustainable business models.

How the fashion industry works, how we interact with it and the impacts it has on people and planet.
The Sustainable Development Goals and how they relate to the clothes we wear.
Fair Trade/Ethical trade and why it is essential to international development and human rights.
Global fashion supply chains, how they work and how they can have a more positive impact on people and planet.
Gender equality, women’s empowerment and how it links to the clothes we wear.
Decent work and economic growth, what this means in the global fashion industry and what we can do to support good working conditions.
The environmental impacts of the clothes we wear and how we can support better conservation and protection of the planet and its natural resources.