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Tuesday, April 21, 2009 from 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM (GMT)
Sustainable sourcing is not just essential for the
future of the environment and the people behind fashion- it also makes
commercial sense.
This masterclass will allow you to look in depth with experts and practitioners at the manufacturing challenges facing your business. Explore the options available to you to manufacture in a way that maximises benefits to people and minimises impact on the environment.
Masterclass: Sustainable Manufacture
This will be facilitated by Paul Yuille, THTC and Prama Bhadwaj, Mantis World.
Tuesday 21st April, 2-5pm at Rich Mix
Register now to secure your space.
This masterclass looks in more depth at topics discussed in the seminar on sustainable manufacture on the 17th March.
Paul Yuille trained as a designer but has extensive production management experience in the mainstream fashion industry, having supplied and produced designs for practically everyone on the UK High St. He was Head of Design and Production at Hemp pioneers THTC, and is well versed on bringing in on time and budget and believes that by improving the methods of communication with suppliers and manufacturers many production issues can be avoided. Additionally he lectures at Central St Martins College and Chelsea School of Art and Design in both Product development and Textile design.
Prama Bhardwaj is founder and Managing Director of Mantis World – importers and wholesalers of ethically sourced clothing. Launched in 1999 they work primarily with their family-owned vertical mill in Tanzania employing over 2000 workers and offer a fully transparent supply chain certified by GOTS and compliant with BSCI. Other supply routes include textile mills in Turkey for fast production, operating on the same criteria of sustainability and transparency.
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All events are an opportunity to make valuable contacts to facilitate sustainable sourcing. To support this, we have created a social networking site so that all event participants can make contact before and after events. Registration for any event will give you an invite to join the online forum specific to the topic of the event.
The series includes:
1. Evening seminars on the 3rd
Tuesday of every month (excluding fashion weeks) featuring
presentations by leading practitioners and experts, updates from
suppliers, and structured networking.
2. Masterclasses for
smaller groups, going into more depth on each of the issues raised by
seminars. Run by experts and practitioners.
Register for each evening seminar separately for
£10,
or for the whole year , (9 sessions) for £70 plus free membership of
the Ethical Fashion Forum. This offer includes registration for evening
seminars and access to social network, but not masterclasses, which
need to be paid for separately.
Masterclasses allow you to focus and work through sourcing challenges faced by your business, and cost from £25 to attend.
Register for the whole Spotlight on Sourcing EVENING SEMINAR series
Spotlight on Sourcing Programme 2009
20th January , 6.30-8.30, Rich Mix
Seminar: Sustainable fabrics & components
REGISTER NOW
February
Seminar programme at Pure and surgeries at Estethica- join the mailing list for updates
17th March
2-5pm Masterclass- sustainable fabrics & components
REGISTER NOW
6.30-8.30 Seminar - Sustainable manufacture- getting it right
REGISTER NOW
21st April
2-5pm Masterclass: Sustainable manufacture- getting it right
REGISTER NOW
6.30-8.30 Seminar and networking: Working with small cooperatives
REGISTER NOW
19th May
Masterclass: Working with small cooperatives
REGISTER NOW
WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS FROM MAY
Masterclasses and seminars will take place on the 19th May, 23rd June, 21st July, and 18th August.
We would like to take your lead on the content of these workshops and seminars.
The following topics have been suggested:
Certifications and standards
Sourcing from China
Sourcing from Africa
Sourcing from India
Please send an email to fashion+@ethicalfashionforum.com to register your interest in any of these of to make other suggestions.
Fashion+
is a DfID funded project aimed at reducing poverty and creating
sustainable livelihoods in the supply chains to the UK fashion industry.
The project will do this through:
1.Increasing
understanding of development issues amongst fashion professionals, in
particular the opportunities for poverty reduction
2.Providing the tools and resources fashion professionals need to make informed choices in their working roles
The
project aims to integrate training on development, poverty reduction
and sustainable livelihood creation as a core part of all fashion
business training in the UK
The Ethical Fashion Forum (EFF) is a new kind of trade association for the fashion industry, led by businesses, for businesses, and focused on social and environmental sustainability.
The Ethical Fashion Forum aims to facilitate broad and fundamental change towards better practices in the fashion industry within the next 10 years.
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