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Meet | The Better Packaging Co.
Meet | The Better Packaging Co.
Recap | Copenhagen Youth Fashion Summit
Recap | Copenhagen Youth Fashion Summit
NORTH | THE WARLU COLLECTION
NORTH | THE WARLU COLLECTION
Notes from Copenhagen | Part 1
Notes from Copenhagen | Part 1
Outland Denim | The Social Denim
Outland Denim | The Social Denim
TOMMY HILFIGER | Social Innovation Challenge
TOMMY HILFIGER | Social Innovation Challenge
Copenhagen Fashion Summit
Copenhagen Fashion Summit
Pulse of The Fashion Industry 2018 Report
Pulse of The Fashion Industry 2018 Report
Fashion Revolution | Transparency Index 2018
Fashion Revolution | Transparency Index 2018
Help Grant a Wish in Style! 
Help Grant a Wish in Style! 
Who Made My Clothes? | Merino Country
Who Made My Clothes? | Merino Country
Who Made My Clothes? | Nico Underwear
Who Made My Clothes? | Nico Underwear
Baptist World Aid | 2018 Ethical Fashion Guide
Baptist World Aid | 2018 Ethical Fashion Guide
Jeanswest | Committed to Transparency
Jeanswest | Committed to Transparency
CUTPIECE | A.BCH for Fashion Revolution
CUTPIECE | A.BCH for Fashion Revolution
Fashion Revolution Week is Coming!
Fashion Revolution Week is Coming!
Coreprêt. Lunch Box. 06.04.18
Coreprêt. Lunch Box. 06.04.18
VAMFF Offsite Runway | Remuse presents 'Equinox V Vênus'
VAMFF Offsite Runway | Remuse presents 'Equinox V Vênus'
Melbourne Retail Festival | Seminar Series
Melbourne Retail Festival | Seminar Series
Gendry Morales | Merging Fashion & Technology and her collaboration with A.BCH
Gendry Morales | Merging Fashion & Technology and her collaboration with A.BCH
Sustainable Living Festival Presents 'Wardrobe Crisis'
Sustainable Living Festival Presents 'Wardrobe Crisis'
The Australian Circular Fashion Conference
The Australian Circular Fashion Conference
What Does it Mean to be a Sustainable Fashion Label?
What Does it Mean to be a Sustainable Fashion Label?
Water in the Fashion Supply Chain | Seminar
Water in the Fashion Supply Chain | Seminar
KINSHIP. RAGS. RUNWAYS.
KINSHIP. RAGS. RUNWAYS.
MEET | THE SOCIAL OUTFIT
MEET | THE SOCIAL OUTFIT
Fashion Industry Health Check | Closing The Loop
Fashion Industry Health Check | Closing The Loop
Pulse of the Fashion Industry Report | 2017
Pulse of the Fashion Industry Report | 2017
Fibreshed | Local Fibre Knitalong & Yarn Providers
Fibreshed | Local Fibre Knitalong & Yarn Providers
Fast Fashion - The Dark Side of Fashion | 21 July - 9 September
Fast Fashion - The Dark Side of Fashion | 21 July - 9 September

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Festival of Natural Dyes | 2018
Natural Dye Conference
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Natural Dye Conference
 
 
 
 
 

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Meet Lisa Kjerulf, part of our @ausfashioncouncil team and one of the few students from Australia to join this year’s Copenhagen Youth Fashion Summit! Catch her recap up on the blog 👌 ⠀ ⠀ “I would encourage anyone with a vested interest in how fashion can actively participate in the improved health and wellbeing of our planet to participate with next year’s cohort. It doesn’t matter if you don’t come from a fashion background. In fact, people from all backgrounds should be attending – engineering, environment, sciences, politics, technology, business, marketing, arts, etc – to collaborate and challenge the future of fashion with new ways of thinking.”⠀ ⠀ ⠀ @copenhagenfashionsummit #ausfashioncouncil #sustainablefashion
Meet | The @betterpackagingco 🙌⠀ ⠀ ⠀ “A healthier solution for the planet has always (and always will be) our reason for being in business. Our challenge now is to find the best solutions possible, to understand their full lifecycle impact on the environment, and to communicate that effectively with our customers.”⠀ ⠀ “It’s been a rollercoaster already. We have been super-excited about products only to do our research and find out that some of the key environmental claims were false or at least weren’t practically possible. Ironically though, it’s been these ‘failures’ that have driven us to keep searching and eventually find something even better!”⠀ ⠀ ⠀ On the blog - Peter Naughton caught up with NZ start up, The Better Packaging Co. 🙌⠀ ⠀ ⠀⠀ #sustainability #sustainabilityportal #ausfashioncouncil #sustainablefashion @peterwilliamnaughton
In a unique collaboration with the United Nations Global Compact and PANDORA, this year’s focus was turned to two specific Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) – SDG-3 Good Health & Wellbeing and SDG-5 Gender Equality. For three solid days, the students workshopped to set some strategic demands for decision-makers in the fashion industry... addressing each SDG through different lenses in the form of capitals – natural, social, human and manufacturing... Catch the recap of the Copenhagen Youth Fashion Summit from Lisa Kjerulf on the blog 👌 @copenhagenfashionsummit #sustainablefashion #ausfashioncouncil @kjercreate__ @blu_nude
In collaboration with @EthicalClothingAustralia (ECA), we'd like to welcome @ausfashioncouncil members and ECA accredited companies to an exclusive afternoon session on Ethical Fashion and Manufacturing⚡️⠀ ⠀⠀ ECA's National Manager, Angela Bell, will be joined by a panel of industry experts; John Condilis of @nobodydenim, Margie Woods of @viktoriaandwoods and Julia Van Der Sommen of @sampleroom 👌⠀ ⠀⠀ Topics to be covered include; ⠀⠀ - The state of the industry and how it’s changing ✔️⠀ - “How To’s” in creating a responsible supply chain and utilising local manufacturing ✔️⠀ - Ways that your business can be supported in this journey ✔️⠀ ⠀ ⠀ WHERE | @lcimelbourne ⠀ WHEN | 3.30 - 6.00pm, 2nd August 2018⠀⠀ RSVP | via Eventbrite, places are limited and for AFC members and ECA accredited companies.⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ #ethicalfashion #ethicalclothingaustralia #australianfashion #fashionsupplychain #fashionbusiness #afcmembers #ausfashioncouncil ⠀
A two day event for industry on the creation and use of Australian botanical colour in textiles? YES PLEASE. Join @fibreshedmelbourne for the Natural Dye Conference, bringing the textile industry together to connect with natural dye services and expertise on August 31st and September 1st 2018 in Melbourne. Connect with professionals in farming, processing, manufacturing or researching natural dyes.... More details and tickets available via Eventbrite. Don't miss out! #NATURALDYECONFERENCE buff.ly/2NlW1uB
In collaboration with @EthicalClothingAustralia (ECA), we'd like to welcome AFC members and ECA accredited companies to an exclusive afternoon session on Ethical Fashion and Manufacturing⚡️⠀ ⠀⠀ ECA's National Manager, Angela Bell, will be joined by a panel of industry experts; John Condilis of @nobodydenim, Margie Woods of @viktoriaandwoods and Julia Van Der Sommen of @sampleroom 👌⠀ ⠀⠀ Topics to be covered include; ⠀⠀ - The state of the industry and how it’s changing ✔️⠀ - “How To’s” in creating a responsible supply chain and utilising local manufacturing ✔️⠀ - Ways that your business can be supported in this journey ✔️⠀ ⠀ ⠀ WHERE | @lcimelbourne ⠀ WHEN | 3.30 - 6.00pm, 2nd August 2018⠀⠀ RSVP | via Eventbrite, places are limited and for AFC members and ECA accredited companies.⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ #ethicalfashion #ethicalclothingaustralia #australianfashion #fashionsupplychain #fashionbusiness #afcmembers #ausfashioncouncil ⠀📸 @viktoriaandwoods
In collaboration with @EthicalClothingAustralia (ECA), we'd like to welcome AFC members and ECA accredited companies to an exclusive afternoon session on Ethical Fashion and Manufacturing⚡️⠀ ⠀⠀ ECA's National Manager, Angela Bell, will be joined by a panel of industry experts; John Condilis of @nobodydenim, Margie Woods of @viktoriaandwoods and Julia Van Der Sommen of @sampleroom 👌⠀ ⠀⠀ Topics to be covered include; ⠀⠀ - The state of the industry and how it’s changing ✔️⠀ - “How To’s” in creating a responsible supply chain and utilising local manufacturing ✔️⠀ - Ways that your business can be supported in this journey ✔️⠀ ⠀ ⠀ WHERE | @lcimelbourne ⠀ WHEN | 3.30 - 6.00pm, 2nd August 2018⠀⠀ RSVP | via Eventbrite, places are limited and for AFC members and ECA accredited companies.⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ #ethicalfashion #ethicalclothingaustralia #australianfashion #fashionsupplychain #fashionbusiness #afcmembers #ausfashioncouncil 📸 @sampleroom
In collaboration with @EthicalClothingAustralia (ECA), we'd like to welcome AFC members and ECA accredited companies to an exclusive afternoon session on Ethical Fashion and Manufacturing⚡️⠀ ⠀⠀ ECA's National Manager, Angela Bell, will be joined by a panel of industry experts; John Condilis of @nobodydenim, Margie Woods of @viktoriaandwoods and Julia Van Der Sommen of @sampleroom 👌⠀ ⠀⠀ Topics to be covered include; ⠀⠀ - The state of the industry and how it’s changing ✔️⠀ - “How To’s” in creating a responsible supply chain and utilising local manufacturing ✔️⠀ - Ways that your business can be supported in this journey ✔️⠀ ⠀ ⠀ WHERE | @lcimelbourne ⠀ WHEN | 3.30 - 6.00pm, 2nd August 2018⠀⠀ RSVP | via Eventbrite, places are limited and for AFC members and ECA accredited companies.⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ #ethicalfashion #ethicalclothingaustralia #australianfashion #fashionsupplychain #fashionbusiness #afcmembers #ausfashioncouncil 📸 @nobodydenim
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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