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Video: Kate Gilmore | The Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 70

The deputy high commissioner for human rights at the UN Human Rights Office reflects on the nature of human dignity at the Business of Fashion Voices conference. Source: Youtube, UN

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Fashion

UN to form alliance to make fashion more sustainable

UN Environment - the United Nations’ agency assisting countries in implementing environmentally sound policies and practices - is set to launch an alliance on Sustainable Fashion in March. The alliance aims to encourage governments, NGOs and the private sectors to reduce fashion’s negative social, economical and environmental impact. According...

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​Next generation of fashion leaders to deliver UN resolution

London - The fashion industry is said to thrive on change, but it's the industry's future leaders who aim to bring around the biggest change by making sustainable fashion the new norm. Next week is set to see the next generation of fashion leaders come together at the Copenhagen Fashion Summit to draft and negotiate the first-ever United Nations...

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​Next generation of fashion leaders to deliver debut UN resolution

London - The fashion industry is said to thrive on change, but its the industry's future leaders who aim to bring around the biggest change by making sustainable fashion the new norm. Next week is set to see the next generation of fashion leaders come together at the Copenhagen Fashion Summit to draft and negotiate the first-ever United Nations...

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H&M encouraging suppliers to pay workers digitally

Swedish retail group H&M is encouraging its suppliers to pay their workers digitally through mobile money or other digital forms, rather than cash, after becoming the first fashion brand to join the United Nations' Better Than Cash Alliance. By paying workforces digitally it will help improve the lives of nearly 2 million workers, said H&M, as...

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Fashion

Benetton to donate proceeds from orange dress to UN Women

London - United Colors of Benetton is celebrating the UN International Day for the Elimination of Violence with a special limited edition orange dress that will raise money for UN Women. The sweater dress is on sale for 109.90 pounds on the retailer’s website, and all the proceeds will be entirely donated to UN Women, to support the United...

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Fashion

Benetton teams up with the UN to end violence against women

Italian fashion group United Colors of Benetton has partnered up with the United Nations and has launched a new institutional campaign to mark November 25 – the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. The goal of their campaign, which was created by Fabrica the group' s communication research center, is to promote...

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