Press Conference: Climate x Worker Rights | Remake | #NoNewClothes Challenge
June 9, 2023
|By AFWA TEAM
Press Conference: Climate x Worker Rights | Remake | #NoNewClothes Challenge
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On the occasion of the launch of the #NoNewClothes challenge, Remake invited a panel of experts to discuss how the fashion industry’s overproduction issues are causing frontline impacts, such as flooding and climate erosion, as well as human rights impacts.
Date: 31st May 2023
Time: 12 pm EST / 9.30 pm IST / 11 pm ICT
Hear from our distinguished speakers:
- Dr. Hakan Karaosman, Professor and Award-Winning Researcher focusing on supply chain sustainability, Cardiff University
- Wiranta Ginting, Deputy International Coordinator, Asia Floor Wage Alliance (AFWA)
- Nat Kelly, Actress and activist
- Moderated by Ayesha Barenblat, Remake
Wiranta Ginting from AFWA spoke on the connection between the climate emergency and labour rights, with a special connection to ensuring garment workers receive living wages.