{"id":27615,"date":"2022-06-20T13:25:16","date_gmt":"2022-06-20T13:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/kornit-blog-org\/?p=27615"},"modified":"2023-10-25T10:41:50","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T10:41:50","slug":"on-curbing-fashion-anarchy-in-the-u-k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kornit.com\/magazine\/on-curbing-fashion-anarchy-in-the-u-k\/","title":{"rendered":"On Curbing Fashion Anarchy in the U.K."},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

According to this recent item in WWD<\/em><\/a>, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson recently brought together key government and fashion industry leaders to an event at 10 Downing Street in which \u00a380 million was committed to fund an initiative for sustainable, circular fashion production in the United Kingdom. The event represents the culmination of a campaign driven by the British Fashion Council, whose chair, Stephanie Phair, described their motivations as such:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cThe fashion industry is a big part of the problem, so we must be a big part of the solution. We need to address how we design, source, produce, ship, market product, shop and deal with waste that currently goes to landfill.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

These allocations, which will fund a 10-year Fashion Industry Sustainable Change Program to \u201ccreate a world-leading, circular fashion ecosystem with innovation and creativity front and center,\u201d are another indication government authorities across the industrialized world are taking action in pursuit of more responsible, conscientious production models that eliminate waste and many of the unsettling byproducts that waste brings \u2013 from excessive landfills to air pollution to contaminated drinking water, all the way up to opaque supply chains exploiting unfair labor practices and human rights abuses.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Here at Kornit, we applaud these efforts, and believe these goals can be achieved today with effective strategies that combine:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n