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Society, Politics & Law
What is the 2015 Autumn Statement all about?
The OU's Alan Shipman offers a guide to the things to watch for when George Osborne presents his autumn statement this Wednesday.
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Money & Business
Too much of a good thing? Choice challenges in sustainable clothes shopping
With 460 eco-labels in 197 countries, how can we make sense of them all? Professor Marilyn Carrigan investigates the issue of the over-saturation and impact of eco-labels.
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Money & Business
George at Asda – What makes clothing ownership and use sustainable?
Catherine Watkins from George at Asda explains what the large business does to support sustainability.
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Money & Business
Sustainable Design – Innovative design techniques
Designer Rhiannon Hunt explains what the challenge of producing sustainable clothing adds to her experience of designing t-shirts.
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Money & Business
The challenges of ethical trading - perspective of a retailer
Derek Jackson gives the retail perspective on the impact of ethical trading in the clothing market.
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Money & Business
Standards for better cotton
The Better Cotton Initiative, BCI, is an organization looking at global cotton-production standards. Ruchira Joshi, one of the Programme Directors at BCI, explains what they do.
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Money & Business
Preparation dyeing and finishing
The look and feel of a t-shirt is important to consumers, and there are some key methods used to ensure that they are appealing. Andrew Filarowski explains what these entail.
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Money & Business
Colour fastness
What does a t shirt have to put up with in daily life and how do colours survive the wash? Andrew Filarowski, Deputy Chief Executive of the Society of Dyers and Colourists, takes a look at colour fastness.
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Money & Business
UK clothing manufacturing booms, but workers' rights lag behind
While the clothing industry in the UK has seen a leap forward in recent years, but the working conditions have yet to improve.
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Society, Politics & Law
Tackling systemic human and workers’ rights issues in garment supply chains
Martin Buttle, Apparel & Textiles Category Lead at ETI - The Ethical Trading initiative - talks about some of the things that ETI is doing to promote ethical dealing in the supply chain of garments.
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Nature & Environment
Do our clothes shopping habits require retail therapy?
Many of us are culprits when it comes to buying more clothes than we can possibly wear, but what harm could it do? Guest author Natalie Dukes explains her research into female attitudes towards the notion of buying fewer garments for sustainability.
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Nature & Environment
Mass production and the consequent devaluation of our clothes
What effect has mass production had on the way we see our clothes? Dr Patsy Perry discusses how our outlook has changed over time.