Daniel Nikolov 12/13/24 Daniel Nikolov 12/13/24

A Label For Pressing Sustainability And Social Issues

On November 6^th 2024 UCRF held its first event of Action Season Two, this time with a point of departure of a suggestion for a new apparel label from one of our members.

Daniel Nikolov 12/13/24 Daniel Nikolov 12/13/24

Path Breakers—Path Finders: Suzanne Lee

As part of the UCRF initiative ‘Path Breakers — Path Finders’ series, we want to include Suzanne Lee.

Vinit Jain 12/12/24 Vinit Jain 12/12/24

Dinah Awino Kawino

Our fifteenth member of the month is Dinah Awino Kawino.

Hakan Karaosman 7/23/24 Hakan Karaosman 7/23/24

Impact Action: Gearing Research into Practice: The UCRF Research Tapestry

UCRF Research Tapestry Workshop 2 Blog Post 2: Impact Beyond Publications

Hakan Karaosman 7/23/24 Hakan Karaosman 7/23/24

Spinning Ahead: The UCRF Research Tapestry

UCRF Research Tapestry Workshop 2 Blog Post 1: Spinning Ahead

Hakan Karaosman 5/8/24 Hakan Karaosman 5/8/24

Wardrobe Methods Event Summary

Hakan Karaosman 4/11/24 Hakan Karaosman 4/11/24

Weaving the Threads: The UCRF Research Tapestry

Join us on a journey to shape the field of fashion sustainability through research! Introducing the UCRF Research Tapestry—an interdisciplinary exploration of the roots and possible futures of inquiries into transforming the textile- and apparel sector.

Amy Twigger Holroyd 12/9/23 Amy Twigger Holroyd 12/9/23

UCRF Earthshot Prize Nominations

We present our nominations for the 2024 Earthshot Prize and share some of the work leading up to deciding on the two nominations.

Amy Twigger Holroyd 5/26/23 Amy Twigger Holroyd 5/26/23

Emi Englis

Our fourteenth member of the month is sustainability designer and educator Emi Englis.

Hakan Karaosman 4/11/23 Hakan Karaosman 4/11/23

Supplier Inclusion Is Key to Climate Action

We define just transition as inclusive, holistic, and equitable actions led by people and communities to disrupt and transform market-based, capitalist systems that perpetuate social and environmental problems. Supplier inclusion and plural social dialogues are strong antecedents to just and fair climate action.

Kate Fletcher 4/1/23 Kate Fletcher 4/1/23

Worker-centric pricing

An invitation to UCRF members to conduct an exercise on Worker-centric pricing as part of commemoration of the 10 year anniversary of Rana Plaza.

Amy Twigger Holroyd 3/1/23 Amy Twigger Holroyd 3/1/23

Matrixes, Policy and Some Possible Ways Forward

Introducing a spiderogram tool from the Indexes Working Group – an alternative way of measuring sustainability in fashion – and announcing the merger of three working groups.