The United Nations is partnering with the Nordic Fashion industry to address human rights, labor and environmental issues.The sector-specific initiative is a first-of-its kind effort under the UN’s Global Compact, an organization that works with businesses to ensure markets, commerce, technology and finance advance in ways that benefit economies and societies everywhere.
UN Launches First Industry-Specific Sustainability Initiative for Fashion
The United Nations is partnering with the Nordic Fashion industry to address human rights, labor and environmental issues.
The sector-specific initiative is a first-of-its kind effort under the UN’s Global Compact, an organization that works with businesses to ensure markets, commerce, technology and finance advance in ways that benefit economies and societies everywhere.
The UN will work with Nordic Initiative Clean and Ethical (NICE) to build on its existing mission of raising awareness and promoting responsible and sustainable business practices. NICE was created by the Nordic Fashion Association to discover and disseminate sustainability knowledge within the industry.
Eva Kruse, Chairman of the Nordic Fashion Association and CEO of the Danish Fashion Institute, said the partnership will develop a platform to unite small and medium-sized fashion companies around the world in tackling sustainability challenges in the industry.
“Fashion has historically had the capacity to affect the society as a whole, and therefore fashion is a great place to start building a new creative future aligned with the ecosystem we are all a part of,” Kruse said. “We look very much forward to engaging leading experts and leaders of international fashion companies in the work of creating a meaningful and ambitious tool for the global fashion industry.”
The new UN Global Compact & NICE Fashion Code will launch on May 3, 2012 in Copenhagen at the world’s largest summit on sustainability in fashion, the Copenhagen Fashion Summit.
Bart King is a PR consultant and principal of Cleantech Communications.
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Published Jan 26, 2012 12pm EST / 9am PST / 5pm GMT / 6pm CET