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Social Goods | Child Refugees Working in Sweatshops, Fast Fashion's Sustainability Formula

This week, Syrian refugee children found working in sweatshops and fast fashion companies try to reduce their environmental costs.
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  • Helena Pike

"The Kids Who Have to Sew to Survive" (BBC)
"One basement workshop was almost entirely staffed with children, many of whom couldn't have been more than seven or eight years old, the very picture of Dickensian misery."

"Style That's Sustainable: A New Fast-Fashion Formula" (McKinsey & Co.)
"Stylish, affordable clothing has been a hit with shoppers. Now companies are trying to reduce its social and environmental costs."

"Forget Organic, Retailers Increasingly Are Turning to Sustainable Cotton" (Bloomberg)
"Major brands have increased their use of so-called Better Cotton."

"#GrabYourWallet: Angry Women Are Boycotting Ivanka Trump's Fashion Range as She Defends Donald" (The Telegraph)
"Women are boycotting Ivanka Trump's fashion range, in protest at her continued support of her father's presidential campaign."

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"The New "It Girls" of Fashion and Music: Ladies Over 60" (Quartz)
"Marketers are increasingly targeting the world's fastest growing consumer group, people over 60, and it's fuelling a transformation in fashion and entertainment."

"Flotsam and Fashion: Recycler of 'Ghost' Fishing Nets Makes Marine Litter Trendy" (The Guardian)
"Last year a company set up by an Italian former scuba recycled more than 5,000 tons of discarded nets into nylon for apparel brands including Speedo."

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