Fashion Takes Action Blog
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We are Canada's premiere non-profit organization, established in 2007 to advance sustainability, ethics, and circularity in the entire fashion system. Our role is to remove barriers to sustainability through education, awareness, research, and collaboration. We support and encourage diversity, equity and inclusion.
Fashion Takes Action Blog
4d ago
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is a policy tool which shifts pressure onto producers to take responsibility for the entire lifecycle of their products (including end of life management ..read more
Fashion Takes Action Blog
2M ago
** THIS IS A REMOTE POSITION. CANDIDATES MUST BE BASED IN CANADA. Title: Circularity Program Manager Job Overview: Fashion Takes Action (FTA) is seeking a highly organized and experienced Program Manager to lead and coordinate projects across the Canadian Circular Textiles Consortium (CCTC). The Circularity Program Manager will work closely with FTA’s Founding Executive Director ..read more
Fashion Takes Action Blog
2M ago
We are currently seeking a Program Lead for our My Clothes My World youth education program. My Clothes My World is one of the only (if not the only) formal youth education programs that is curriculum aligned, to teach students (aged 8-17) on the social & environmental impacts of textiles and apparel. Created in 2014 ..read more
Fashion Takes Action Blog
3M ago
Greenwashing: What is it? Greenwashing is defined by Delmas and Burbano as “the intersection of two firm behaviours: poor environmental performance and positive communication about environmental performance”. The term greenwashing was first coined in an essay by ecologist Jay Westerveld in the late 80s. Next to the towel rack, he noticed a sign posted by ..read more
Fashion Takes Action Blog
5M ago
(COMING SOON)
FTA has been active in the circularity space for the past 8 years with work spanning from the Ontario Textile Diversion Collaborative, to our Textile Recycling Feasibility Report, followed by Canada’s first Textile Recycling Pilot and finally, the establishment of the Canadian Circular Textiles Consortium (CCTC) in 2023.
Now, we are pleased to announce that Fashion Takes Action will be partnering with the Canadian Circular Economy Summit in 2025, spearheading their first Textiles & Apparel Track in Montreal, April 15-17th ..read more
Fashion Takes Action Blog
5M ago
Fashion Takes Action Blog
5M ago
The Canadian Circular Textiles Consortium (CCTC) is a forum that connects all stakeholders in the value chain, to share knowledge, reduce duplication of efforts, and foster collective action to advance Canada’s transition to a circular textiles economy.
It aims to:
Foster collective action through sharing key learnings, resources, and research to enhance and accelerate circular initiatives and projects in the Canadian apparel and textile industry; and
Reduce duplication of industry efforts towards a common North Star ..read more
Fashion Takes Action Blog
5M ago
ReMode is where you come to learn how to keep your clothes in use for as long as possible through the 7R’s of Fashion. The event includes a marketplace with vendors focused on reuse, resale, repurposing, rental, and repair, a clothing swap, and talks featuring experts & influencers intended to help teach people how to reduce their fashion footprint.
ReMode was introduced as a way to fill an existing gap in accessible citizen education events in Toronto and beyond on the topic of circularity in fashion ..read more
Fashion Takes Action Blog
5M ago
During our pilot, we created a guidance document that details each phase of the project, including our key learnings and considerations for others interested in replicating or scaling. We then held a webinar to present & discuss key findings ..read more
Fashion Takes Action Blog
5M ago