The Sustainable Fashion Toolkit
What is it?
The Sustainable Fashion Toolkit brings together hundreds of resources in an online platform forming a digital library where new material is constantly added. The information is grouped in categories and stages related to making a Sustainable Fashion Action Plan.
Focus on ‘making resources that already exist accessible and easy to use.’
Developed by the Canadian non-profit organization, Fashion Takes Action in collaboration with PwC a private global consultancy.
Platform overview
The Toolkit is structured in two learning sections, one with eight categories the other with five stages for making a Sustainable Fashion Action Plan.
Learn by Category: 1) Chemicals, 2) Climate Change, 3) Circular Economy, 4) Labour, 5) Materials, 6) Sustainable Development Goals, 7) Supply Chain Transparency, 8) Water.
Learn by Stage: 1) Define, 2) Plan, 3) Implement, 4) Monitor, 5) Report.
All resources are presented by an image and outlined with: Author, Title, Year, Description of why the resource is useful, Resource Type and Resource Link. A short description of the category or stage is given for each resource entry.
Relevance
The toolkit is relevant for tutors teaching fashion and textile design for sustainability in a global supply chain perspective. It is a comprehensive library of mainly reports authored by Business organisations, International organisations, Governmental initiatives and private / public NGO’s. The architecture of the platform is straightforward, easy to navigate and the search function a nice feature.
Target Group: Industry, Designers, Organizations, Students, Tutors
How it connects to the Pillars
Covers all 4 pillars, however most resources are related to the Environmental. Using the filter function leads to resources with links. Some resources are repeated in different categories.
Environmental – Chemicals, Climate change, Materials, Water
Economic – Circular Economy
Culture – SDG’s, Labour
Social – Supply Chain, Labour
Activity proposals
No activity has been developed in FashionSEEDS, but we recommend to introduce the platform to students as a library that is updated regularly.