Fast & Furious Fashion: How Europe Wants to Tackle the Industry's (Many) Problems

To round off our two-episode series on the state of the fashion industry today, we are taking a deep-dive into the current policies being discussed at EU level to tackle the environmental and social impacts of the industry. 

We welcome three amazing guests, Valérie Boiten, Senior Policy Officer, Ellen MacArthur Foundation, Saskia Bricmont, MEP, Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance and Katya Kruk, Impact & Innovation Director, Armed Angels, to discuss: 

• What major environmental and social legislations are on the EU table
• How we desperately need to shift our linear economic model to a circular one 
• How we must urgently discuss the overconsumption crisis we are facing 
• What tools we have to make such changes (EU directives, trade agreements, tariffs etc.)

Both Valérie Boiten and Saskia Bricmont take us through the policy work happening behind the scenes and it's so fascinating to hear both from civil society and political actors and how they are both striving in their own way to create impactful change. 

Katya Kruk gives us some interesting insight in what it's like to be a sustainable brand today, what challenges they face, what it means to be sustainable etc. and she also takes us through the concepts of "handprint" and "footprint" in the fashion industry.

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This episode is kindly sponsored by Armed Angels a German lifestyle apparel brand that is made to make a difference by making products that are least harmful to the planet and by enabling people to fight climate change. Their garments are timeless and made with the highest respect for people and the planet.