[ [link removed] ]Close up of a vast pile of clothing waste
John,
Shein is the biggest fast fashion brand in the world, part of a monstrous
industry churning out mountains of clothes every day. Just a single pile
of this vast waste in Chile’s Atacama desert is visible from space!
Now, a groundbreaking law in France could finally bring this
planet-wrecking industry under control – but Shein is sending
its lobbyists to try to block this law at the last minute. So we’re
fighting back!
We’re ready to launch an all-out lobbying push with lawmakers,
commissioning polls to show how popular this anti-fast fashion law is,
then blasting the results across the media to really ramp up public
pressure.
The vote in France could happen any day now – but with your help we can
move quickly to counter Shein’s lobbyists in time.
If all of us chip in just $3 or more, we can get the
world’s first-ever anti-fast fashion law passed and save the planet from
toxic ultra-fast fashion. Can you help?
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Synthetic materials commonly used in ultra-fast fashion, like polyester,
require *342 million barrels of oil every year*. That’s how fast fashion
giants like Shein became responsible for 10 percent of the world’s carbon
emissions – more than all international flights and shipping COMBINED.
If that wasn’t bad enough, Shein has been hit with a slew of reports
exposing how its workers toil for 75-hour weeks in terrible conditions,
paid wages that they can barely survive on.
But we have a golden opportunity to slam the brakes on an industry that
has been allowed to destroy our planet and violate workers’ rights with
impunity for far too long. France’s proposed law would completely ban fast
fashion advertising and put an environmental surcharge on fast fashion
items sold.
This law is so close to passing the final hurdle but Shein can still sway
the Senate vote – the Senate is in recess for a couple of weeks, but after
that, it'll be too late. That’s why we’re ready to unleash a huge lobbying
effort, targeting key lawmakers, sharing polling results, and making our
collective voice so much louder than Shein’s to make sure this law passes!
If we can get this first-of-its-kind law passed in France, it will open
the door for a wave of anti-fast fashion laws all over the world.
Shein will try anything to keep the fast fashion hamster wheel of misery,
waste and destruction spinning – but it hasn’t factored us into its plans.
With all of us chipping in just $3, we can help stop toxic
ultra-fast fashion for good. Can you help?
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Together we’ve made huge changes in the fashion industry before, like when
Ekō members all around the world called on The Iconic and Loblaw to take
responsibility for the safety of its workers and they agreed to sign the
Fire and Building Safety Agreement. We can do it again!
Thanks for all that you do,
Miriam and the Ekō team
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More information:
[ [link removed] ]What France's crackdown on Shein and Temu means for global ultra-fast
fashion. BBC 20 March 2024
[ [link removed] ]As governments crack down on fast fashion’s harms, could Shein lose its
shine?. The Conversation 21 May 2024
[ [link removed] ]Castoffs to catwalk: fashion show shines light on vast Chile clothes
dump visible from space. The Guardian 08 May 2024
[ [link removed] ]Fast Fashion and Its Environmental Impact. Earth.org 05 January 2024
[ [link removed] ]Shein suppliers still work 75-hour weeks - report. BBC 12 May 2024
[ [link removed] ]Online fashion giant Shein to file prospectus for £50bn London
float. Sky News 02 June 2024
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