Could COVID-19 Usher in a New Era of Responsibility in Fashion? An Urgent Opportunity for Sustainability and Ethics

'As we take steps to recover and rebuild, we have an opportunity and obligation far greater than applying bandaids to a flawed system.' Another Tomorrow's Vanessa Barboni Hallik on why COVID-19 pandemic should lead to more responsible fashion production.

—the result of subpar living-wage pay even in good years. But Bangladesh is not alone in the plight its garment workers face, and similar alarms have been sounded repeatedly for more than a century with little sustained progress.

And so, the reckoning has come for the fashion industry, and it’s time for a new social and environmental contract. We have a unique opportunity to rebuild the system on the basis of respect, dignity, and responsibility. This is the time for leadership and collaboration. This crisis is an opportunity to get to know suppliers, forge true partnerships, and create a roadmap to quickly meet these goals.

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