Baroness Lola Young on Modern Slavery in Fashion
08/29/18 • 58 min
According to the Global Slavery Index 2018, fashion is one of 5 key industries implicated in modern slavery. How does that happen? What can we do about it?
In this Episode, you're going to meet Baroness Lola Young of Hornsey, a British crossbench peer in the House of Lords who is active in the ethical fashion space and is working to amend the UK's Modern Slavery Act.
Modern slavery is, of course, a depressing issue but this episode is not depressing. No, no. It's got the power! It's all about unleashing your inner activist, understanding the issues and taking positive steps to do something about them - if you're an individual, they can be really small steps. If you're in business, they might be bigger ones.
Lola Young started out as an actor, went onto become a professor of cultural studies then the Head of Culture at the Greater London Authority. She's been a judge for the Orange Prize for Literature, and The Observer newspaper's Ethical Awards. In 2004 she was appointed an independent Crossbench member of the House of Lords. In 2009 she set up the All Party Parliamentary Group on Ethics and Sustainability in Fashion, which she co-chairs.
What do you think about all this? Please get in touch with Clare on Instagram and Twitter @mrspress to let us know.
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According to the Global Slavery Index 2018, fashion is one of 5 key industries implicated in modern slavery. How does that happen? What can we do about it?
In this Episode, you're going to meet Baroness Lola Young of Hornsey, a British crossbench peer in the House of Lords who is active in the ethical fashion space and is working to amend the UK's Modern Slavery Act.
Modern slavery is, of course, a depressing issue but this episode is not depressing. No, no. It's got the power! It's all about unleashing your inner activist, understanding the issues and taking positive steps to do something about them - if you're an individual, they can be really small steps. If you're in business, they might be bigger ones.
Lola Young started out as an actor, went onto become a professor of cultural studies then the Head of Culture at the Greater London Authority. She's been a judge for the Orange Prize for Literature, and The Observer newspaper's Ethical Awards. In 2004 she was appointed an independent Crossbench member of the House of Lords. In 2009 she set up the All Party Parliamentary Group on Ethics and Sustainability in Fashion, which she co-chairs.
What do you think about all this? Please get in touch with Clare on Instagram and Twitter @mrspress to let us know.
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.
CHECK OUT OUR SHOWNOTES for all the links and more info.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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