キャサリンハムネットさんのインスタグラム写真 - (キャサリンハムネットInstagram)「#Repost @bagsofethics - for those of you who missed Katharine on Radio 4 yesterday, here are some highlights ・・・ FASHION TAX OR NO FASHION TAX? – THAT IS THE QUESTION With fashion brands coming under more scrutiny in terms of their environmental and ethical costs leading fashion designer Katharine Hamnett has fired back at a UK government committee’s suggestion of a 1p-per-garment tax as “stupid”. Read more about her rationale below but what are your thoughts? 🤔 The suggestion was made by a Commons committee in an effort to fund better recycling of clothes. It came amid growing fears that the industry is increasingly dominated by throwaway "fast fashion". But Ms Hamnett said she feared the garment industry would just end up paying workers less to absorb the tax. Instead, she is in favour of EU legislation making it mandatory for goods from outside Europe to meet the same standards required by the region. She told @bbc that taxing retailers would be "like putting a plaster on a septic wound". "The reason we say legislation is that the brands are not going to do it willingly - we've seen that, we've been talking about this for too long and nothing's changed. They have to be forced by law," the designer, who is known for her political slogan T-shirts and ethical fashion activism, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme. "Wouldn't it be better to force brands to pay their workers properly, and not discharge toxic chemicals into the environment, rather than making them pay for the privilege to do that?" We at Bags of Ethics have been taking a lot of steps to help our colleagues across the supply chain have better practices in terms of their impact on the environment. With 700,000 synthetic fibres being released into the environment from washing we try and make our products from long lasting biodegradable materials like cotton which are often untreated. The inks we use are REACH compliant under EU regulations and do not contain harmful toxins such as phthalates. Read more about our practices on our blog – we are not there yet, but we are trying! 💚 Photo credit @guardian Quotes from @bbc @bbcradio4」8月8日 4時09分