Listen "Advancing Sustainability in the Fashion Industry"
Episode Synopsis
Kelly Drennan is the Founding Executive Director of Fashion Takes Action (FTA), Canada's only non-profit organization dedicated to advancing sustainability in the fashion industry. Her role at FTA is to remove the barriers to sustainability that exist for the entire fashion system, through initiatives such as the annual World Ethical Apparel Roundtable conference (WEAR), Sustainable Fashion Toolkit, and My Clothes My World, FTA's youth education program. In 2017, Kelly was the recipient of the prestigious Clean 50 award given to Canada's climate leaders, where she was recognized for Education & Thought Leadership, and was the first recipient of the award for the fashion industry. In 2022 Kelly won the Sustainability Award given out by the Canadian Arts & Fashion Awards (CAFA).
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