MANIFESTO FOR A FASHION REVOLUTION
Fashion Revolution Week 2023
Fashion Revolution Week is our annual campaign bringing together the world’s largest
fashion activism movement for seven days of action. The theme for this year’s campaign isManifesto for a Fashion Revolution which will run from April 22nd - 29th. To mark the tenthanniversary of the Rana Plaza factory collapse, we are #RememberingRanaPlaza and using
our 10-point Manifesto to demand a safe, just and transparent global fashion industry. As
part of this, we are promoting our EU-wide campaign, Good Clothes, Fair Pay, to demand
groundbreaking living wage legislation for garment workers worldwide.
Remembering Rana Plaza
Fashion Revolution Week happens every year in the week coinciding with April 24th, theanniversary of the Rana Plaza disaster. On April 24th 2013, the Rana Plaza factory buildingin Bangladesh collapsed in a preventable tragedy. More than 1,100 people died and another
2,500 were injured, making it the fourth largest industrial disaster in history. During Fashion
Revolution Week, we are #RememberingRanaPlaza and demanding that no one dies forfashion. On April 24th, we will pay our respects ​to the victims, survivors and families affectedby this tragedy, and will cease all other campaigning on this day.
As we reflect, we are inspired by and celebrate the progress made in the Bangladesh
Ready-made Garment (RMG) sector by the Accord. The International Accord on Fire andBuilding Safety was the first legally-binding brand agreement on worker health and safety inthe fashion industry and is the most important agreement to keep garment workers safe todate. This year, we pay tribute to the joint efforts of all Accord stakeholders who havesignificantly contributed to safer workplaces for over 2 million garment factory workers inBangladesh, including the Bangladeshi trade unions representing garment workers,
alongside Global Union Federations and labour rights groups. We welcome the introductionof the Pakistan Accord and would like to see the adoption and success of the International
Accord replicated in all garment producing countries.
Fighting for living wages for garment workers worldwide
Ten years on from Rana Plaza, poverty wages remain endemic to the global garment
industry. Most of the people who make our clothes still earn poverty wages while fashion
brands continue to turn huge profits. At Fashion Revolution, we believe there is nosustainable fashion without fair pay which is why we launched Good Clothes, Fair Pay aspart of a wider coalition last July. The Good Clothes Fair Pay campaign demands living wage
legislation at EU level for garment workers worldwide, building on Manifesto points 1 and 2.
We have less than three months left to collect 1 million signatures from EU citizens to pushfor legislation that requires companies to conduct living wage due diligence in their supply
chains, irrespective of where their clothes are made. Sign the campaign here.
Campaigning for industry transparency
Rana Plaza placed greater scrutiny on the global fashion industry and exposed how a lack oftransparency costs lives. Since 2013, Fashion Revolution has campaigned tirelessly withcitizens, brands and policymakers to demand greater accountability and to fight forindustry-wide transparency. First launched in 2017, the Global Fashion Transparency Index
is one tool that Fashion Revolution has developed to help bring about systemic change inthe industry. The Index is an annual review of 250 of the world’s largest brands and retailers
ranked according to what information they disclose about their social and environmental
policies, practices and impacts, in their operations and supply chain.
We’ve seen increasing levels of transparency over the last 5 years. In 2017, just 32% of 100
brands reviewed disclosed their first tier manufacturing lists. In 2022, 48% of 250 brands
reviewed disclose their first tier manufacturing lists but only 4% of brands are disclosing
whether their garment workers earn a living wage. Ten years after Rana Plaza, there is stillmuch to be done and our Manifesto provides the building blocks for revolutionising thefashion industry.
Manifesto for a Fashion Revolution

Back in 2018, we created a 10-point manifesto that solidifies our vision for a global fashionindustry that conserves and restores the environment and values people over growth andprofit. Since then, over 14,500 people around the world have signed their name in support ofturning this vision into a reality. Our Global Network of Fashion Revolutionaries in 75
countries is bringing people together to sign the Manifesto and to act on their chosen points.
The Fashion Revolution Week programme is a celebration of global responses to ourManifesto and will showcase the events and projects our Global Network is planning to bringour Manifesto to life. The last five days of Fashion Revolution Week (25th - 29th) are themedaround 2 complimentary Manifesto points each, to zoom in on global solutions and inspire
local action.
How to get involved in Fashion Revolution Week
Anyone can be a Fashion Revolutionary; it starts with a simple dialogue about the impact ourclothes are having on people and planet. To mark the start of Fashion Revolution Week on
April 22nd, we are launching the Fashion Revolution Map to encourage and capture theseconversations. Developed by Talk Climate Change, the Map will serve as a global forum toreflect on the week’s themes and events, using our Manifesto as a talking point. Here, youcan share what you discussed with your peers and explore the discussions of other Fashion
Revolutionaries worldwide. We will be spotlighting submissions in daily roundups acrosssocial media; contribute to the map and make your voice heard.
If you have an EU passport, sign and share the Good Clothes, Fair Pay campaign anddemand living wage legislation for the people who make our clothes. We have just threemonths left to collect the critical 1 million EU signatures we need. This legislation, if passed,
will have a truly global impact and would apply to all brands operating in the EU market,
irrespective of where their clothes are produced. If you are not an EU citizen, please sharethe campaign with your network.
Whether you’re a student, designer, producer, brand, retailer, educator, maker, union
member or citizen, sign the Manifesto and share your reason why. In place of our digital Get
Involved guides, we have provided a variety of ways to be curious, find out and dosomething around each Manifesto point on the Fashion Revolution Week page.
Think global, act local - find your country team and support their upcoming Fashion
Revolution Week events and projects.
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NOTES TO EDITORSThe full schedule of global events and activations will be announced shortly on the Fashion
Revolution Week page.
Please find quotes from a range of Fashion Revolution country teams here.
Download images and campaign materials for press here.

For further information and interview requests, please contact press@fashionrevolution.org.
If you are a European publication, please include a call-to-action for your readers to sign
their name on our Good Clothes Fair Pay campaign if they are an EU citizen. For further
information and interview requests, email delphine@fashionrevolution.org andciara@fashionrevolution.org.
Fashion Revolution, in partnership with the Fair Trade Advocacy Office, is hosting a Fair
Fashion Day at the European Parliament on April 25th to demand better legislation in thefashion industry. The event will consist of a panel discussion between MEPs and impacted
stakeholders, the presentation of a White Paper which highlights our demands for legislationin the fashion industry and a public stunt in support of the Good Clothes, Fair Pay campaign.
Register to join us in-person or online here.
Fashion Open Studio is holding a two-day event in partnership with The Sustainable Angle
and xyz.exchange at The Lab E20. Open to the public April 27th - 28th, the event will
showcase the research & development work of eight businesses from the Small but Perfectaccelerator project supporting a transition to circular business models. Alongside theexhibition, there will be livestreamed webinars, workshops and panel discussions to explore
the projects and hear about some of the the challenges facing small businesses and theindustry at large in switching to circular business models.
About Fashion Revolution
Fashion Revolution campaigns for a clean, safe, fair, transparent and accountable fashion
system through research, education and advocacy. Fashion Revolution is a global
movement across 75 countries with a collective vision for a fashion industry that conserves
and restores the environment and values people over growth and profit.
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