The European Union has passed a set of measures to reduce fashion’s impact on people, our fellow animals and the planet.

Here’s what you need to know about these and other new EU regulations, how they move us towards a total ethics fashion system, and what we still need to do to make that a reality.

The Australian Federal Government is reviewing the Code of Practice on the ‘Humane Treatment of Wild and Farmed Australian Crocodiles’, which is the Code regulating the Australian industry selling skins to the likes of Hermès and Louis Vuitton.

New independent polling commissioned for our report with World Animal Protection explored public perceptions across Australia and the United Kingdom regarding the use of feathers from wild animals in fashion.

Regenerative leather promises to allow us to continue to rearing animals in fashion supply chains, without harming the climate or land. But is this really possible? The best available data states that this ‘solution’ is not all that it promises to be..

The UNEP’s new ‘Sustainable Fashion Communications Playbook’ shows how the fashion industry can use its influence to shape responsible decisions, with people buying less and better — protecting people, animals and the planet.

Collective Fashion Justice commissioned new polling to support its recommendations for an Australian federal government inquiry into green-washing, and found that the expectations people have for ‘sustainable’ and ‘ethical’ garment labels aren’t being met.

We commissioned new polling to help improve the fashion industry’s understanding of how advertising terms can mislead people. Here’s some of what we learned, and all of the data.

Cinema is an incredibly powerful medium which can help us break down big ideas and encourage us to take action. Films exploring how fashion treats people, our fellow animals and the planet are gateways to reality and reevaluation.

While our analysis of fashion media highlights how cows are ignored in discussions of responsible leather production, fashion brands themselves fail to produce animal protection policies that actually work.

When we ignore how sustainability and ethics intersect, we miss an opportunity for green change. Could paying living wages to the people who make our clothes be a critical solution towards improving fashion’s planetary impact?

If you’re passionate about total ethics fashion that protects people, our fellow animals and the planet before profit, engaging your community is a great way to help make change. Here are a few ways you can get started.

We have an enormous amount of power as citizens. The fashion industry exists to clothe us, and so we influence the fashion industry not only by voting with our dollar, but by telling the fashion industry what we think is important, and what we want to see from it.

Our new report explores the interconnected environmental harms caused throughout the leather supply chain. From wildlife risks and biodiversity destruction to a contribution to the climate crisis, there’s plenty to unpack here.

Across top wool producing country, Australia, native dingoes are trapped, poisoned and shot by the wool industry. The now extinct Tasmanian tiger was similarly persecuted, and such stories are mirrored in other wool producing countries, with native wolves in the United States and foxes in the United Kingdom killed, too.

Our new report series explores the interlinked harms caused by leather production, first, highlighting the human rights violations, unjust payments and labour injustices across the leather supply chain.

Florals, fun and fancy frocks are promised as part of the annual Spring Racing season which sees the horse racing and fashion industries partner up for the sake of profit. Behind the scenes, intense cruelty to horses persists..

For almost 60 years, Australian fashion retailer Myer has helped to fund horse racing cruelty, and incentivised consumers to support it. As the Victorian Racing Club’s major partner, read on to see how Myer supports and promotes cruelty under the guise of fun and ‘harmless’ fashion competitions.

The wool industry’s latest campaign sets up a false dichotomy between fossil fuel and animal-derived materials, evades any mention of sheep themselves, and pushes a natural fallacy.

Put simply, total ethics fashion is the convergence of care for the planet and all those who live on it. It asks that fashion value the planet, humans and animals, prioritising them before profit and ‘business as normal’ production.

Most people interested in fashion and sustainability have heard the industry claims that leather is the more sustainable option as it is ‘natural’. However, global leather supply chains are responsible for the destruction of the natural world, including through deforestation.