Fashion Takes Action (FTA) is a non-profit organization established in 2007 to advance sustainability in the entire fashion system through education, awareness, research and collaboration. That means we work with the people who make, sell, buy, wear, resell and dispose/recycle clothing!
We achieve this through industry programs such as our annual events, our work to advance circularity, and our Employee Education workshops. We also offer My Clothes My World — our youth education program that empowers the next generation with the necessary tools and resources to shift toward more conscious consumption.
Since 2014, the World Ethical Apparel Roundtable has brought together the entire fashion industry to learn, network and collaborate. Our intimate platform allows for meaningful connections, deeper learning opportunities, and a clear sense of how to take action.
Since 2014, we have delivered our school program to more than 30,000 students aged 8-17. We believe Fashion Leaders are Climate Leaders and that through a fun and relatable topic like fashion, students can learn about the climate change.
Our workshops empower the next generation of consumers to make more responsible purchasing decisions when it comes to their clothes.
We believe in the power of real collaboration to address systemic change. As the convenor of the Canadian Circular Textiles Consortium we bring together more than 120 stakeholders from across the value chain, in a collective impact framework to address the crisis of ‘textile’ stuff. Partners include apparel brands and retailers, manufacturers, academics, NGOs, policy makers, charities, sorters & graders, exporters, and municipalities to mobilize and accelerate action.
Once you’ve learned something, you can’t unlearn it. Once you see something, you can’t unsee it. Since 2007 we have worked hard to educate industry stakeholders, as well as consumers about the social and environmental impacts of fashion.
In 17 years we have made tremendous progress!
Number of global industry stakeholders we have worked with
The amount of textile waste diverted through stewardship activities & events
Number of students reached with My Clothes, My World
There are many ways to reduce your fashion footprint, beyond the 3R’s of Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.
Join in and take The 7R’s of Fashion Pledge.
