Stage 0: Awareness

Stage 0 is the first, and in many cases most important stage when it comes to sustainability implementation in the fashion and lifestyle industry.

Because as we like to say, “you can’t fix what you don’t know”. So by growing your awareness and knowledge of the issues and problems present in the supply chains of the fashion and lifestyle industry, you are preparing yourself for your future work with sustainability.

 
 
 

Module 1: Understanding the issues in your supply chain

Lesson 1: Introducing the supply chain

Lesson 2: Introducing the different issues in the supply chain

Lesson 3: Our business models

Lesson 4: New business models

Lesson 5: International regulations and guidelines

Included tools:

  • Exercise

  • Preformatted Excel sheet for mapping issues in your supply chain

Module 2: Doing a risk assessment

Lesson 0: Introducing The Elephant and House of Cards

Lesson 1: The issues - front of

Lesson 2: The issues - middle of elephant

Lesson 3: The issues - end of elephant 

Lesson 4: Probability

Lesson 5: Consequence

Lesson 6: Risk + Actions

Included tools:

  • Colour-in elephant for visualizing progress.

  • Posters for working with actions, risks, probabilities and consequences