45) What's The Missing Link to Ethical Fashion? Here's What A Supplier Has to Say | with Arjen Laan of Pactics

Conscious Style Podcast

In this episode, we're going to get a glimpse into the world of supplier factories in fashion.

You'll hear from Arjen Laan, the CEO of Pactics, a sustainability-minded manufacturing company focused on building longer-term partnerships with conscious brands instead of short-term sales.

Arjen is sharing his perspectives, from a supplier side of things, on audits, certifications, and even compliance legislation.

He's also talking about:

• The power imbalances between brands and suppliers (particularly, big brands)
• The imbalance of financial risk and how that leads to a lot of the poor conditions we see at factories today, and
• The differences between working with smaller brands versus larger corporations

There are a lot of great insights in this episode that gave me some really important food for thought when it comes to how we can really build a better future for fashion. I hope you learn from this conversation, too!

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LINKS MENTIONED:

• [Article] Changing fashion’s buying practices: What’s to come for brands
• Ep.40 What It’s Really Like Working for Fast Fashion with Amanda McCarty

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