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Primark to donate 6 million US dollars to Unicef

Budget fashion and lifestyle retailer Primark has announced a new three-year partnership to support Unicef’s work in both education and emergency response to help improve the lives of vulnerable children. The deal will see Primark donating 4.5 million US dollars to fund an education programme for Unicef to enable vulnerable children to attend...

Fashion

Louis Vuitton and Unicef launch #makeapromiseday

Louis Vuitton is launching #makeapromise day on January 12 in partnership with Unicef, to raise funds for children in urgent need. The initiative comes a year after the luxury brand embarked on the charitable project with an initial three-year global partnership with the Unicef fund. The aim of the campaign is to help provide care and protection...

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55 fashion companies sign "milestone" sustainability covenant

The 4th of July may be Independence Day for the United States, but now it has been named as a “historical day” for the fashion industry and a step towards a more sustainable and ethical future. 55 fashion companies and industry organisations sign covenant for sustainability “Today marks a great milestone for us, but more importantly for the...

Apparel

M&S offsets carbon with Unicef

Marks & Spencer has become the first major retailer to sign up to Unicef’s new carbon offset project. Starting in February 2014, M&S will fund the first two years of a ten year project to reduce carbon emissions in a bid to improve the lives of children. This innovative financing for development partnership brings together business and the...

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Designer dolls for Unicef

Children’s charity Unicef has tapped 42 designers to participate in the eleventh Les Frimousses designer dolls initiative. Each doll, designed by the likes of Chanel, Dior and Lanvin will be displayed at the Petit Palais in Paris from November 26 to December 1, before being auction to raise month for Unicef’s project to help vaccinate children...

Apparel

Marks & Spencer aims to raise 1 million US dollars for Unicef

British retailer Marks & Spencer has launched a new international partnership with children’s charity Unicef to help raise 1 million US dollars. The retailer’s employees and customers at the brand’s 420 international stores, from Paris to Shanghai, will take part in ‘100 days of fundraising’ for the charity, with the aim of raising a total of 1...