Returning for a 12th successful year and partnering for the first time with the British Fashion Council (BFC), the UK’s foremost green business awards scheme will recognise and celebrate green innovation across 12 areas – including a new Sustainable Fashion category.
The awards this year will be hosted in partnership with fashion icon Livia Firth and her Green Carpet Challenge. Firth is encouraging business and community groups to show leadership in competing for one of the coveted City of London awards and will be presenting this year’s Sustainable City Awards at the Lord Mayor’s residence, Mansion House, on 19th March 2013.
The scope of the awards reflects the City of London Corporation’s interests - from financial markets to fish-markets, and from parks to the arts, and is decidedly in keeping with the City’s aims to encourage jobs and growth. Since 2001, hundreds of organisations ranging from energy-efficient zoos to fish and chip shops, from supermarket chains to international banks have been recognised for their efforts to drive green growth.
To ensure the awards seek out the UK’s most inspiring sustainable fashion designers and retailers, organisers have enlisted the help of the British Fashion Council as their newest partner who will assist Firth in driving entries for the new category. Two Sustainable Fashion awards will be up for grabs - one for the best independent fashion designer and one for the equivalent for a leading high street retailer.
Simon Mills, Head of Sustainable Development at the City of London Corporation, says: “Fashion and sustainability are a good mix, as couture impacts on hearts and minds as well as the planet. We were in fact we were inspired to create this category by one of the entries to last years’ awards, the fabulous “Thrifty Couture”, who are a fantastic example of fashion driving local sustainable economic growth.”
With the Green Carpet Challenge, we have taken huge steps towards combining style and ethics in fashion. I am very excited to be hosting this award ceremony which will bring more awareness to this cause and inspire responsibility amongst designers and retailers to adopt sustainable fashion.” - Livia Firth.
The Royal Society for the Arts-accredited Sustainable City Awards are one of only eleven UK feeder schemes for the European Business Awards for the Environment, giving all category winners the chance to gain international recognition for their environmental efforts.
British Fashion Council (BFC)
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