blake lapthorn green breakfast with rapanui - 17 april 2013

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On Wednesday 17 April 2013 Blake Lapthorn's Climate Change team hosted a green breakfast seminar. Guest speakers included Nicky Chambers of Best Foot Forward and Mart and Rob Drake-Knight of Rapanui. The talk was titled 'Blue sky ideas that sell pairs of underpants'.

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Sustainable Fashion Company – t‐shirts / sweats / socks / underwear / tops / leggings etc

Est. 2008

Graduates of Renewable Energy and BusinessSmall investment start up, box of t‐shirts, organic growth, now a fast growing SME.

Opportunity in the fashion economy to do things differently

Started with sustainability as a core aim

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Product, Planet, People

20’000 Litres of water for one kg of cotton (WWF)

Up to 20 spoonfuls of agrochemicals, 1 kilo cotton (EJF)

Widespread human cost

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Fashion is an influential medium, with the power to change buyer behaviour for the better.  

No more itchy brown socks

NO

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Sustainable supply chains – important.

Who pays? Change must be funded by demand

How to Fuel Demand?

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“It’s not that people don’t care about sustainability

It’s just that they don’t know.”

Core principles of 21st century life?

Education      ‐ Communicate

Economy       ‐Worth

Aspiration     ‐Want 

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Where clothing comes from and how it is made

Seed to shop – New technology / internet / mobile

Greater accountability for companies

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Fast, cheap, compatible, proven

Industry > MEP > UK Parliament > EU

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Not static, open to change

Constant improvement

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80% of impact Post Purchase 

Consumer‐use

Fast drying materials

Technical nutrient + C2C designed‐inContact Points 

Lots of development

(ops, infrastructure, economies, technologies)

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Reducing impact on a normal model

Or start again – change the model

Designed into Rapanui from the start

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New low‐impact (semi‐synthetic?) eco textiles

Recyclable fabrics

RE powered systemReduced Transport

Way cooler.

Consumers will finance the change 

Communication, value, aspiration. 

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137 Billion Cash Reserves?

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