Tag: Oxfam

Customers go ethical as Oxfam high street shops’ Christmas sales ring up an eight-year high

Stuart Mitchell

Oxfam shops bucked the high street slump with in-store Christmas sales climbing by seven per cent, as shoppers sought ethical and second-hand products that protect the planet and raise money for the world’s poorest people. High street sales in the week before Christmas (15-21 December) were the highest since 2011, and sales of donated items on the Oxfam Online Shop during the nine-week festive trading period rose by 11 per cent. Overall, this Christmas marked Oxfam’s best performance in eight years. In a challenging year for retailers, Oxfam’s total sales…

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Average Brit will emit more carbon by 12 January than residents of seven African countries do in a year

Stuart Mitchell

The average Brit will emit more carbon in first two weeks of 2020 than the citizens of seven African nations emit in an entire year, Oxfam revealed today as it called on the UK government to lead the way in addressing the staggering injustice at the heart of the climate emergency. Researchers found that someone in the UK will take just five days to emit the same carbon as someone in Rwanda does in an entire year. By 12 January, the average Brit’s emissions will have overtaken the annual per…

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Oxfam urges partygoers to buy their sequins second-hand!

Stuart Mitchell

Brits are set to celebrate the festive season in style, stepping out in sparkles and shimmery partywear. But little thought is spared on what happens to our glad-rags once they’ve lost their shine. According to new research from Oxfam, all that glitters is not gold, as 1.7 million sequined items of clothing and accessories will be binned after the party season. Oxfam, which has more than 600 charity shops in the UK, is urging partygoers to buy their sequins second-hand and to donate them back to Oxfam after the festivities.…

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Stunning photoshoot of supermodel Stella Tennant and her teenage daughter to promote second-hand fashion

Stuart Mitchell

Supermodel Stella Tennant and her teenage daughter Iris, 14, model Oxfam clothes in a gorgeous photoshoot to protest against the harm fast fashion does to people and planet. The mother and daughter are supporting Oxfam’s  #SecondHandSeptember campaign which asks the nation to pledge to buy second-hand fashion instead of new for 30 days.  All the clothes in the shoot are from the Oxfam Online Shop. The textile industry produces more greenhouse gas emissions than the shipping and aviation industries combined. To keep prices low, throwaway fashion is made by garment…

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London fashion world joins forces with Oxfam to make a stand against throwaway fashion

Stuart Mitchell

Top designers Vivienne Westwood and Henry Holland, fashion icon and singer Paloma Faith, models Lily Cole and Georgia Jagger, and actress Rachel Weisz, are among the FROW fashion pack backing Oxfam’s #SecondHandSeptember campaign as London Fashion Week kicks off today. Vivienne Westwood donated a handbag, and Henry Holland donated some shoes, all of which will raise money for Oxfam’s work fighting poverty. Oxfam launched #SecondHandSeptember to encourage participants to say no to clothes that harm the planet and the people in it by saying yes to second-hand, as a step…

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