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Fighting for Fair Wages & Sustainability in Fashion: Remake’s Ayesha Barenblat

Do you ever wonder about where your clothes came from? Were the women who stitched them paid a living wage? What was the environmental impact of the manufacturing and shipping process? Will your clothes fill up landfills or pollute the ocean? If you are a fashion lover who cares about the environment and believes workers should be paid fairly, you need to know about Remake . Founded by Ayesha Barenblat, Remake is a movement to hold fashion brands and policymakers accountable when it comes to both sustainability and human rights.  Ayesha Barenblat is an educator, activist, and social entrepreneur. She has worked across the public, private, and society sectors; Prior to founding Remake, Ayesha led brand engagement at Better Work, a World Bank and United Nations partnership working to ensure safe and fair working conditions in garment factories around the globe. Ayesha previously served as head of consumer products at BSR, advising brands such as H&M, Levi Strauss & Co., Marks and