“We believe sustainability and ethics are multi dimensional tools for building new paradigms for a viable, shared future for our world and for our caustic, destructive current fashion system.
Total Ethics Fashion is a meaningful framework for building new ways of being and doing for a system in desperate need of a new conceptualization: one where exploitation, harm, and destruction are no longer defining features and all participants support a fashion system which supports our planet and all who inhabit it.”

– Michelle Gabriel, Program Director, M.S. Sustainable Fashion

“I support the total ethics manifesto because it prioritises the wellbeing of all species. It still leaves me aghast that animals used for fashion have so little protection in law or culture, opening the door to horrific, undocumented abuses.

For too long, we have omitted our fellow animals from spaces that seek to address inequity in the fashion system and beyond.

The manifesto is one of the boldest, more important efforts to address that.”

– Activist, writer and former Metro style editor

“A just transition is the bridge to a better world. the total ethics fashion manifesto lights the way, outlining how fashion can evolve into a system that ensures fairness for people, animals, and the environment.

The manifesto invites us to question the threads of our choices. It's not only about wearing clothes, but also wearing responsibility and empathy for all living beings and the planet we share.”

– Shruti Singh, Country Head

“In what manner shall we continue to enjoy fashion as a form of self-expression, knowing that certain articles of clothing have arrived on our body, via a journey fraught with cruelty, injustice and environmental destruction?

Surely, we should use the knowledge available to us, in order to make more compassionate choices, rather than turning an indifferent eye to the deafening cries of the industry’s watchdogs, so that we can wear a so-called badge of ‘luxury’.

– Renowned fashion photographer, founder of Creatives 4 Change

“MII's mission aligns seamlessly with the total ethics fashion manifesto. We both envision a future where the priority is the well-being of people, animals, and the planet, rather than profit and production.

Recognizing the significance of collective efforts, MII is eager to join in the pursuit of a just transition that can bring about meaningful and radical transformations over time. This shared commitment emphasizes the importance of progress toward a more sustainable and ethical future for our planet.”

– Nicole Rawling, CEO

“Without a holistic approach to sustainability that encompasses and protects nature in all its forms, the term is meaningless. The fashion industry causes immense harm to people, the planet and animals all for the sake of clothing that often ends up in landfills within a few months.

The system urgently needs reimagining to regenerate rather than destroy and to better serve its stakeholders. The Total Ethics Fashion Manifesto reminds us that any efforts to improve the industry must centre nature, which animals and people are part of too.”

– Freelance fashion journalist writing for the Business of Fashion, Vogue Business, and others

“Defend the Wild endorses the total ethics fashion manifesto as we believe in a fashion system that prioritises the protection of Australia's wild animals, the environments they inhabit and the people impacted by unsustainable fashion practices.”

– Caitie Wilson, Communications Director

“Ethics of care and respect are at the core for a shift from an extractive fashion system towards a regenerative one. We need visions and actions, local as well as global, here and now, and with a resilient future in mind.”

– Senior Lecturer in Fashion and Design for Social Change, London College of Fashion

“The exploitation of workers, animals, and the environment has been woven into the fashion industry for far too long. It's time for the industry to take a stand against greenwashing and ethics washing and embrace a just transition that prioritizes people, animals, and the planet over profit.”

– Stephanie Feldstein, Population and Sustainability Director

“I endorse the total ethics fashion manifesto because we cannot accept a fashion industry built on cruelty and destruction. As a politician, I am committed to acting in alignment with the manifesto, as no individual should be exploited for profit.”

– Australian politician, Member of the Victorian Legislative Council

“Stand.earth supports the total ethics manifesto because the wellbeing of people, animals and the planet are inextricably linked.

Fashion’s negative climate impact is as high as its profits, and the garment workers and communities who make those profits possible are the same people feeling the impacts the most. A just and radical transition away from harmful, extractive and colonial systems and towards a new model of slow, circular, and true sustainability which centres people and supports biodiversity isn’t just possible – it’s essential.”

– Seema Joshi, Fashion Campaign Director

“Because there is no sustainable fashion without total system change.”

– Actions Speak Louder campaigner, formerly Fashion Revolution

“We have an obligation--to our children, grandchildren, and future generations--to repair what we've broken. The Total Ethics Manifesto is an excellent step in that direction.”

— George Mason University Professor, US National Academy of Medicine member, American Association for the Advancement of Science fellow