By joining forces with SFA, Common Objective is able of offer this course at a discounted rate for members of the CO community.
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In January this year, we made the decision to open up access to premium content on CO to our entire membership, for a period of 6 months. We did not anticipate that just one month later, Covid-19 would change everything for the fashion industry, from retail, to factory, to field.
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Stephen Bloch is the investment lead at Innovation Warehouse - a coworking and incubation community for digital high-growth startup businesses in London.
The Innovation Warehouse team work with ambitious, early-stage companies with solid, intelligent technical solutions and strong IP and they have backed CO as an investor since 2018.
In this blog, Stephen shares his thoughts on the opportunity CO presents to investors, and why sustainability matters in today’s investment world.
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Roland Mouret has been a founding investor in Common Objective since its inception. Find out what motivated him to invest and what he believes the future holds for the fashion industry.
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We are now in the final countdown to the close of our crowdfund, which ends this Friday. Thank you so much to those of you who have already invested - we have had a fantastic response, with over 270 investors, and we are now in overfunding.
With 4 days left on our campaign I wanted to share some of the benefits of being a shareholder in CO. Since we launched CO, our share value has more than doubled. As well as return on investment through your shares, there are a host of other benefits when you invest from just £10, from inside information, to networking with our shareholder and influencer base, to promotion for your business on CO. More details below.
A message from CO CEO, Tamsin Lejeune, on why your support matters in transforming the future of the fashion industry for the better.
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Common Objective, in partnership with Kering, is creating a Biodiversity Hub on the CO platform - a central repository of resources, information, and connections on the topic of biodiversity in the fashion industry. If you are working in this space, and would like to contribute to the hub in some way - we’d love to hear from you.
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SHIELD is a cooperative of thirteen initiatives (and growing), all with a single objective: To deliver emergency PPE into the hands of the health workers who need it right now.
SHIELD are looking for fabric suppliers and manufacturers who can support this effort - contact them to get involved.
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Common Objective is among the top 50 retail tech start-ups operating globally, according to a new report published today by RWRC – home of Retail Week and World Retail Congress.
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This year Fashion Revolution is inviting you to #StayHome with Fashion Open Studio, an opportunity to digitally step into designers' studios and meet the teams behind the clothes.
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Like most businesses, over the last two weeks, the CO team and leadership have been focused on our forward strategy in response to the Coronavirus pandemic - alongside supporting our global member and supplier network, affected by the crisis.
In the last month, Covid-19 has changed the face of the fashion industry. As retailers and High Streets close their doors in response to lock downs, orders are cancelled, and millions of factory workers lose their jobs, it has become clear how fragile and how unequal the industry is.
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Never before now, under these extreme circumstances, has it been so blatant to see that our whole system puts profits way ahead of people. Which is why I am proud of the work we will be doing this Fashion Revolution Week (20th to 26th April 2020), highlighting how transparency is more important now than ever and instigating conversations around how we can support each other, and look out for those more in need - we will continue to champion the most vulnerable in the fashion supply chain, demanding empathy and respect: empathy for the people who make our clothes and respect for the planet we all share.
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We are all stuck at home, stuck in the present, stuck in a crisis. While we struggle with immediate challenges we must also look beyond the pandemic. Post crisis, consumers will buy less but buy better – this is becoming clear. In response, a new world of fashion will emerge, so let’s begin that journey now.
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According to the UN’s environment chief, Inger Andersen, nature is sending us a message with the coronavirus pandemic and the ongoing climate crisis.* Andersen said humanity was placing too many pressures on the natural world with damaging consequences, and warned that failing to take care of the planet meant not taking care of ourselves.
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Do you have an opinion you're burning to share? Are you an expert with knowledge and insight to impart? Then we'd love to hear from you.
We are creating a regular Op-Ed content series to provide a platform for the expertise and insight within our CO community. Our role as a global industry platform is to enable greater knowledge-sharing to accelerate solutions that drive a better fashion industry.
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As the new year begins, we wanted to say a sincere thank you to all of the inspiring and committed people who have joined and used CO over the last year. The CO network has now surpassed 24,000 members, across 150 countries; influencers, entrepreneurs, and leaders who together are changing fashion, for the better…
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Common Objective (CO), the pioneering tech solution to sustainable fashion sourcing and business, today announced the official launch of their strategic consultancy practice - CO Consults - in partnership with 8 leading sustainability and retail specialists including Mike Barry (Previously M&S - Plan A) and Vanessa Podmore (Previously Pentland, Jimmy Choo, Burberry)
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