Outland nominated for Australian Fashion Laureate award
Outland Denim has been nominated as a finalist in the Australian Fashion Laureate awards, which celebrates companies that have helped develop and promote the industry there.
Outland was founded in 2008 by James Bartle (pictured) as an avenue for the training and employment of women who have experienced sex trafficking.
The company has a strong stance on employee wellbeing and provided recommendations for the creation of Australia’s Modern Slavery Act 2018.
Around 15% of Outland Denim’s full-time cut-and-sew facility employees in Cambodia have come from NGO partners working with people who have come out of human trafficking and other forms of exploitation, and three-quarters have come from exploitative situations or from a position of vulnerability to being exploited.
The company published its first sustainability report in October.
Winners will be announced on 1 December in Sydney.
