Private Sector

Sustainable supply chain management in the fast fashion industry: A comparative study of current efforts and best practices to address the climate crisis.

To analyze SSCM in the fast fashion industry, this study compares the sustainability reports of H&M and Everlane, industry leaders with strong sustainability messaging. This comparison reveals that fast fashion has failed to sufficiently engage upstream and downstream stakeholders in their SSCM strategies. Moving forward, fast fashion companies should incentivize collaboration towards more comprehensive SSCM policies throughout the supply chain. 

State of Fashion 2022: An uneven recovery and new frontiers

Battered by COVID-19 lockdowns, the fashion industry showed signs of revival in mid-2021. While luxury brands and comfort wear thrived, many companies faced bankruptcy and leadership shifts. China's domestic market, boosted by local shopping and luxury spending, recovered faster. Overall, the industry is expected to reach pre-pandemic sales levels by 2022, driven by the US and China, but the recovery will be uneven with some companies faring better than others.

How the African Development Bank’s Fashionomics Africa Program is Nurturing the Continent’s Textile and Apparel Industry

This publication explores the African fashion industry and an initiative by the African Development Bank to support it. The fashion industry is a major player in Africa, holding immense potential for job creation, particularly for women and young people. However, the industry also faces challenges such as limited access to funding and low production capacity. The African Development Bank's Fashionomics Africa program helps fashion businesses with training, investment, and finding new markets.

Understanding Cultural and Creative Industries and Designing Approaches for its Development – A Guide

Engaging in the Cultural and Creative Industries (CCI) as international development cooperation (DC) organisation involves navigating a dynamic and multifaceted landscape. This guide provides a comprehensive framework to assist organisations in understanding and analysing the CCI and in planning, implementing, and evaluating initiatives that contribute to the sustainable development of the CCI. It aims to assist international DC organisations to collaborate effectively with creative communities worldwide and implement projects successfully.

Drone Divas – A women-only training to bridge the gender gap in access to technology in South African townships

As part of the Cultural and Creative Industries project, the Goethe-Institut and  Africa Beyond 4IR (AB4IR), a non-profit organisation that aims to bridge the digital and gender gaps in access to technology in South African townships, co-developed Drone Divas. The four-to-six-week Drone Divas  training is a very successful collaboration between the training organisation and the private sector as internships form an integral part of the programme.

Good Practice: perFORM Music Incubator – A multi-disciplinary music business and artist development programme in Kenya

What does it mean to be a creative entrepreneur and how can you establish yourself in the market as a creator? The perFORM Music Incubator is a music business and artist development project in Kenya initiated as part of the project  Cultural and Creative Industries to support music creators in building sustainable careers.

Culture in times of COVID-19: resilience, recovery and revival

Culture in Times of COVID-19: Resilience, Recovery and Revival offers key insights on trends and structural transformations that can boost the culture sector as a cornerstone of an economy built on sustainability and well-being.A set of strategic development considerations are put forward for governments and their partners, in both the public and private sectors, to promote the value of culture as a public good, encourage cross-sector collaboration and holistically address the essential needs of the sector, while supporting cultural professionals in adapting to a changing world and providin

Assessment of the impact of COVID-19 on cultural and creative industries

The pandemic has had dramatic effects in the cultural and creative industries (CCI) in MERCOSUR countries and Latin America. This sector, traditionally linked to the freelance workforce with limited social and economic protection, is experiencing the accelerated digitization of face-to-face activities and business models. Up-to-date and systematized data is therefore vital to assess and respond to the disruptive impact of the pandemic through evidence-based public policies.

ResiliArt 100

From dance to puppetry, museums to festivals, indigenous creators to intangible heritage practitioners, thousands of individuals and organizations joined the movement to make their voices heard. Over 350 ResiliArt roundtables were organized in less than two and a half years, providing UNE-SCO with an unprecedented number of first-hand accounts of what it means to be a creator today and pointing towards the necessary transformations to ensure a more sustain-able sector.

Culture in crisis: policy guide for a resilient creative sector

Through this guide, UNESCO provides practical guidance to policymakers as they fight for the inclusion of the cultural and creative industries in social and economic recovery plans. In order to comply with health and safety measures, and to adapt to new business models, both financial and technical support has been and will continue to be necessary. However, it is important to recognize the support mobilized thus far has been multifaceted.