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Vivienne Westwood’s Climate SOS

In the first session of BoF’s VOICES 2021 gathering, speakers including Vivienne Westwood and Janaya Future Khan addressed the climate crisis, stakeholder capitalism, what activism really means and more.
OXFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 01: In this image released on December 2nd, Dame Vivienne Westwood speaks during BoF VOICES 2021 at Soho Farmhouse on December 01, 2021 in Oxfordshire, England. (Photo by Samir Hussein/Getty Images for BoF VOICES)
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The Business of Fashion’s annual VOICES gathering opened against a backdrop of tightening Covid-19 restrictions and mounting concern about the climate crisis, the focus of frenzied negotiations just weeks earlier at the UN’s COP 26 climate summit. Add to that no shortage of cultural turmoil and the stage was set for something of a reckoning.

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