By UN Environment
UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has officially designated Ms. Roberta Annan as a ‘UNEP Supporter on Creative Economy’ in Africa in a ceremony at the Concordia Annual Summit in New York.
“The fashion industry employs over 75 million people worldwide and is worth $2.4 trillion a month,” said Satya S Tripathi, UN Assistant Secretary-General and UNEP Director for the New York Office. “The big elephant in the room as far the fashion industry is concerned is $500 billion it loses every year because most of it is not recycled. Imagine if we recycle it every year, 100 percent, that is the saving of $500 billion not just for the industry but for mother earth.”
Ms. Annan is an avid philanthropist and is passionate about women’s development opportunities across Africa. She started the African Fashion Fund in 2014. The Fund is an incubator to support talented designers from Africa. Read more>>
