EP43 - Lessons from Australia’s #1 Ethical Fashion Label with Nick Savaidis

Welcome to Episode 43!

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My guest this week is the Founder & CEO of one of Australia’s longest running ethical fashion brands, Nick Savaidis from Etiko.  Nick has been in the social enterprise for decades, since the early 1990’s in fact.

That experience and dedication to ethical sourcing shows through in Etiko,  who have been winning just about every award there is since 2005, taking out the Australian Ethical Fashion Report top spot every year since it started in 2013.  Interestingly, they chose to boycott that report in 2022 along with brands like Outland Denim, and we’ll explore why in the show.

In this episode, Nick explains the rich history leading up to founding Etiko in 2005, and we explore key things brands should think about regarding fair trade, as well as some interesting partners Etiko work with to power their take back schemes.