UK Representative Attends Fashion Revolution Opening, Praises Taiwan's Textile Sustainability Resolve
UK Representative to Taiwan, Ruth Bradley-Jones, attended the opening of the 2026 Fashion Revolution Taiwan, praising the Taiwanese textile industry for focusing over 60% of its R&D on eco-technologies.
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(CNA Reporter Wu Shu-wei, Taipei, 24th) Ruth Bradley-Jones, the UK Representative to Taiwan, stated today while attending the opening party for the 2026 Fashion Revolution Taiwan that over 60% of Taiwan's textile R&D is focused on environmental technologies. The astonishing speed of innovation in Taiwan's textile industry demonstrates its resolve and responsibility, showing that sustainable fashion is not a niche area.
The 2026 Fashion Revolution Taiwan held its opening party at a sustainable department store tonight, inviting Ruth Bradley-Jones and Lai Ying-ying, Director-General of the Resource Circulation Administration under the Ministry of Environment.
In her speech, Bradley-Jones mentioned that she didn't care much about what she wore as a child until her teenage years when the term "fast fashion" became popular. She began buying a large number of clothes, while simultaneously thinking about issues like pollution, energy consumption, and labor rights. However, this was at odds with her consumption behavior at the time. It wasn't until the Rana Plaza collapse in Bangladesh in 2013, which killed over 1,100 people, that she realized who made her clothes, giving birth to the "Fashion Revolution" movement.
Bradley-Jones pointed out that the core mission of the Fashion Revolution is to make people ask, "Who made my clothes?" Taiwan has consistently been among the world's top ten textile exporters and is once again at the core of the global supply chain, an industry undergoing earth-shattering changes. Over 60% of Taiwan's textile R&D focuses on environmental tech, and recycled textiles account for 25% of all textiles. The Taiwan government's goal is for 50% of export textiles to be sustainable products by 2030.
She noted that not all government goals are realized, but the astonishing innovative speed of Taiwan's textile industry shows resolve and responsibility, proving that sustainable fashion is not niche. She has always believed Taiwan has the capability to optimize production and has heard it performs well. She also sees people in Taiwan who genuinely care for the environment and are willing to stand up, hoping everyone can take action to change and become part of Taiwan's fashion revolution.
Lai Ying-ying told the CNA reporter that Taiwan's fashion sector promotes sustainable fashion and has joined the UK-initiated Fashion Revolution movement. Besides the industry moving towards sustainability, the government is also pushing the "Resource Circulation Promotion Act," currently under legislative review, hoping the government and industry can work together in the future.
Organizers noted that Fashion Revolution is the world's largest sustainable fashion citizen movement. Annually around April 24 (the anniversary of the Bangladesh factory collapse), it calls on the world to rethink "where our clothes come from, who makes them, and their environmental and social impacts." The 2026 Fashion Revolution Taiwan gathers designers, brand founders, researchers, and activists from the 24th to 26th through markets, lectures, networking, and talks, inviting the public to join the ranks of changing the fashion industry.
(CNA Reporter Wu Shu-wei, Taipei, 24th) Ruth Bradley-Jones, the UK Representative to Taiwan, stated today while attending the opening party for the 2026 Fashion Revolution Taiwan that over 60% of Taiwan's textile R&D is focused on environmental technologies. The astonishing speed of innovation in Taiwan's textile industry demonstrates its resolve and responsibility, showing that sustainable fashion is not a niche area.
The 2026 Fashion Revolution Taiwan held its opening party at a sustainable department store tonight, inviting Ruth Bradley-Jones and Lai Ying-ying, Director-General of the Resource Circulation Administration under the Ministry of Environment.
In her speech, Bradley-Jones mentioned that she didn't care much about what she wore as a child until her teenage years when the term "fast fashion" became popular. She began buying a large number of clothes, while simultaneously thinking about issues like pollution, energy consumption, and labor rights. However, this was at odds with her consumption behavior at the time. It wasn't until the Rana Plaza collapse in Bangladesh in 2013, which killed over 1,100 people, that she realized who made her clothes, giving birth to the "Fashion Revolution" movement.
Bradley-Jones pointed out that the core mission of the Fashion Revolution is to make people ask, "Who made my clothes?" Taiwan has consistently been among the world's top ten textile exporters and is once again at the core of the global supply chain, an industry undergoing earth-shattering changes. Over 60% of Taiwan's textile R&D focuses on environmental tech, and recycled textiles account for 25% of all textiles. The Taiwan government's goal is for 50% of export textiles to be sustainable products by 2030.
She noted that not all government goals are realized, but the astonishing innovative speed of Taiwan's textile industry shows resolve and responsibility, proving that sustainable fashion is not niche. She has always believed Taiwan has the capability to optimize production and has heard it performs well. She also sees people in Taiwan who genuinely care for the environment and are willing to stand up, hoping everyone can take action to change and become part of Taiwan's fashion revolution.
Lai Ying-ying told the CNA reporter that Taiwan's fashion sector promotes sustainable fashion and has joined the UK-initiated Fashion Revolution movement. Besides the industry moving towards sustainability, the government is also pushing the "Resource Circulation Promotion Act," currently under legislative review, hoping the government and industry can work together in the future.
Organizers noted that Fashion Revolution is the world's largest sustainable fashion citizen movement. Annually around April 24 (the anniversary of the Bangladesh factory collapse), it calls on the world to rethink "where our clothes come from, who makes them, and their environmental and social impacts." The 2026 Fashion Revolution Taiwan gathers designers, brand founders, researchers, and activists from the 24th to 26th through markets, lectures, networking, and talks, inviting the public to join the ranks of changing the fashion industry.