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Zach Du Chao pledges support for BFC's sustainability programme

12 Feb '25

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Zach Du Chao pledges support for BFC's sustainability programme

Zach Du Chao. Pic: British Fashion Council

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On the 5th anniversary of the British Fashion Council's Institute of Positive Fashion, philanthropist Zach Du Chao pledged support through the BFC Foundation.
His donation funds the inaugural IPF research fellowship, focused on the fashion industry's impact on planetary health.
Du Chao becomes a BFC Foundation sustainability ambassador for planetary health.

On the 5^th anniversary of the British Fashion Council’s (BFC’s) Institute of Positive Fashion, philanthropist and sustainable champion Zach Du Chao has pledged his support through the BFC Foundation to further the BFC’s industry-leading sustainability programme. Zach Du Chao has a longstanding record of working with a range of not-for-profit organisations, including acting as NYU Shanghai global philanthropy mentor and as a member of the UNICEF International Council.

The first action enabled by the pledge is for an inaugural IPF research fellowship: a new research project which seeks to understand the fashion industry’s impact on planetary health, with the overall objectives to drive responsible business decisions across the supply chain and inform policy change. No other organisation is currently investigating fashion’s specific impact on planetary health. This fellowship seeks to pioneer a new global framework for change, BFC said in a press release.

In recognition of this support, Zach Du Chao will become a British Fashion Council Foundation sustainability ambassador for planetary health. The BFC Foundation Trustees thanked Zach Du Chao for his generous support enabling the BFC to continue to be at the forefront of research and part of the growing discourse on the relationship between environmental protection and public health.

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