Program

– The shift from voluntary to mandatory: insights on getting the transition right
– Exploring the spectrum of disclosure standards
– What are best practices for data in the context of substantiation?

From substantiation to regulation, the fashion industry is adapting to the new release of regulations and legislative practices across the globe. During this panel, we will explore what global regulations are coming and how we should prepare for them across the value chain.

– Substantiation, communication and verification: breaking down the basis of ‘Green Claims’
– Navigating our industry’s approach to environmental labels
– Deep diving on policy to avoid misleading consumers consumption choices

In this transitional period for the fashion industry, how can greenwashing be both understood and avoided effectively? This session focuses on the European Commission’s proposed directive on regulating so-called ‘Green Claims’, exploring its potential to counter greenwashing practices.

– Challenges and opportunities to accelerate effective decarbonization actions in different producing countries
– Science-based targets: driving positive social and environmental impacts
– Where and how can fashion achieve deep, rapid and sustained reductions in greenhouse gas emissions?

We know the global goals – but how do we get there collectively? This crucial conversation explores existing industry programs and solutions to support.

– What does a 45% GHG emission reduction look like today at all levels of the value chain?
– What opportunities are there to align brand-side strategies for impact?
– What is required to be embedded into the fashion value chains, to enable action?

Building on the previous discussion, this panel will outline the reality of what it will take to achieve a 45% GHG emission reduction (for both brands and manufacturers). Setting this standard differs across the value chain: here we’ll showcase that while focusing on the solutions to make it possible.

– Sharing an outlook on interspecies damage by microfibers
– From fabric construction to special finishes, how can microfiber shedding be mitigated at the manufacturing stage?
– Cellular mechanisms and textile design: what’s next?

Microfibers are now recognized as pervasive environmental pollutants, and microfibre loss from textiles is acknowledged as an important issue within the fashion and textile industry. From fabric construction to innovative finishes, how can fiber fragmentation be mitigated during manufacturing? Led by Sophie Mather, Founding Director at The Microfibre Consortium, who brings an abundance of first-hand experience and innovative thinking to the topic, this session rounds up the issue of fiber fragmentation into ecosystems, with a focus on the challenges and opportunities during textile design and manufacturing.

– Data-backed tools and ready to deploy: introducing the catalytic Fashion Climate Fund
– What are the major unlocks for much-needed flows of funding?
– Supporting a registry of proven carbon reduction solutions for both mitigation and adaptation

Multi-billions must be spent to cut fashion’s emissions in half by 2030. How do we catalyze investment for this shift? By exploring new mechanisms to fund powerful solutions, this session offers a pathway to accelerated decarbonization through innovative portfolio financing.

– Driving excitement and appetite for new business modules to truly activate change at scale
– Circular intersections: the need to combine social & environmental issues
– Connecting the dots between better fabrics, manufacturing processes and co-creation methods

The circular textiles economy relies on profound systemic change. By hearing from different value chain perspectives, this session articulates the design and production of certified circular product groups, focusing also on the significance of impact data collection and transparency.