Sponsors, Partners & Alliances

Global Fashion Summit is proud to work with some of the world’s leading foundations, solution providers and companies, all of whom play a vital role in driving sustainability in their sectors.

Learn more about our Sponsors, Partners & Alliances below.

Sponsors of Global Fashion Summit: Copenhagen Edition 2024

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Principal Sponsors

Re&Up is a circulartech company reshaping the traditional textile-to-textile paradigm. By producing new generations of cotton and polyester materials that maintain the same performance as virgin fibres, it brings sustainable solutions to life, addressing the planet’s most pressing challenges. Enriched by the fashion experience of its sister company ISKO and by SANKO’s centenary knowledge in textile innovation, this collective approach creates a seamless closed-loop ecosystem that transforms end-of-life textile waste into high-quality raw materials at scale: a commitment to opening up a more responsible and technologically evolved future for textiles and fashion.

ISKO is one of the world’s leading global textile companies with touchpoints in over 60 international locations and boasting over a century of textile innovation. Renowned for premium woven denim products, ISKO’s patented technologies elevate fashion, comfort, performance and durability. ISKO’s commitment to lowering their impact spans across every aspect of the company which is shown in the many global memberships and third-party verifications and also through an increased use of recycled fibres throughout the entire collection. 

 

 

U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol

Associate Sponsor

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Launched in 2020, the U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol is the voluntary sustainability program for US cotton growers, and traceability platform for all US cotton. It is the only program to offer quantifiable, verifiable goals and measurement in six key sustainability metrics and the first sustainable cotton fiber program to offer article-level supply chain transparency for members.

Mango

Associate Sponsor

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Mango, one of Europe’s leading fashion groups, is a global company with design and creativity at the heart of its model and a strategy based on constant innovation, the pursuit of sustainability and a complete ecosystem of channels and partners. Founded in Barcelona in 1984, the company closed 2023 with a turnover of 3.1 billion euros, with 33% of its business coming from the online channel, and a presence in more than 115 markets. 

NIKE, Inc.

Associate Sponsor

NIKE, Inc., based near Beaverton, Ore., is the world’s leading designer, marketer and distributor of authentic athletic footwear, apparel, equipment and accessories for a wide variety of sports and fitness activities. Converse, a wholly owned NIKE, Inc. subsidiary brand, designs, markets and distributes athletic lifestyle footwear, apparel and accessories.

PDS Ventures

Presenter of the 2024 Trailblazer Programme

 

 

PDS Ventures is the innovation and investment arm of PDS Group with a $50m fund dedicated to supporting and investing in innovative startups in the fashion sector With a focus on climate-led innovation, PDS Ventures aims to drive positive change within the industry by strategically partnering with portfolio companies to unlock value throughout the PDS Limited network consisting of over 600 factory partners and 250+ consumer brands and retail businesses. As the only structured Corporate Venture Capital arm within the fashion supply chain and a leading investor in early stage innovations, PDS Ventures’ investment portfolio spans across material science, manufacturing solutions & processes, post consumer & circular solutions, supply chain transparency/traceability and fashion tech enablers.

 

A Selection of Previous Sponsors

Global Fashion Summit has been supported by organisations for 15 years, each sponsorship contributes to a unique experience and collaboration.

Previous Sponsors

Global Fashion Agenda Partners

Global Fashion Agenda’s Strategic Partners are a small group of hand-picked companies, representing different market segments and geographies, who lead by example in their dedication to drive sustainable progress and provide essential leadership to support Global Fashion Agenda’s mission. They act as a first sounding in shaping our sustainability agenda and play an active role in content development, in particular by shaping and signing off on the CEO Agenda.

Our Associate Partners provide additional feedback and input in content.

We’re proud to work with some of the world’s leading companies, all of whom play a vital role in driving sustainability in their sectors.

Alliances

Global Fashion Agenda has forged alliances with a number of selected stakeholders to accelerate the fashion industry’s climate action.

UNFCCC

With the urgent need for industry transformation, the alliance between GFA and UNFCCC will accelerate the impact of the UN Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action which aims to drive the fashion industry to net-zero emissions no later than 2050 in line with keeping global warming below 1.5 degrees.

The collaboration culminates around the organisations’ prestigious forums including GFA’s Global Fashion Summit and UNFCCC’s annual Conference of Parties (COP). Through these forums, the organisations will collaborate to unite fashion leaders and core stakeholders to facilitate knowledge sharing, impactful partnerships, and the implementation of bold actions needed to meet the Fashion Charter targets.

Watch & Jewellery Initiative 2030

To unite iconic fashion, watch and jewellery brands in a bid to accelerate positive impact, GFA forged an alliance with the Watch & Jewellery Initiative 2030, in 2023.

The fashion, watch and jewellery industries are typically based on complex value chains with a myriad of ramifications; from the environmental impact of materials to the human rights issues among workers to the strain on precious resources. To address these, GFA and WJI 2030 share ambitious goals to create a better world.