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Fireside Chat
Co-Hosted By Mango
Across the global fashion sector, accelerated collective action is needed to drive paradigm-shifting change (especially on topics like circular material adoption). Incredible leadership is being demonstrating by some industry actors: this closed-door, executive-level roundtable meeting will discuss how best-practice principles from exemplary value chain-collaborations can be adopted across the wider landscape to expedite impact.
Co-Hosted by H&M Foundation
Circular textile systems are yet to be established in Indonesia. This closed-door, executive-level roundtable meeting will explore characteristics of apparel and footwear manufacturing in the country, key stakeholders, potential barriers and opportunities, and needed commitments to inform a partnership-led project for textile circularity: Circular Fashion Partnership Indonesia.
Co-Hosted by Mango
Across the global fashion sector, accelerated collective action is needed to drive paradigm-shifting change (especially on topics like circular material adoption). Incredible leadership is being demonstrating by some industry actors: this closed-door, executive-level roundtable meeting will discuss how best-practice principles from exemplary value chain-collaborations can be adopted across the wider landscape to expedite impact.
An increasing number of organisations working on textiles-related policies are emerging. While this is a positive signal for change, the multiplie approaches risk a confused scattering of key messages towards the newly elected. This closed-door, executive-level roundtable meeting will convene all engaged organisations to provide a knowledge-sharing platform, from which Global Fashion Agenda can identify commonalities and cross-collaboration areas.
Co-Hosted by UNEP
Influencers hold a powerful but rarely acknowledged position in advancing sustainability impact towards circular systems. This closed-door roundtable meeting will convene communications leaders around the introduction of a new pledge, driving a dialogue on how influencers can educate and inspire consumers, while committing to promoting sustainable values on their platforms.
Co-Hosted by The Policy Hub
As the 2025 mandate for separate textile waste collection approaches, the EU faces significant challenges: a lack of finalized legal framework to guide Member States’ efforts, and evident fragmentation in Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) schemes. This roundtable will explore the ongoing status and negotiations around the Waste Framework Directive, addressing these critical issues. By delving into the legislative landscape, the session aims to guide the harmonization of EPR schemes, ensuring a cohesive approach that supports the EU’s environmental goals and the effective establishment of a market for secondary raw materials.
Co-Hosted by GIZ & H&M Foundation
Pilot-status results have yielded important insights on opportunities to scale circular textile systems in Cambodia and Vietnam. This closed-door, executive-level roundtable meeting will explore how to turn learnings so far into scalable national plans for Circular Fashion Partnerships, which specifically tailors a tested model to the nuances of the Cambodian & Vietnamese markets. Furthermore, the meeting will discuss the regional roles of these countries in a global circular fashion value chain.
Co-Hosted by H&M Foundation
Significant opportunities for accelerating and scaling recycling of post-industrial textile waste exist in multiple countries worldwide. This closed-door, executive-level working meeting will convene SteerCo members of The Global Circular Fashion Forum (GCFF):a global initiative by Global Fashion Agenda to spur local action in textile manufacturing countries in an an effort to achieve a long-term and just transition to a circular fashion industry.
Co-Hosted by Nike
This leadership roundtable will reflect on the key barriers and potential unlocks towards accelerating collective action for circular footwear systems within the global fashion sector.
