Programme

From sustainable materials to consumer strategies and scope 3 targets, everyone across the fashion retail industry needs to be on the same page to reach sustainability goals. How can retailers, brands, manufacturers and suppliers all play their part?

• Outlining sustainability obligations: does everyone in the value chain know what is required from them?
• How to build collaboration into your day-to day working
• Where are products, processes and partnerships working well; what can we learn from this?

Small groups shaped and led to share challenges and explore collaborative possibilities. Pre-sign-up essential.

Join us for a deep dive into practical and progressive ways for the footwear industry to implement recycled, repurposed and responsible materials and processes to overcome significant sustainability challenges - and do this at scale.

Fashion resale, rental, repair and recycling are at the beginning of a rapid growth projection. Join us to deep dive into the opportunities offered by circular business models:

• Rethinking customer experiences, changing consumption habits and reimagining ownership: exploring journeys around rental, repair, reworking, resale and beyond
• Discussing the additional benefits of alternative revenue streams, from customer loyalty to data
• Rethinking and re-educating consumers around end of life - from takeback to closed-loop technology

With increasingly sustainability-savvy consumers and pending legislation front of mind, we uncover how the industry can practically and efficiently track and prove material and product provenance.

• Building traceability teams: exploring how brands are leading this across their business, and the successes and challenges they face
• Effectively working with suppliers: how to streamline traceability processes
• Digital product passports: gaining pilot insights into their hurdles and benefits as we move towards mandatory implementation by 2030

Building truly responsible supply chains goes beyond simple transparency. It demands active collaboration that empowers suppliers to thrive alongside your business. Collaborative supply network platforms transform how you approach ESG goals, supplier partnerships, and sourcing decisions. Learn from the innovators in collaborative supply chains how to quantitatively add an ESG component to sourcing decisions and to reduce inefficiencies and waste to improve business and environmental performance. Unlock the power of your entire network and build a truly responsible supply chain for the future.

Discover how to leverage data to effectively engage stakeholders with comprehensive reporting, substantiate environmental claims and build consumer trust. In this session, Tara and Adam will discuss practical solutions and partnership opportunities that drive impactful sustainability strategies. 

 Vinted is on a mission to make second-hand the go-to choice for all things fashion. But how are they achieving this, and what impact is it having on the path towards a more sustainable industry? Delve into the core of Vinted's reselling model and explore the future of the second-hand market.

Following the release of WRAP's Textiles Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) status report earlier this year, Jordan will discuss the importance of EPR systems in tackling textile waste and explore how a textiles EPR scheme could complement and enhance voluntary efforts to shift the UK to a circular textiles economy. Jordan will share what the UK can learn from other nations around the world who are already beginning to design, and in some cases implement, national EPR systems. Join this session to learn how WRAP's resources can help you get ahead of upcoming legislation.

With the concept of sustainable fashion encompassing the development and manufacturing of socially conscious, ecologically friendly, and commercially viable apparel, join us to discuss how sustainable materials can be made competitive:

• The infrastructure gaps and regulatory hurdles that impede the adoption of sustainable materials
• Scaling up sustainable materials to meet increasing demand without compromising quality or environmental impact
• Investing in circular economy practices: building closed-loop systems for material recovery and reuse
• The most promising sustainable materials with the potential for widespread adoption
  

Small group breakout shaped and led to share challenges and explore collaborative possibilities. Pre-sign-up essential.

Small group breakout led by the Competition and Markets Authority to discuss the recent scrutiny of the fashion brands' green claims and what is expected from the fashion retailers in terms of compliance, transparency and clarity of environmental claims.

Small group breakout led by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation to accelerate solution pathways that allow companies to make revenue without making new clothes.

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