Technical seminar 12: What’s the next – regional experiences sharing on building sustainable energy source in garment factories

The fashion supply chain decarbonization requires suppliers to find sustainable alternative energy sources in garment factories. Depending on where the production is located, suppliers might find themselves tackling regional variations in alternative energy sources, meanwhile brands and retailers might find themselves struggling to have a clear strategy on the issue especially if the supply chain crosses several countries.

However, it could be also an opportunity to have a totally different approach to the energy issue in the garment factories by introducing innovative technology into the production processes, or using some help from software and well-designed process to close loop holes of biomass supply.

This session provides some examples of strategic approaches and a specific technical solution to bring forward the discussion on: what role does regional context play? How would that affect the strategy of alternative energy sources? What needed to be done next?

Speakers

Peter Ford

Program Lead Climate, H&M Group

Peter Ford is based in H&M Group’s Hong Kong office where he oversees country-level decarbonisation actions globally. He has probably the only climate change themed tattoo in H&M Group, which goes some way to explain his passionate focus on removing coal from across the supply chain.

Francesco Carocci

Director, Khmer Green Charcoal (KGC) and renewable biomass energy advisor

Francesco’s company recycles coconut shells and wood residues into sustainable charcoal products, saving 1 hectare of natural forest every 3 days. For that, KGC won first prize at the European Chamber of Commerce CSR award in 2019.

This technical seminar is part of the Asian Dialogues series, which aims to bring together industry enthusiasts and representatives – from brands, suppliers, workers, civil society, and government bodies from Asia and beyond. This event series was initiated by GIZ FABRIC with the goal of connecting these stakeholders and fostering knowledge exchange across the industry.