Contributions Overview
Next steps for tackling modern slavery
This conference will examine the current priorities for tackling modern slavery in the context of a range of recent developments - including the Government’s New Plan for Immigration, the Nationality and Borders Bill, and the overhaul of the asylum system - as well as the implications of these developments for addressing modern slavery and supporting victims.
The EU Sustainable Textiles Strategy
The EU Sustainable Textiles Strategy - How Do We Ensure Ambitious Climate Action Is Central to Upcoming Legislation? With COP 26 fast approaching and a pioneering EU Sustainable Textiles Strategy in the making, it is crucial to discuss how to ensure ambitious climate action is prioritised in the coming EU Textiles Strategy. In this webinar you will hear climate experts, members of the European Commission and DG Environment, as well as company representatives, climate finance experts, and NGOs discuss how to ensure climate action is central to upcoming legislation.
2021 Supply Chain Transparency Conference
The 2021 Supply Chain Transparency Conference will cover topics ranging from the business case for transparency, due diligence for customs compliance, how to tackle supplier engagement, and the next generation of supply chain technology.
Powering Innovation for a Circular Future
Circular Shift is brought to the industry by the Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute. This annual event, held virtually from Amsterdam this year, provides a forum for leading professionals from business, policy, finance and other stakeholder groups to unite, share and learn from each other. The event is a convention of senior leaders and renowned experts across sectors who make innovations for a circular future a reality, already today. This is reflected in the depth and breadth of content at the event, ranging from product innovation to supply chain collaboration and consumer engagement.
WRAP Going round in circles? Introduction to Circularity for Fashion & Textiles
During the webinar, specialists from WRAP’s Textiles 2030 team will demystify what circularity means for fashion and textile businesses.
The Impacts of the Pandemic on Overseas Chinese-invested Textile and Apparel Enterprises’ Operation and Social Responsibility
Cotton made in Africa's (CmiA’s) ecological footprint is one of the impact categories that the Aid by Trade Foundation wants to review regularly, and a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is one of the tools used to achieve this. In April 2021, an updated and extended LCA study for CmiA was published. At this webinar, you will learn what steps the LCA experts from Sphera took to calculate the impact categories under review and how to interpret the results, as well as which statements about impact categories (such as Global Warming Potential) are legitimate from the perspective of an LCA expert, and which are not.
Repeat, Regain or Re-negotiate? The post-COVID future of global apparel
Join us on Tuesday, October 12 at 10am ET for a live debate on Cornell NCP's new paper on the future of the apparel industry: 'Repeat, Regain or Re-negotiate?' Our analyses track apparel industry concentration, climate crisis impacts, automation, shifting sourcing patterns and public-vs-private regulation for three post-pandemic scenarios. Our guests for the debate include Amol Mehra, Director of Industry Transformation at the Laudes Foundation, Arianna Rossi who leads the ILO Better Work Research and Impact team, Cara Chacon, former VP at Patagonia, and Anannya Bhattacharjee of the Asia Floor Wage Alliance.
Natural fibre Standards and Certification - Panel
Consumers are demanding higher standards from the products they bring home, leading to the rising importance of organic labeling and ecological standards and certifications. To be certified organic, natural fibres such as cotton, wool, hemp, and flax must be grown and produced under stringent standards that relate to the use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides. Why is this certification an important label for consumers and how is it different from other certifications?