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Fashion professionals puzzle at the Global Fashion Summit: How do we unlock the next level of sustainability?

What was Global Fashion Agenda's (GFA) intention with the theme of the 15th Global Fashion Summit (GFS), ‘Unlocking the Next Level’? The promise was a balanced, evidence-based overview of successful and less successful experiments for a more sustainable fashion sector to learn from for the crucial years ahead. But as often happens with ‘...

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How does the fashion industry justify 15 years of Global Fashion Summit?

"We can't go on talking about this topic for another 15 years," was undoubtedly the most frequently uttered phrase at the latest edition of the Global Fashion Summit (GFS). Yet that is mainly what the sustainable fashion gathering is: a place for fashion professionals from the top of the industry to engage in the conversation about...

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Bloom Labs win the Trailblazer Award at the Global Fashion Summit

At the Global Fashion Summit in Copenhagen, Bloom Labs on Tuesday was honoured with the prestigious Trailblazer Award, presented by Global Fashion Agenda (GFA) and PDS Ventures. This accolade recognises early-stage innovators driving transformative changes in the fashion and textile industry with planet-positive solutions. Bloom Labs secured the...

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What's on the agenda at the 15th annual Global Fashion Summit?

The Global Fashion Summit, curated by Global Fashion Agenda (GFA), a non-profit organization dedicated to fostering collaboration on sustainability in the fashion industry, serves as the premier platform for advancing sustainability initiatives. Now in its 15th year, the summit has become synonymous with the sustainability movement in fashion,...

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Fashion's pathway to becoming net positive

Global Fashion Agenda (GFA) has unveiled the 2023 Fashion CEO Agenda during the Global Fashion Summit: Boston Edition 2023. The report aims to aid fashion industry executives in developing strategies to create a sector with a net positive impact on society, the environment, and the global economy. It includes action areas for brands, retailers,...

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Global Fashion Summit: Sustainability in the spotlight, but ‘less talk, more action’ needed

More than 1,000 representatives from fashion brands, retailers, NGOs, policymakers, and manufacturers returned to Copenhagen this week for the 2023 edition of the Global Fashion Summit. The event brought together some of the world’s biggest fashion conglomerates including PVH and VF Corp, luxury groups LVMH and Kering, sportswear giants Nike and...

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Global Fashion Agenda launches platform to help textile industry align sustainability goals

The Global Fashion Agenda, a non-profit looking to help the industry collaborate on sustainable solutions, has launched a new platform to do just that. The platform - called the Global Textiles Policy Forum (GTPF) - aims to help textile industry players and governments to “align on an ambitious sustainability pathway for the industry and the...

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UNEP and UN Climate Change release sustainable fashion playbook

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the UN Climate-Change-convened Fashion Charter released the first Sustainable Fashion Communication Playbook to offer a practical guide for fashion marketers on how they can contribute to sustainable change. Launched at the Global Fashion Summit in Copenhagen, the playbook shows consumer-facing...

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LVMH's Antoine Arnault: Luxury rivals must work together to tackle sustainability

Luxury fashion brands need to work together if the industry is to bring about meaningfully sustainable change, said Antoine Arnault, the head of image and environment at French luxury giant LVMH. “I think it is important that we aggregate the leaders of this industry, the luxury industry, to work together,” he said at the Global Fashion Summit,...

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Ganni and Rubi debut carbon-made yarn

Danish fashion brand Ganni and California start-up Rubi, which is pioneering carbon-negative cellulosic textiles, debut the first-ever yarn made directly from carbon emissions through a fully enzymatic process. The yarn, which is carbon-made and water and land neutral, was unveiled at the Global Fashion Summit in Copenhagen, and marks phase two...

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Jonathan Anderson: Young designers are driving sustainable fashion

Young generations are pushing the pace when it comes to sustainability in luxury fashion, said Jonathan Anderson, the founder and creative director of LVMH-owned luxury label JW Anderson. Speaking on Tuesday at the Global Fashion Summit in Copenhagen, Anderson said it is “exciting” to work with young designers who are focusing heavily on...

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Allbirds unveils the world’s first net-zero carbon shoe

Sustainable footwear brand Allbirds have unveiled what it is calling the world’s first net zero carbon shoe alongside an entire toolkit to allow the rest of the footwear industry to copy its innovation. The high-top ‘M0.0NSHOT' boasts a carbon footprint of net 0.0 kg CO2e, which is about 14 kg CO2e based on the brand’s calculations that it adds...