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Agenda

Day 1

Time

Session title

Session type

09:05 - 09:20

Showing up in the short-term: What is our responsibility as individuals and corporations amid global turmoil?

Plenary

09:20 - 10:00

Conscious consumption: How brands can close the sustainability say-do gap with the values that actually sell

Plenary

10:00 - 10:40

Financing net-zero: How to navigate short-term challenges for long-term decarbonization success

Plenary

10:40 - 11:20

11:20 - 12:00

Shared risk, shared resilience: What do genuine supplier-brand partnerships look like amid tariff uncertainty?

Plenary

12:00 - 12:30

A just transition: How can we prevent a race to the bottom in the race to net-zero?

Q&A

12:30 - 13:30

13:30 - 14:15

Breakouts - round 1

13:30 - 14:15

Forced labor: Is global regulation keeping pace with sub-contracting practices?

Breakout

13:30 - 14:15

LCA trade-offs: How do we balance accuracy with practicality in impact data collection?

Breakout

13:30 - 14:15

Evidence-based decisions and disclosure: Are we overcomplicating traceability?

Breakout

13:30 - 14:15

This house believes - Circularity distracts the industry from achieving net-zero

This house believes

14:15 - 15:00

Breakouts - round 2

14:15 - 15:00

Living wages: Why worker welfare starts but doesn’t end with decent pay

Breakout

14:15 - 15:00

Innovation opportunities: What are the small tweaks in our supply chain that can have big impact?

Breakout

14:15 - 15:00

ESPR: Can circular design requirements eliminate waste from supply chains?

Breakout

14:15 - 15:00

This house believes - Transaction certificates create paper trails, not supply chain accountability

This house believes

15:00 - 15:45

15:45 - 16:15

Case study breakouts - round 3

15:45 - 16:15

Audit fatigue: How could innovation free up resources for more community impact work?

Case study

15:45 - 16:15

Cleaner chemistry: Can low-impact processing cut water pollution and energy costs simultaneously?

Case study

15:45 - 16:15

DPPs: How to turn compliance into competitive advantage

Case study

15:45 - 16:15

This house believes - “Luxury apparel products are sustainable by nature”

This house believes

16:15 - 17:00

Breakouts - round 4

16:15 - 17:00

Heat stress: How can we integrate worker voices, particularly women's, in climate action?

Breakout

16:15 - 17:00

Virgin polyester alternatives: Can they deliver environmental savings worth the premium?

Breakout

16:15 - 17:00

EPR readiness: How can eco-modulation prompt a systems approach to end-of-life design?

Breakout

16:15 - 17:00

This house believes - Biodegradable synthetics are greenwashing dressed up as innovation

This house believes

17:00 - 18:00

Networking drinks

Day 2

Time

Session title

Session type

09:00 - 09:20

Board room buy-in: How can we present the business case to the C-suite without selling sustainability short?

Q&A

09:20 - 10:00

Overproduction and overconsumption: Where’s the incentive (and solution) to slow the system down?

Plenary

10:00 - 10:45

The reality of resale, repair, rental: Which, if any, circular business model provides a scalable alternative to the linear system?

Case study

10:45 - 11:15

11:15 - 12:05

T2T targets: Would a fully recycled closed textiles loop truly benefit everyone?

Plenary

12:05 - 12:30

Regenerative cotton: Would a clear definition of regenerative benefit farmers or risk restricting them?

Case study

12:30 - 13:30

13:30 - 15:00

Roundtables

13:30 - 14:15

A. Waste colonialism: How can the industry support community-driven approaches to upcycling and circular economies?

Roundtable

13:30 - 14:15

B. Responsible exits: When supplier exits are unavoidable, what does a responsible strategy look like to safeguard workers and communities?

Roundtable

13:30 - 14:15

C. A just regenerative transition: What does genuine partnership for farmers look like in practice?

Roundtable

13:30 - 14:15

D. Next-gen materials: How can we pool demand and overcome anti-competition barriers to unlock innovation?

Roundtable

13:30 - 14:15

E. Fiber shedding: Until our data sets improve, what working assumptions should we use to assess preferred materials?

Roundtable

13:30 - 14:15

F. Shared purchasing power agreements: How can collective action unlock renewable energy investment in supply chains?

Roundtable

13:30 - 14:15

G. Nearshoring: Can regionalized supply chains deliver stability and agility to match real-time demand?

Roundtable

13:30 - 14:15

H. Traceability progress: How can we make onboarding and data collection more efficient and consistent?

Roundtable

13:30 - 14:15

I. Holistic approach: Can regenerative design be the catalyst for a systems-level way of thinking?

Roundtable

13:30 - 14:15

J. Embedding sustainability: How can we make sustainability everyone’s job, not just the sustainability team’s?

Roundtable

13:30 - 14:15

Board-ready pitches: What data will resonate with the CFO to secure investment in sustainability?

Roundtable

15:00 - 15:30

Key takeaways and closing remarks

Contact

For any questions on this event, please contact:

Niamh Campbell

Senior Project Manager

Izzy Hodgson

Senior partnerships manager, sustainable fashion

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