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Day 1

Time

Session title

Theme

Session type

9:05am - 9:20am

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

Plenary

9:20am - 10:00am

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

Plenary

10:00am - 10:40am

Achieving net-zero as an industry: Realigning ambition and investment for long-term decarbonisation success

Case study

10:40am - 11:20am

11:20am - 11:50am

Worker rights: How can we prevent a race to the bottom in the race to net-zero?

Plenary

11:50am - 12:30pm

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

Plenary

12:30pm - 1:30pm

1:30pm - 2:15pm

Breakouts - round 1

1:30pm - 2:15pm

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

Breakout

1:30pm - 2:15pm

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

Breakout

1:30pm - 2:15pm

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

Breakout

1:30pm - 2:15pm

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

This house believes

2:15pm - 3:00pm

Breakouts - round 2

2:15pm - 3:00pm

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

Breakout

2:15pm - 3:00pm

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

Breakout

2:15pm - 3:00pm

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

Breakout

2:15pm - 3:00pm

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

This house believes

3:00pm - 3:45pm

3:45pm - 4:15pm

Case study breakouts - round 3

3:45pm - 4:15pm

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

Case study

3:45pm - 4:15pm

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

Case study

3:45pm - 4:15pm

DPPs: How to turn compliance into competitive advantage

Case study

3:45pm - 4:15pm

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

This house believes

4:15pm - 5:00pm

Breakouts - round 4

4:15pm - 5:00pm

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

Breakout

4:15pm - 5:00pm

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

Breakout

4:15pm - 5:00pm

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

Breakout

4:15pm - 5:00pm

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

This house believes

5:00pm - 6:00pm

Networking drinks

Day 2

Time

Session title

Theme

Session type

9:00am - 9:20am

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

Q&A

9:20am - 10:00am

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

Plenary

10:00am - 10:45am

The reality of resale, repair, rental: Can circular business models actually scale to compete with the linear system?

Plenary

10:45am - 11:15am

11:15am - 12:00pm

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

Plenary

12:00pm - 12:30pm

Regenerative cotton: If it really is a win-win for all, why is it not more widespread?

Case study

12:30pm - 1:30pm

1:30pm - 3:00pm

Roundtables

1:30pm - 2:15pm

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

Roundtable

1:30pm - 2:15pm

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

Roundtable

1:30pm - 2:15pm

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

Roundtable

1:30pm - 2:15pm

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

Roundtable

1:30pm - 2:15pm

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

Roundtable

1:30pm - 2:15pm

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

Roundtable

1:30pm - 2:15pm

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

Roundtable

1:30pm - 2:15pm

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

Roundtable

1:30pm - 2:15pm

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

Roundtable

1:30pm - 2:15pm

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

Roundtable

3:00pm - 3:30pm

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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