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Katharine Beacham

Head of Raw Materials, Packaging and Sustainability

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Katharine leads a team of experts in materials and sustainability. In her role she ensures that the materials in our clothing products have been sourced with care as we work to become a net zero business across all our operations and our entire value chain by 2040.

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Day 0

Tuesday 28th April 2026

Time

Session title

Session type

15:00 - 17:30

Visit to Brightfiber Textiles

Workshop

17:30 - 18:30

Pre-event networking drinks

Networking

Day 1

Wednesday 29th April 2026

Time

Session title

Session type

09:00 - 09:20

Time to align: The necessity of partnerships and pre-competitive dialogue for success

09:20 - 10:00

Balancing quarterly results and long-term survival: How to make the case for climate action in the board-room

Plenary

10:00 - 10:45

Equitable partnerships: The importance of fair purchasing practises to unlock supplier-brand collaboration

Plenary

10:45 - 11:30

Break and speed networking

11:30 - 12:10

Electrification: Who’s funding the necessary investments to deliver net-zero?

Case study

12:10 - 13:00

Industry transformation: Where are the workers' rights and protections in a 1.5°C+ world?

Plenary

13:00 - 14:00

14:00 - 14:45

Breakout round 1

14:45 - 15:30

Breakouts round 2

15:30 - 16:15

16:15 - 16:45

Breakouts - case study round

16:45 - 17:30

Breakouts round 4

17:30 - 17:30

Networking Drinks

Day 2

Thursday 30th April 2026

Time

Session title

Session type

08:10 - 09:00

Brand-led coffee case studies

09:10 - 10:00

The consumption cyclone: Will circularity ever fix overproduction?

Plenary

10:00 - 10:30

Q&A with the EU Commission: Breakdown on the ESPR and the Circular Economy Action Plan

Q&A

10:30 - 11:15

Networking break

11:10 - 11:30

Circular design systems: Building the business case for regenerative cotton in a circular transition

Case study

11:30 - 12:10

Product team perspective: How do we design for durability and recyclability, not retrofit them later?

Plenary

11:30 - 12:10

How can SMEs drive meaningful change when the system favours giants?

The other room

12:10 - 13:00

Dragons den style presentation - Can we decouple profit and production through resale?

Case study

12:10 - 13:00

When is and when isn’t AI an appropriate tool for advancing sustainability?

The other room

13:00 - 14:00

14:00 - 14:25

A just transition: How we can centre waste pickers, not just waste, in the circular economy

Plenary

14:00 - 14:25

Measuring biodiversity: What data points should we be tracking?

The other room

14:25 - 15:10

Breaking the deadlock: What key barriers do we need to overcome to realise T2T recycling?

Plenary

14:25 - 15:10

How can the industry address waste colonialism and uplift community-led circular solutions?

The other room

15:10 - 15:40

Emotional durability: Why consumers neglect the clothes they own – and how psychology can help

Plenary

15:40 - 15:50

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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