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Sarah Coleman

Head of Development, Design and Sustainability

Margaret Howell

Sarah Coleman is Head of Development, Design & Sustainability at Margaret Howell. With a background in product and textiles, Sarah now leads product development, design and sustainability teams. Margaret Howell has long championed longevity and authenticity in fashion, and in recent years Sarah has led the sustainability strategy to ensure responsible and enduring design can be embedded with sustainable and circular principles.

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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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