Illustrious brands and organisations reveal new sustainability actions at Global Fashion Summit: Copenhagen Edition

The Summit was centred around the theme 'Alliances for a New Era'. Under the theme, the event brought together leaders to foster pre-competitive collaboration within the fashion industry and examined atypical cross-industry alliances, in a bid to accelerate the transition to a net positive industry.

The content was designed to be the boldest yet and focused on challenging topics and honest discussions with more diverse voices. The programme covered topics from 'What even is a sustainable brand?' to 'subverting fashion's historical exclusion', to 'supercharged storytelling' to the 'metaverse impact and decentralised futures'.

Attendees heard from 112 speakers including HRH The Crown Princess of Denmark; Marie-Claire Daveu, Chief Sustainability & institutional Affairs Officer, Kering ; Leo Rongone, CEO, Bottega Veneta; Thierry Andretta, CEO, Mulberry; Lily Cole, Author & Podcaster on climate solutions and Advisor for UNECE; Nicolaj Reffstrup, Founder, GANNI; Maximillian Bittner, CEO, Vestiaire Collective; Paul Polmon, Co-Author, Net Positive; Bobby Kolade, Fashion Designer; Halide Alagöz, Chief Product Officer, Ralph Lauren Corporation; Aditi Mayer, Sustainable fashion blogger and labor rights activist; Lindita Xhaferi Salihu, Fashion Charter Lead, UNFCCC; and many more. View all speakers.

Federica Marchionni, CEO, Global Fashion Agenda, says: "Fashion is about change, you can let it happen, or you can make it happen. The Summit sparked many very promising alliances and we saw key stakeholders announce a flood of encouraging sustainability improvements. There has been so much knowledge shared and attendees now need to take what they have learned and share it with others, and - most importantly - implement it, diligently."

Leading brands, retailers and organisations unveiled new alliances and initiatives:

Multiple companies chose to announce their latest sustainability measures at the landmark event.

Highlights include:

Innovation Forum connected fashion companies with sustainable solution providers

This year's Summit also presented an Innovation Forum, enabling small and large companies to meet with 24 sustainable solution providers – equipping them with the tools to turn words into meaningful actions. More than 300 facilitated business meetings between fashion companies and sustainable solution providers took place during the two days of the Summit.

Global Fashion Summit: Copenhagen Edition 2022 was supported by Principal Sponsor, Polestar. Formerly known as Copenhagen Fashion Summit, the forum was renamed in February 2022 to manifest the organisation's global outlook and reach. Global Fashion Summit will build on the 13-year history of the renowned Copenhagen Fashion Summit by strengthening its representation and connections with diverse perspectives from across the world. Therefore, the Summit will be hosted in various key cities in the future, in addition to its flagship edition in Copenhagen.

For more information about the Summit at globalfashionsummit.com. Learn more about Global Fashion Agenda at globalfashionagenda.org.

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