Sustainable Apparel and Textiles Conference: Europe

21st - 22nd April 2027

Amsterdam, Netherlands

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WATER STRESS: Your key dyeing and finishing cluster faces water rationing within two years. What do you do?

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  • Groundwater in the region is falling every year. Your largest wet-processing supplier handles 40% of your dyed and finished volume and warns that the local authority is preparing to cap industrial withdrawals. You have 18 months and no budget line. Decide whether you co-invest, diversify or exit.

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SOCIAL AUDITS: Your audit budget is up for renewal, and a certified supplier has been found employing migrant workers who paid recruitment fees

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GRIEVANCE MECHANISMS: A worker at a Tier 2 mill has posted online about unpaid overtime, and your grievance channel has never heard from that site

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Day 0

Tuesday 28th April 2026

Time
Session title
Session theme
Session type
2:00pm - 5:00pm
Half-day hackathon 
Workshop
5:30pm - 6:30pm
Pre-event networking drinks 
Networking
Day 2 | The next decade

Thursday 30th April 2026

Time
Session title
Session theme
Session type
8:00am - 9:00am
Arrival and light breakfast 
Plenary
9:00am - 10:15am
Morning round 1 
10:15am - 11:00am
Networking break
11:00am - 12:15pm
Morning round 2 
12:15pm - 1:15pm
Lunch
1:15pm - 1:45pm
Sustainability without a CSO: Who owns the targets when the role disappears? 
Q&A
1:45pm - 3:15pm
Scenario-based roundtables 
3:15pm - 3:45pm
Key takeaways and the elephants to take back to the office 
Plenary

Contact

For any questions on this event, please contact:

Niamh Campbell

Portfolio Lead - apparel and textiles

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Anita Thomson

Chief Partnerships Officer

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