Sustainable Apparel and Textiles Conference USA

3rd - 4th June 2026

New York City, USA

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Due diligence fatigue: How do we shift from compliance checkbox to real impact for people and planet?

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What to expect from this type of session...

These focused, problem-solving sessions tackle critical business challenges and provide clear and practical outputs.

Adolfo Lopez del Castillo 

Lacoste

Senior Director – Quality, Compliance, Sustainability & Footwear Operations

Speaker
Dinelle Salvador 

TextileGenesis

Brand and Ecosystem Partnerships

Speaker
Evre Kaynak 

W. L. Gore & Associates

Global Human Rights Due Diligence (HRDD) Leader

Speaker
Alejandra Barajas 

Social & Labor Convergence Program

Data Insights Manager

Moderator

Previous session:

Brand values vs consumer value: Can sustainability drive business growth on the demand side?

Next session:

Preferred materials: How to use LCA data and navigate trade-offs for impact?

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Day 0

Time
Session title
Session theme
Session type
3:00pm - 5:00pm
Visit to RTV sorting facility and roundtables 
5:00pm - 6:00pm
Networking drinks
Day 1

Time
Session title
Session theme
Session type
9:00am - 9:30am
Showing up in the short-term: What is our responsibility as individuals and corporations amid global turmoil? 
Cotopaxi
Plenary
9:30am - 10:25am
Shared risk, shared resilience: What do genuine supplier-brand partnerships that withstand trade uncertainty look like? 
Soorty Enterprises | Oritain | Princess Polly | Komar | Cascale
Plenary
10:25am - 11:05am
Break and speed networking
11:05am - 11:45am
Achieving net-zero as an industry: Realigning ambition and investment for long-term decarbonisation success 
HSBC | Elevate Textiles | J.Crew Group | Apparel Impact Institute
Plenary
11:45am - 12:30pm
Collapsing the E and S in ESG: Protecting workers’ rights in the push to net-zero 
Sourcing Journal | American Eagle Outfitters | Global Labor Institute, Cornell University ILR School | Fair Labor Association
Plenary
12:30pm - 1:00pm
Brand values vs consumer value: Can sustainability drive business growth on the demand side? 
Veja | Tory Burch
Plenary
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Lunch
2:00pm - 2:45pm
Breakouts - round 1 
2:45pm - 3:15pm
Case study breakouts - round 2 
3:15pm - 3:45pm
Networking Break
3:45pm - 4:30pm
Breakouts - round 3 
4:30pm - 5:15pm
Breakouts - round 4 
5:15pm - 6:15pm
Networking drinks
Day 2

Time
Session title
Session theme
Session type
9:00am - 9:25am
Board room buy-in: How can we present the business case to the C-suite without selling sustainability short? 
NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business
Q&A
9:25am - 10:05am
Overproduction: Where’s the incentive (and solution) to slow the system down? 
Subset | T.W.I.N.
Plenary
10:05am - 11:00am
The reality of resale, repair, rental: Can circular business models actually scale to compete with the linear system? 
Nuuly | Tersus Solutions | GUESS inc. | Yale University | Ellen MacArthur Foundation
Plenary
11:00am - 11:30am
Break
11:30am - 12:10pm
T2T targets: Would a fully recycled closed textiles loop truly benefit everyone? 
The Crisis of Stuff | Bank & Vogue | Reju | EILEEN FISHER
Plenary
12:10pm - 12:45pm
Regenerative cotton: If it really is a win-win for all, why is it not more widespread? 
Spruell Farms | Victoria's Secret & Co | COTTON USA™ and U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol
Case study
12:45pm - 1:45pm
Lunch
1:45pm - 3:15pm
Roundtables 
3:15pm - 3:45pm
Key takeaways and closing remarks 
Parsons School of Design

Contact

For any questions on this event, please contact:

Niamh Campbell

Senior Project Manager

Contact Niamh 

Izzy Hodgson

Senior partnerships manager, sustainable fashion

Contact Izzy 

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