Sustainable Apparel and Textiles Conference USA

3rd - 4th June 2026

New York City, USA

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How do we navigate fragmented textile EPR systems — and turn compliance into value?

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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.

Danielle Holly 

Ellen MacArthur Foundation

Executive Lead, North America

Moderator
Randi Marshall 

H&M Group

Head of Sustainability and Public Affairs, H&M Americas

Speaker

Previous session:

The change management challenge: How do you actually embed sustainability into business value creation?

Next session:

Dignified work: How can the apparel and textiles industry empower workers and uplift communities?

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Day 0

Time
Session title
Session theme
Session type
3:00pm - 5:00pm
Visit to Ferrara Manufacturing 
5:00pm - 6:00pm
Networking drinks at Ferrara Manufacturing
Day 1

Time
Session title
Session theme
Session type
9:05am - 9:20am
Showing up in the short-term: What is our responsibility as individuals and corporations amid global turmoil? 
VF Corporation | Cotopaxi
Plenary
9:20am - 10:00am
Shared risk, shared resilience: What do genuine supplier-brand partnerships look like amid tariff uncertainty? 
Soorty Enterprises | Komar | Cascale
Plenary
10:00am - 10:40am
Achieving net-zero as an industry: Realigning ambition and investment for long-term decarbonisation success 
HSBC | Elevate Textiles | J.Crew | Apparel Impact Institute
Plenary
10:40am - 11:20am
Break
11:20am - 12:00pm
Collapsing the E and S in ESG: Protecting workers’ rights in the push to net-zero 
Sourcing Journal | Global Labor Institute, Cornell University ILR School | Fair Labor Association
Case study
12:00pm - 12:30pm
Brand values vs consumer value: Can sustainability drive business growth on the demand side? 
Veja | Tory Burch
Plenary
12:30pm - 1:30pm
Lunch
1:30pm - 2:15pm
Breakouts - round 1 
2:15pm - 3:00pm
Breakouts - round 2 
3:00pm - 3:45pm
Break
3:45pm - 4:15pm
Case study breakouts - round 3 
4:15pm - 5:00pm
Breakouts - round 4 
5:00pm - 6:00pm
Networking drinks
Day 2

Time
Session title
Session theme
Session type
9:00am - 9:20am
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
9:20am - 10:00am
Overproduction: Where’s the incentive (and solution) to slow the system down? 
Subset | T.W.I.N.
Plenary
10:00am - 10:45am
The reality of resale, repair, rental: Can circular business models actually scale to compete with the linear system? 
Nuuly | Tersus Solutions | Yale University | Ellen MacArthur Foundation
Plenary
10:45am - 11:15am
Break
11:15am - 12:00pm
T2T targets: Would a fully recycled closed textiles loop truly benefit everyone? 
Lululemon | Bank & Vogue | Reju | EILEEN FISHER
Plenary
12:00pm - 12:30pm
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
12:30pm - 1:30pm
Lunch
1:30pm - 3:00pm
Roundtables 
3:00pm - 3:30pm
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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