Sustainable Apparel and Textiles Conference USA

3rd - 4th June 2026

New York City, USA

Alejandra Barajas

Data Insights Manager

Social & Labor Convergence Program

Alejandra Barajas is the Data Insights Manager at SLCP. With over ten years of experience in generating data-driven insights related to trade and global value chains within international organizations, she brings a wealth of knowledge to her role.

In her current position at SLCP, Alejandra draws insights from aggregate facility data to identify trends in working conditions across supply chains. From this analysis, she also derives indicators for data quality improvements. Prior to joining SLCP, Alejandra worked at the World Trade Organization Secretariat in the Economic Research and Statistics Division.

Alejandra Barajas's sessionsView full agenda

Day 0

Time
Session title
Session type
17:00 - 18:00
Day 1

Time
Session title
Session type
10:50 - 11:30
Plenary
11:30 - 12:15
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
Plenary
12:45 - 13:45
13:45 - 14:30
13:45 - 14:30
Due diligence fatigue: How do we shift from compliance checkbox to real impact for people and planet? 
Lacoste | TextileGenesis | W. L. Gore & Associates | Social & Labor Convergence Program
Breakout
14:30 - 15:00
Workplace assessments: How do they translate from framework to factory-floor reality? 
Target | CARE Impact Partners | Social & Labor Convergence Program
Case study
15:00 - 15:30
15:30 - 16:15
16:15 - 17:00
17:00 - 18:00
Day 2

Time
Session title
Session type
10:05 - 11:00
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
11:00 - 11:30
11:30 - 12:10
T2T targets: Would a fully recycled closed textiles loop truly benefit everyone? 
The Crisis of Stuff | Bank & Vogue | Reju | EILEEN FISHER
Plenary
12:10 - 12:45
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
12:45 - 13:45
13:45 - 15:15
15:15 - 15:45
Key takeaways and closing remarks 
Parsons School of Design