Sustainable Apparel and Textiles Conference USA

3rd - 4th June 2026

New York City, USA

Liz Lipton-McCombie

Head of ESG and Sustainability

Nordstrom

Liz Lipton-McCombie is the Head of ESG & Sustainability at Nordstrom, where her focus is aligning sustainability and business value to drive positive change. With a deep commitment to environmental stewardship and social responsibility, Liz leads a dedicated team focused on minimizing the environmental footprint of Nordstrom’s operations and products as well as driving responsible sourcing through supply chains.
Liz has 20 years of experience delivering sustainability programs through enhanced business practices and innovation, she has deep experience in planning and executing complex strategies across public and privately held companies. Her background includes sustainability leadership roles at Levi Strauss & Co. where she developed the strategy for more sustainable consumption, LRQA (previously ELEVATE Ltd.) and Li & Fung Ltd.

Liz 's sessionsView full agenda

Day 0

Time
Session title
Session type
Day 1

Time
Session title
Session type
10:00 - 10:40
Plenary
10:40 - 11:20
11:20 - 12:00
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
12:30 - 13:30
13:30 - 14:15
14:15 - 15:00
15:00 - 15:45
16:15 - 17:00
17:00 - 18:00
Day 2

Time
Session title
Session type
10:00 - 10:45
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
10:45 - 11:15
11:15 - 12:00
Plenary
12:00 - 12:30
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
12:30 - 13:30
13:30 - 15:00
15:00 - 15:30
Key takeaways and closing remarks 
Parsons School of Design