Sustainable Apparel and Textiles Conference USA

3rd - 4th June 2026

New York City, USA

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Matt Allen

Head of Business Development - North America

Reju

With over 25 years experience in the footwear and apparel industry, Matt Allen has worked at global brands, including Timberland, PVH, and Perry Ellis. He currently serves as Head of North America Business Development for Reju.

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Day 0

Time
Session title
Session type
15:00 - 17:00
Visit to RTV sorting facility and roundtables 
17:00 - 18:00
Networking drinks
Day 1

Time
Session title
Session type
09:00 - 09:30
Showing up in the short-term: What is our responsibility as individuals and corporations amid global turmoil? 
VF Corporation | Cotopaxi
Plenary
09:30 - 10:20
Shared risk, shared resilience: What do genuine supplier-brand partnerships that withstand trade uncertainty look like? 
Soorty Enterprises | Princess Polly | Komar | Cascale
Plenary
10:20 - 11:05
Break and speed networking
11:05 - 11:45
Achieving net-zero as an industry: Realigning ambition and investment for long-term decarbonisation success 
HSBC | Elevate Textiles | J.Crew | Apparel Impact Institute
Plenary
11:45 - 12:30
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
12:30 - 13:00
Brand values vs consumer value: Can sustainability drive business growth on the demand side? 
Veja | Tory Burch
Plenary
13:00 - 14:00
Lunch
14:00 - 14:45
Breakouts - round 1 
14:45 - 15:15
Case study breakouts - round 2 
15:15 - 15:45
Networking Break
15:45 - 16:30
Breakouts - round 3 
16:30 - 17:15
Breakouts - round 4 
17:15 - 18:15
Networking drinks
Day 2

Time
Session title
Session type
09:00 - 09:25
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
09:25 - 10:05
Overproduction: Where’s the incentive (and solution) to slow the system down? 
Subset | T.W.I.N.
Plenary
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
Break
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
Lunch
13:45 - 15:15
Roundtables 
15:15 - 15:45
Key takeaways and closing remarks 
Parsons School of Design

Previous speaker:

Allie Glinski

Target

Next speaker:

Tensie Whelan

NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business

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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