Agenda
This year's focus is scaling impactful solutions and systems transformation. Through interactive workshops, problem-solving sessions, and peer-learning groups, we're convening forward-thinking apparel and textile leaders to identify opportunities for partnership and build an industry ecosystem that delivers tangible impact.
Day 0
Tuesday 28th April 2026
Time
Session title
Theme
Session type
Day 1
Wednesday 29th April 2026
Time
Session title
Theme
Session type
9:00am - 9:20am
9:20am - 10:00am
Balancing quarterly results and long-term survival: How to make the case for climate action in the board-room
Aditya Birla Fashion & Retail | Independent | Asket
Plenary
10:00am - 10:45am
Equitable partnerships: The importance of fair purchasing practises to unlock supplier-brand collaboration
MANGO | Hirdaramani Group
Plenary
10:45am - 11:30am
11:30am - 12:10pm
Electrification: Who’s funding the necessary investments to deliver net-zero?
Marks & Spencer | Action Speaks Louder
Case study
12:10pm - 1:00pm
Industry transformation: Where are the workers' rights and protections in a 1.5°C+ world?
Lindex | Politecnico di Milano | Epic Group
Plenary
1:00pm - 2:00pm
2:00pm - 2:45pm
2:00pm - 2:45pm
Breakout
2:00pm - 2:45pm
Breakout
2:00pm - 2:45pm
Regulatory preparation - Reporting cycles and boundaries: What is the balance between accuracy and scalability?
Samsøe Samsøe
Breakout
2:00pm - 2:45pm
This house believes
2:00pm - 3:30pm
Future Forward Factories: Is really there an inclusive and cost-efficient way to retrofit facilities to be near-net-zero?
Fashion for Good
Learning Group
2:45pm - 3:30pm
2:45pm - 3:30pm
Breakout
2:45pm - 3:30pm
Breakout
2:45pm - 3:30pm
Breakout
2:45pm - 3:30pm
This house believes
2:00pm - 3:30pm
Learning Group
3:30pm - 4:15pm
4:15pm - 4:45pm
4:15pm - 4:45pm
Grievance mechanisms: How do we engage, respond and remediate with local context and sensitivity
Otto Group
Case study
4:15pm - 4:45pm
Case study
4:15pm - 4:45pm
This house believes
4:15pm - 5:30pm
Learning Group
4:45pm - 5:30pm
4:45pm - 5:30pm
Worker wellbeing: How living wages and social dialogue drive impact for workers
Fenix Outdoor | Immi Garments
Breakout
3:45pm - 4:15pm
Shortening supply chains: What are the opportunities of localised production and how do we unlock them?
Mulberry | Bobo Choses
Case study
4:45pm - 5:30pm
EPR readiness: How do we prepare for potentially fragmented national schemes?
The Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management | VF Corporation
Breakout
4:45pm - 5:30pm
This house believes
4:15pm - 5:30pm
5:30pm - 6:30pm
Day 2
Thursday 30th April 2026
Time
Session title
Theme
Session type
8:00am - 8:50am
8:10am - 9:00am
How do we embed action on fibre fragmentation within other sustainability priorities?
The Microfibre Consortium | BESTSELLER
Case study
9:00am - 9:50am
The consumption cyclone: Can circularity fix overproduction?
Primark | Tapestry
Plenary
9:50am - 10:20am
Q&A with the EU Commission: Breakdown on the ESPR and the Circular Economy Action Plan
European Commission
Q&A
10:20am - 10:45am
10:45am - 11:15am
Regenerative cotton as systems change: Impact, opportunity, and operational reality from farm to brand
Turnrow Farm Services | Cotton USA™
Case study
11:15am - 11:55am
Product team perspective: How do we design and develop for durability and recyclability, not retrofit them later?
Alpine Group | Margaret Howell | PUMA Group
Plenary
11:15am - 11:55am
The other room
11:55am - 12:45pm
Case study
11:55am - 12:45pm
The other room
12:45pm - 1:45pm
1:45pm - 2:10pm
A just transition: How we can centre waste pickers, not just waste, in the circular economy
H&M Foundation
Plenary
2:10pm - 2:55pm
Plenary
2:10pm - 2:55pm
The other room
2:55pm - 3:30pm
Emotional durability: Why consumers neglect the clothes they own – and how psychology can help
Zalando | Axel Arigato / Informed Collective
Plenary
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