Sustainable Apparel and Textiles Conference

29th - 30th April 2026

Amsterdam, Netherlands

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Opaque supply chains: How to identify and manage forced labour risks beyond tier 1

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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.

Amit Gautam 

TextileGenesis

Founder and CEO

Speaker
Iqra Asghar 

Sapphire Textiles Mills

Manager Sustainability

Speaker
Janet Mensink 

Social & Labor Convergence Program

Chief Executive Officer

Moderator

Previous session:

Workers rights: A 1.5°C world needs a just transition. Can we actually deliver it?

Next session:

Business value – Price parity: Can next-generation materials ever scale sufficiently to compete with traditional options?

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Day 0

Tuesday 28th April 2026

Time
Session title
Session theme
Session type
2:30pm - 5:00pm
Visit to Brightfiber Textiles 
Workshop
5:00pm - 6:00pm
Pre-event networking drinks 
Networking
Day 1

Wednesday 29th April 2026

Time
Session title
Session theme
Session type
9:00am - 9:20am
Operationalising collaboration: Turning collective ambition into collective advantage 
Independent
9:20am - 10:05am
C-suite priorities: Are quarterly results crowding out long-term survival in the boardroom? 
Aditya Birla Fashion & Retail | Asket
Plenary
10:05am - 10:45am
Fair purchasing or failed partnerships? What does real supplier-brand collaboration look like in practice? 
Oritain | Artistic Garment Industries (AGI Denim) | MANGO
10:45am - 11:30am
Break and speed networking
11:30am - 12:10pm
Net-zero: Everyone pays for inaction. Who pays for action? 
Marks & Spencer | Soorty Enterprises | Action Speaks Louder
Case study
12:10pm - 1:00pm
Workers rights: A 1.5°C world needs a just transition. Can we actually deliver it? 
Lindex | Politecnico di Milano | Epic Group
Plenary
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Lunch
2:00pm - 2:45pm
Breakout round 1 
2:45pm - 3:30pm
Breakouts round 2 
3:30pm - 4:15pm
Break
4:15pm - 4:45pm
Breakouts - case study round 
4:45pm - 5:30pm
Breakouts round 4 
5:30pm - 6:30pm
Networking Drinks
Day 2

Thursday 30th April 2026

Time
Session title
Session theme
Session type
8:00am - 8:50am
Coffee catch-up: Brand case studies 
9:00am - 9:50am
The consumption cyclone: Can circularity fix overproduction? 
Hirdaramani Group | Reju | Primark | Tapestry
Plenary
9:50am - 10:20am
Q&A with the European Commission: What do we need to know about the ESPR and the Circular Economy Action Plan 
European Commission
Q&A
10:20am - 10:45am
Networking break
10:45am - 11:15am
Transitioning to regenerative cotton: Impact, opportunity, and operational reality from farm to brand 
Turnrow Farm Services | Cotton USA™
Case study
11:15am - 11:55am
Circular by design: What might our product development look like if durability and recyclability are prioritised from the start? 
Alpine Group | Margaret Howell
Plenary
11:15am - 11:55am
SMEs can’t drive meaningful change because the system favours the giants 
The other room
11:55am - 12:45pm
Dragons den style presentation - Can we decouple profit and production through resale? 
Case study
11:55am - 12:45pm
AI is either a sustainability breakthrough or a distraction – which is it? 
The other room
12:45pm - 1:45pm
Lunch
1:45pm - 2:10pm
A just transition: How we can centre waste pickers, not just waste, in the circular economy 
H&M Foundation
Plenary
1:45pm - 2:10pm
We’re measuring what’s easy, not what’s actually happening — and it’s costing us nature 
The other room
2:10pm - 2:55pm
Breaking the deadlock: Can T2T recycling deliver beyond the pilot phase? 
PUMA Group | Syre
Plenary
2:10pm - 2:55pm
Supplier engagement isn’t the problem, the system is 
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
3:30pm - 3:45pm
Closing reflections from the next generation of designers 
Institut Français de la Mode
Plenary

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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