Accelerating action for the sustainable and circular garment and footwear industry of the future – harnessing the potential of innovation for due diligence and informed consumer choices adding a digitally enabled, textile transparency model to the UK textiles 2030 and wrap policy initiatives, connecting to EU and global models:
A transition to circular economic models is key to improved sustainability in the garment and footwear sector - a shift that can be realised with verifiable production data, delivered through improved supply chain traceability and transparency.
This one-day forum and industry roundtable is the first in a series of events that aims to provide fashion industry stakeholders with the tools they need to drive action on sustain-ability through transparency and advance progress towards circular economy approaches on a national, regional and global scale.
Attendees will learn about the UN-brokered policy recommendations, implementation guidelines, an information exchange standard and call to action, known as ‘The Sustainability Pledge’, adopted at the 27th UN/CEFACT Plenary in April 2021 and how they can be applied in a real-world context.
The forum is co-organised by the UNECE and Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) Manchester Fashion Institute (MFI), in conjunction with the UNECE project “Enhancing Trace-ability and Transparency for Sustainable and Circular Value Chains in Garment and Footwear”, jointly implemented with the UN’s International Trade Centre (ITC), and financial support from MMU.
Registration
- On-line registration is open.
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