Zalando’s CEO Robert Gentz has stated that the apparel industry must “abandon the fast fashion business model within the next ten years”. The steep environmental costs of the take-make-waste system are obviously incompatible with the recent net-zero pledges of countries, cities, and businesses. If this is the start of the end of fast fashion, what does the apparel business model of the net-zero future look like?
In this opening panel from Innovation Forum’s recent sustainable apparel and textiles conference, leading sustainability professionals from across the apparel industry debate the business model transformation required and what sustainable growth looks like.
Session panel, led by Innovation Forum's Toby Webb:
Monday briefing: Earth Overshoot Day continuously creeps up the calendar
Weekly podcast – Unlocking digital traceability in apparel supply chains and beyond
Weekly podcast – How regenerative practices can shape the future of US cotton
Building nature positive agrifood systems
Farmer voices: deforestation solutions for smallholders
How remote sensing is fuelling nature-positive approaches
Monday briefing – UN HLPF renews focus on Covid-19 recovery
Weekly podcast – Nature-positive agriculture: a how-to guide
How agrifood stakeholders can support European farmers in the regenerative transition
The key to food sector resilience across the value chain
Monday briefing: How climate change impacts the right to food
Weekly podcast – How to spot a good carbon project
What does the route to a sustainable food and beverage sector look like?
Monday briefing: London Climate Action Week raises ambition in its fifth year
Weekly podcast – Remote sensing: The data that gets to grips with carbon impacts
The potential for regenerative cotton in Brazil
Monday briefing: Collaboration to drive progress on sustainable apparel and textiles
Weekly podcast – Cross-value-chain collaboration for food sector resilience
How digital traceability can drive circularity in the apparel sector
Weekly podcast – What does the future of food look like?
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