Isabelle Durant
Deputy Secretary-General, UNCTAD
Archived Webinar
Circular Economy and Textiles
"Textiles are essential products. Their mode of production is also highly problematic."
Textiles – including the apparel and fashion industries – are facing a transformation moment. With a general perception that linear, fast-fashion models are unsustainable, consumers, businesses, and regulators search for ways to make textiles and apparel into a more efficient and less polluting sector. Circular solutions are seen as a way to transform the sector, from its material essence to its guiding business models. A variety of measures are proposed, including design-for-durability, materials innovation, mainstreaming and modernizing second-hand markets, as well as promoting different business models which rely on access-as-a-service instead of ownership for garments
In this session of the learning series on ‘Circular Economy and Private Sector Development’, we invite global leaders who are advancing sustainable textiles initiatives to explore questions of economic viability, policy, environmental impact, and scalability in a new normal.
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About the Presenters
Francois Souchet
Lead, Ellen MacArthur Foundation
Francois Souchet is the Lead for Make Fashion Circular at the Ellen MacArthur Foundation
Lisa Emberson
Biologist, University of York
Lisa Emberson is an environmental pollution biologist in the Department of Environment and Geography at the University of York
Khalid Mahmood
Executive Director, Master Textile Mills
Khalid Mahmood is the Executive Director at Master Textile Mills – Pakistan, the leading textile company engaged in exports of apparel and workwear fabrics
Jenny Fredricsdotter
Manager, Renewcell
Jenny Fredricsdotter is a manager at Renewcell, working with textile brand partners toward closing the loop in the fashion industry
Amorpol Huvanandana
Co-founder, Moreloop
Amorpol Huvanandana is co-founder of Moreloop, an online platform that takes surplus fabric from garment and textile factories and offers it to small businesses to purchase at an affordable price
Whitney Bauck
Senior Reporter, Fashionista
Whitney Bauck is the Senior Sustainability Reporter at Fashionista, where she's been championing coverage of the environmental and human rights impacts of fashion production
Jessica Long
Managing Director and Chief Strategy Officer, Closed Loop Partners
Jessica Long is a speaker and author of several papers and studies, including the recently published The Circular Economy Handbook: Realizing the Circular Advantage
Mart Drake-Knight
Co-founder, Teemill
Mart Drake-Knight is an engineer and co-founder at Teemill, a company that built the first open-access circular supply chain for t-shirts
Sarah Hayes
Business expert, H&M Group
Sarah Hayes is a business expert in circularity at the H&M Group global sustainability department in Stockholm where she focuses on how we can accelerate initiatives within the circular design and transform toward a circular business model
Henrique Pacini
Economist, UNCTAD
Henrique Pacini is an economist at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in Geneva, where he works on circular economy issues
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