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Global Fashion Agenda

PRESS RELEASE / Announcement

29 November 2024

3 minutes

The Playbook offers a pragmatic, step-by-step framework for building the necessary infrastructure to scale circularity in garment manufacturing countries.

New Upstream Circularity Playbook from GFA a Blueprint for Scaling Textile Recycling in Manufacturing Countries

COPENHAGEN, Denmark: Global Fashion Agenda (GFA), with support from Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and the H&M Foundation, has launched the Upstream Circularity Playbook, now available in six languages. This comprehensive resource draws on extensive case studies across multiple countries to provide a globally...

PRESS RELEASE / Event

11 November 2024

2 minutes

Global Fashion Summit: Shanghai Gala was centred on the theme, 'Unlocking the Next Level', and built on insights from the Global Fashion Summit: Copenhagen Edition held in May.

Global Fashion Summit debuts in China, Calling for Global Collaboration on Sustainability

SHANGHAI, China: Global Fashion Summit, the international forum for sustainability in fashion, presented a special Shanghai Gala edition on 7 November during the China International Import Expo (CIIE). The event was presented by Global Fashion Agenda (GFA) and Chinamind NEXT and gathered key local and international fashion industry stakeholders for...

GFA Monitor / 2024 Update

8 November 2024

3 minutes

The fashion industry faces well-identified challenges and opportunities in its pursuit of a more sustainable, equitable, and transparent ecosystem.

Global Fashion Agenda Launches GFA Monitor 2024 to Guide Toward Net Positive Fashion Industry

The Global Fashion Agenda has come out with its new GFA Monitor that outlines tools and proven practices the fashion industry can draw on as it transitions its practices to becoming net positive. It highlights the current state of progress in key areas for action across the five sustainability priorities of the Fashion CEO Agenda.

Staff Writer

Going Circular / Indonesia Launch

4 October 2024

3 minutes

The collaborating organisations called for broader participation of brands, manufacturers, waste handlers, recyclers, and government bodies to participate in the collective action programme to achieve impact at scale.

Bangladesh Success Buoys GFA to Replicate Circular Fashion Partnership in Indonesia

The Global fashion Agenda (GFA) has launched ‘The Circular Fashion Partnership: Indonesia’ as a cross-sectoral initiative aimed at developing effective circular fashion systems by capturing and recycling post-industrial textile waste.

Staff Writer

Country Overview / Italy Pay Gap

19 September 2024

5 minutes

Women in Italy are overrepresented in lower paying positions (in the leather and tanning sector, 66% of workers are women) and underrepresented in leadership positions (in the leather and tanning sector; only 31% of managerial roles are occupied by women, a percentage that drops to 17% in the textile sector).

New GFA Report Calls for Pay Equity in Italian Fashion Manufacturing Industry

A just-published report by Global Fashion Agenda (GFA) has presented the unique characteristics of Italian fashion manufacturing, while exploring the current perceptions and challenges regarding pay equity within one of Europe’s most influential fashion industries.

Staff Writer

Going Circular / Reverse Logistics

5 September 2024

3 minutes

The imperative to act has never been greater: if it continues on its current trajectory, global consumption of fashion is projected to surge by 63% by 2030.

GFA Pushes for Reverse Logistics in New Report to Boost Circular Ecosystems

Despite the promise of circular fashion, the industry lacks a comprehensive system to support it and seeking to address this gap, Global Fashion Agenda has come up with a report that outlines three essential strategies fashion companies must implement to achieve a truly circular fashion system.

Staff Writer

Event Report / GFS 2024

3 June 2024

7 minutes

Fashion operates at a rate four times beyond the planet's sustainable limits. This includes the extensive use of primary raw materials and significant greenhouse gas emissions. With climate-related disasters on the rise, the fashion industry must implement radical systemic changes and as fast as possible.

Despite Paying Lip Service to Sustainability, the Money’s Not where the Talk is

As the fashion industry continues to evolve, the insights and innovations presented at the Global Fashion Summit served as a powerful reminder that sustainable transformation is possible, but it requires collective effort, transparency, and a willingness to embrace new paradigms.

Pedro Patrique Ferreira da Silva

Report

Fashion@COP28 / Decarbonisation

6 December 2023

2 minutes

The ongoing COP28 at Dubai, Tuesday, saw the announcement of the first ever collaborative offshore wind project in Bangladesh by European stakeholders. The collaborators include The Global Fashion Agenda (GFA), Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), Bestseller and the H&M Group.

Going Renewable: GFA, Others to Develop Offshore Wind Energy Project in Bangladesh

Four key stakeholders from the fashion industry in Europe are collaborating to increase availability of renewable energy in Global South's Bangladesh — a critical manufacturing hub.

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Higg Index / Legislations

24 November 2023

2 minutes

SAC Releases Analysis of Higg Index Tools and Compliance Initiatives, Makes Available for Public

In a bid to map out the complex and rapidly evolving policy landscape and support members in their compliance work with their own legal and compliance teams, the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) has released a Higg Index Tools Analysis and Compliance Initiatives Summary Report, and put it in the public domain.

Staff Writer

Agenda-Setting / Fashion CEO Agenda

28 September 2023

2 minutes

The action areas outlined in the report include promoting worker access to effective grievance mechanisms, promoting fair compensation and living wages, establishing water stewardship, and addressing overproduction.

GFA Sets 5 Priorities with 2023 Edition of Fashion CEO Agenda

The Fashion CEO Agenda presents 5 socio-environmental sustainability priorities the industry should focus on to secure prosperity for people and communities while working within planetary boundaries.