It is the age of alliances, and this looks the mother of all alliances--the leading forum for sustainability in fashion joining hands with the secretariat that is at the pivot of all climate action in the world.
On Thursday 17 March, the Copenhagen-based nonprofit Gloal Fashion Agenda (GFA) announced with the UN Climate Change secretariat (UNFCCC) to accelerate the fashion industry’s climate action. The partnership is effective immediately.
According to the announcement, the collaboration "will be activated around the organisations’ prestigious forums including GFA’s Global Fashion Summit and UNFCCC’s annual Conference of Parties (COP)." Through these forums, the organisations will collaborate "to unite fashion leaders and core stakeholders to facilitate knowledge sharing, impactful partnerships, and the implementation of bold actions needed to meet the Fashion Charter targets."
The alliance will kick off with the 'Global Fashion Summit: Copenhagen Edition 2022' on 7-8 June at the Royal Opera House in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Called the Copenhagen Fashion Summit (CFS) earlier, the Global Fashion Summit (GFS) has the right theme for the occasion: 'Alliances For a New Era'. The idea this time is to "form previously inconceivable alliances within the fashion industry" and also examine atypical cross-industry alliances, in a bid to accelerate the transition to a net positive reality.
The UNFCCC will, through the Fashion Charter, "contribute to the Summit content by sharing insights on its progress and what further solutions are needed. The UNFCCC will also hold its annual Fashion Charter meeting at the Summit, where the organisations will convene relevant experts to join resources and discuss tools that can enable the sector to achieve its climate targets laid out in the charter. The alliance will also continue for future editions of Global Fashion Summit in other locations, in addition to Copenhagen."
