Co-hosted by:
Fashion, Energy, and Climate Network, Columbia Climate School
Center on Global Energy Policy, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
Energy, Climate Justice, and Sustainability Lab, New York University
9:00am - 9:30am Networking and Coffee
9:30am - 9:40am Welcome
9:40am - 10:00am Fireside Chat with Indré Rockefeller, The Circularity Project
10:00am - 10:20am State of Play: Fashion Industry Sustainability with Sarah Kent, Business of Fashion
10:20am - 11:10am Panel Discussion I: Materials Innovation for Decarbonization
11:10am - 12:00pm Panel Discussion II: New Paradigms for Fashion Business
Following last year’s Renewing Fashion event, this year’s Transforming Fashion's Footprint: Innovation and Business digs deeper into key challenges and opportunities for climate and energy transition actions in the fashion sector. While various efforts continue to be made to estimate fashion’s environmental footprint, major gaps remain in how to decarbonize material production and reshape business practices.
Our first session explores cutting-edge materials innovations where the biggest contribution could be made in ameliorating the largest share of the fashion value chain’s carbon emissions. The second session turns to business models. How can fashion bridge the gap between academic research and real-world enterprise? What strategies work to scale sustainability while maintaining commercial viability?
Key Questions:
- What are the most promising materials innovations to cut carbon in fashion?
- How can regenerative agriculture and bio-based materials reshape supply chains?
- What does a business model look like when it centers both addressing climate impact and profitability?
- How can academia and industry collaborate more effectively to accelerate and scale solutions?
- What roles do brands play in reshaping the fashion ecosystem?
Confirmed Speakers:
- Inka Apter, Senior Director of Materials and Circularity, Eileen Fisher
- Christina Castle, Senior Manager, Impact & Product Sustainability, DÔEN
- Michelle Gabriel, Lecturer, Columbia Climate School
- Kelley Kizzier, Director of Corporate Action and Markets, Bezos Earth Fund
- Sandra Goldmark, Associate Dean for Engagement and Impact, Columbia Climate School
- Amy Jaffe, Director, Energy, Climate Justice, and Sustainability Lab, NYU
- Kevin Karl, Co-Director, Fashion, Energy, and Climate Network, Columbia Climate School
- Sarah Kent, Chief Sustainability Correspondent, Business of Fashion
- Lewis Perkins, President and CEO, Apparel Impact Institute
- Miguel Modestino , Director, Sustainable Engineering Initiative, NYU Tandon
- Stwart Peña Feliz, Co-Founder & CEO, MacroCycle Technologies
- Sally Qiu , Co-Director, Fashion, Energy, and Climate Network, Columbia Climate School
- Indré Rockefeller, Founder, The Circularity Project
- Jon Veldhouse, CEO, Qore
For Columbia affiliates, please register using the 'Reserve Your Seat' button below. For non-Columbia audience, please complete the attendance request form by following this link: https://forms.gle/Yj3jshZrNJY1mX9N7.
