Accelerating impact
to create a net positive fashion industry
With the ultimate vision of a net positive fashion industry, Global Fashion Agenda is on a mission to accelerate impact by inspiring, educating, influencing, and mobilising all stakeholders.
A net positive industry for people and the planet is an industry that puts back more into society, the environment, and the global economy than it takes out.
To drive this change and spark action, we’re on a mission to mobilise, inspire, influence and educate all stakeholders.
We have been leading the sustainability movement since 2009 and are behind the renowned international forum on sustainability in fashion, Global Fashion Summit, the Innovation Forum, thought leadership publications including Fashion CEO Agenda and Fashion on Climate and impact programmes including the Circular Fashion Partnership.
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The fashion industry is one of the largest, most resource intensive industries. It is a powerful engine for global growth and development.
The apparel and footwear industry accounted for some 2.1 billion tonnes of CO2 emissions in 2018, about 4% of the global total. For context, this is the same quantity of CO2 per year as the economies of France, Germany, and the United Kingdom combined. The global apparel market is projected to grow in value from 1.5 trillion USD in 2020 to about 2.25 trillion USD dollars by 2025, and it employs 60+ million people along its value chain; of which 80% are women. Widespread negative social implications within its supply chain such as the challenges in human rights, raising social standards and eliminating forced labour are all too familiar issues.
With global garment production to increase by 63% by 2030 – the equivalent of 500 billion shirts – the current business model of the fashion industry is unsustainable and needs to change to align with the Sustainable Development Goals.
We can form a thriving industry that creates prosperity for people and communities, reverses climate change and protects biodiversity. For this to happen, action is required now.
Secure your ticket for the Global Fashion Summit: Copenhagen Edition 2023
Global Fashion Agenda has launched the search for seven leading Next Gen voices in the fashion industry to participate in the Next Gen Assembly.
Climate change and fashion are both feminist matters – there is a clear intersection between women, the climate crisis and the clothes we wear.
Global Fashion Agenda participated and closely contributed to the 2023 OECD Forum on Due Diligence in the Garment and Footwear Sector.
