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GFA provides in-depth analysis and reports based on the latest industry data. It specialises in communicating complex sustainability content in a compelling and actionable manner and is responsible for leading industry publications such as The GFA Monitor, Fashion CEO Agenda, Fashion on Climate, Scaling Circularity and Pulse of the Fashion Industry.

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    Unpacking Pay Equity in Fashion: Italy

    GFA and PwC have published a preliminary research report, Unpacking Pay Equity in Fashion: Italy, which explores the current perceptions and challenges regarding pay equity within one of Europe’s most influential fashion industries.

    Reverse Logistics for Circular Fashion Systems

    Reverse Logistics for Circular Fashion Systems explores the essential role of reverse logistics in helping the fashion industry transition to circular fashion models.

    The Fashion CEO Agenda 2024: Special Edition

    Developed for fashion leaders, this special edition Fashion CEO Agenda presents five pivotal opportunities for fashion executives and the industry at large to unlock transformative impact for people and planet.

    Next Gen Manifesto

    2023 Next Gen Assembly Members Manifesto covering storytelling for a transformative change in the fashion system.

    Interwoven: Fashion Storytelling in the time of a Climate Crisis

    The 2023 Next Gen Assembly cohort came together from across the globe and disciplines to reflect on what change within the fashion industry can look like.

    The GFA Monitor 2023

    The GFA Monitor is an extensive guide for fashion companies on how to reach a net positive industry through the consolidation of existing knowledge, clear actions to take, credible tools, solutions, data insights, policy developments and proven best

    GFA Policy Matrix: Americas

    The GFA Policy Matrix: Americas serves as a valuable tool for understanding the policy landscape related to sustainability and social matters in the fashion industry across South and North America.

    Fashion CEO Agenda 2023

    Developed for executives of fashion brands, retailers, and producers, the Fashion CEO Agenda is a succinct checklist to support in establishing and implementing leadership strategies for achieving a net positive fashion sector.

    2030 Fashion Sector Vision

    In a first for the fashion sector, Global Fashion Agenda presents a 2030 Fashion Sector Vision that encapsulates the multifaceted dimensions of social and environmental sustainability.

    GFA Policy Matrix: EU

    This matrix is intended to be an non-exhaustive overview of the main regulatory initiatives relating to the five priorities of the Fashion CEO Agenda (FCA) at the EU level.

    The GFA Monitor 2022

    The GFA Monitor is intended as a resource to guide fashion leaders towards a net positive fashion industry.

    Scaling Circularity Report

    Global Fashion Agenda and McKinsey & Company present the scaling circularity report. Lessons learned from the Circular Fashion Partnership for building pre-competitive collaborations to scale upstream circular fashion systems.

    Circular design Toolbox

    This toolbox is designed to support fashion brands and retailers who would like to explore circular design within their company. It highlights the role design plays in creating a circular fashion system and is aimed to redefine the life cycle of garm

    Pre-feasibility Report

    Analysis of Post Industrial Textile Fiber-2-Fiber Recycling in Bangladesh

    Garment Collection Toolbox

    A circular system restores and regenerates materials, in addition to providing opportunities to reduce environmental pressures and ease demand on natural resources while securing future supply and capturing the value of a product to the greatest exte

    Resale Toolbox

    2020 CIRCULAR FASHION SYSTEM COMMITMENT Fashion Design Toolbox

    Textile Recycling Toolbox

    This toolbox is a learning tool designed to support fashion brands and retailers who would like to increase the share of recycled post-consumer textile fibres in their production. In this toolbox, textile recycling refers only to the recycling of po

    Fashion CEO Agenda 2021

    This report shines light on social and environmental implications and intersections. It puts forward a vision statement for the fashion industry, striving for, ‘a thriving industry that creates prosperity for people and communities by working within

    Fashion CEO Agenda 2020: Covid-19 Edition

    Global Fashion Agenda and McKinsey & Company present research and a fact base to complement the priorities outlined in the CEO Agenda; which intend to guide and mobilise industry players in taking bold action on sustainability. This COVID-19 edition

    Fashion on Climate

    The Fashion on Climate report is published by Global Fashion Agenda & McKinsey & Company on HOW THE FASHION INDUSTRY CAN URGENTLY ACT TO REDUCE ITS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS

    Policy Brief | Circular Fashion Partnership

    This policy brief is intended as an informative piece, sharing recommendations for policy makers and regulators in Bangladesh and r EU policymakers working on circular textile strategies and policies.

    Pulse of the Fashion Industry 2019

    The 2019 Pulse Score shows that the fashion industry has improved its social and environmental performance in the past year but at a slower rate than the previous year. Despite this improvement, the fashion industry is still far from sustainable.

    Pulse of the Fashion Industry 2018

    The Pulse Report was co-developed with Boston Consulting Group (BCG), a global management consulting firm and one of the world’s leading advisor on business strategy, and Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC), the coalition that has developed the Higg

    Pulse of the Fashion Industry 2017

    The Pulse Report was co-developed with Boston Consulting Group (BCG), a global management consulting firm and one of the world’s leading advisor on business strategy, and Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC), the coalition that has developed the Higg