This webinar launched the UN Environment Programme report, Sustainability and Circularity in the Textile Value Chain: Global Stocktaking. The report provides an analysis of the environmental and socio-economic hotspots along the entire textile value chain and looks at a range of associated impacts, as well as at how different stages in the value chain are dominant in different impacts.
Discussion questions:
What are the environmental and socio-economic impacts of the textile value chain?
What are priority actions to create a circular and sustainable textiles industry?
How can we accelerate the shift to circularity in established brands and producers?
What financial innovations support the development of circular business models, especially for SMEs?
What kinds of policy frameworks enable a shift to circular business models, including incentives for changes in consumer behaviour?
Emanuela Gregorio, Economist and Fashionomics Africa Coordinator, African Development Bank (AfDB)
Kehua Hu, Deputy Director, Office for Social Responsibility, China Textile and Apparel Industry Council
Arizona Muse, Model, Sustainability Consultant and Activist
Francois Souchet, Lead, Make Fashion Circular, Ellen MacArthur Foundation
Rebecca Uggla, Senior Adviser, Swedish Environmental Protection Agency
Moderated by Laila Petrie, Textiles Expert Consultant at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), CEO of 2050, and Vice-Chair of the UNFCCC Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action.
Opening remarks from Elisa Tonda, Head of UNEP's Consumption and Production Unit, and presentation of the Sustainability and Circularity in the Textile Value Chain: Global Stocktaking report from Bettina Heller, Programme Officer at UNEP's Consumption and Production Unit.