Join SJ’s Third Annual Sustainability Summit March 26: ‘A Need for Radical Cooperation’
The NYC summit spotlights the pivotal role collaboration plays in scaling sustainability.
Leading up to Earth Month, WWD's sister brand, Sourcing Journal, will hold its third annual Road to 2030 Sustainability Summit, gathering industry professionals to network, brainstorm and learn.
This full-day, in-person event will be held on March 26 at the Tribeca Rooftop event space in New York. Titled “A Need for Radical Cooperation,” the program will spotlight collaboration's pivotal role in scaling sustainability.
“Though it may seem like common sense, the need to work together has to be addressed,” said Pete Sadera, Sourcing Journal's editor in chief. “Our industry has lofty goals and promises regarding sustainability, and it is paramount that we come together if we want to actually achieve them.”
Brand speakers include Logan Duran, vice president, ESG and sustainability, Tapestry; Randi Marshall, head, U.S. government
and public affairs, H&M Americas; Inka Apter, director, material sustainability and integrity, Eileen Fisher; Dana Davis, vice president, sustainability, product and business strategy, Mara Hoffman; Lisa Diegel, director, global sustainability, Faherty Brand; Michael Levine, vice president and chief sustainability officer, Under Armour; James Rogers, vice president, sustainability, Rothy's; Seneiya Navajas, sustainability senior manager, Fast Retailing U.S./Uniqlo; Mary Ankeny, vice president, product development and implementation operations, and Dr.
Jesse Daystar, chief sustainability officer and vice president, sustainability, both from Cotton Inc.; Jean Hegedus, director, sustainability, The Lycra Company, with more speakers from fiber companies, labs, traceability platforms, recycling companies, associations and more.
Not just for sustainability executives
Attention to sustainability continues to grow at the corporate level, with companies adding bona-fide sustainability executives to their C-suites. Even so, the summit will show how environmental and social responsibility initiatives shape sourcing, product design, raw material development, manufacturing, compliance, financing, operational decisions and more.
Join this full-day lineup of speakers and panels to learn:
How the industry can overcome sustainability burnout
What climate change means for longterm sustainability
Why traceability is equally important pre- and post-purchase
All the legislation that is coming and how to increase compliance transparency
How CSR and ESG should be looked at as opportunities, not obligations
How to scale up material innovations to boost industry buy-in and bring prices down
What will drive investment in sustainability
How brands can better market sustainability to avoid a consumer disconnect
Past attendees
Networking with current and future partners is essential for any summit attendee.
Among those who joined SJ's 2023 Sustainability Summit are: American Eagle Outfitters, Chico's, Aritzia, Ascena Retail Group, Coach, Tapestry, Delta Galil, Dick's Sporting Goods, Dockers, Everlane, FAM Brands, Goodlife Clothing, Gottex, Guess? Inc, Hanes Brands,
Hanna Andersson, J.Crew, Lands End,
Lily Pulitzer, Madewell, On AG, Primark, Reformation, Saint Holiday, SHEIN,
Steve Madden, TechStyleOS, Tory
Burch, Veronica Beard, Victoria's Secret, Walmart and more.