Sustainable Apparel and Textiles Conference USA
3rd - 4th June 2026
New York City, USA
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Day 0
Day 1
Day 2
Day 0
Time
Session title
Theme
Session type
3:00pm - 5:00pm
Visit to RTV sorting facility and roundtables
5:00pm - 6:00pm
Networking drinks
Day 1
Time
Session title
Theme
Session type
9:00am - 9:30am
Showing up in the short-term: What is our responsibility as individuals and corporations amid global turmoil?
Cotopaxi
Plenary
9:30am - 10:20am
Shared risk, shared resilience: What do genuine supplier-brand partnerships that withstand trade uncertainty look like?
Soorty Enterprises | Oritain | Princess Polly | Komar | Cascale
Plenary
10:20am - 11:05am
Break and speed networking
11:05am - 11:45am
Achieving net-zero as an industry: Realigning ambition and investment for long-term decarbonisation success
HSBC | Elevate Textiles | J.Crew | Apparel Impact Institute
Plenary
11:45am - 12:30pm
Collapsing the E and S in ESG: Protecting workers’ rights in the push to net-zero
Sourcing Journal | American Eagle Outfitters | Global Labor Institute, Cornell University ILR School | Fair Labor Association
Plenary
12:30pm - 1:00pm
Brand values vs consumer value: Can sustainability drive business growth on the demand side?
Veja | Tory Burch
Plenary
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Lunch
2:00pm - 2:45pm
Breakouts - round 1
2:00pm - 2:45pm
Due diligence fatigue: How do we shift from compliance checkbox to real impact for people and planet?
Lacoste | TextileGenesis | W. L. Gore & Associates | Social & Labor Convergence Program
Breakout
2:00pm - 2:45pm
Preferred materials: How to use LCA data and navigate trade-offs for impact?
Canada Goose | Bureau Veritas | DÔEN
Breakout
2:00pm - 2:45pm
How do we navigate fragmented textile EPR systems — and turn compliance into value?
RSM Canada | CalRecycle | H&M Group | Ellen MacArthur Foundation
Breakout
2:00pm - 2:45pm
This house believes - Circularity distracts the industry from achieving net-zero
This house believes
2:45pm - 3:15pm
Case study breakouts - round 2
2:45pm - 3:15pm
Workplace assessments: How do they translate from framework to factory-floor reality?
Target | CARE Impact Partners | Social & Labor Convergence Program
Case study
2:45pm - 3:15pm
Can carbon markets help to finance supply chain decarbonization? A deep dive into new financing models in apparel
YKK
Case study
2:45pm - 3:15pm
DPP's untapped value: How might a product's digital autobiography reshape second-hand
Case study
2:45pm - 3:30pm
This house believes - “Luxury fashion is sustainable by nature”
This house believes
3:15pm - 3:45pm
Networking Break
3:45pm - 4:30pm
Breakouts - round 3
3:45pm - 4:30pm
Water stewardship: How can we identify and address blind spots in the value chain?
Macy's | Artistic Milliners
Breakout
3:45pm - 4:30pm
The change management challenge: How do you actually embed sustainability into business value creation?
SIERRA | Nordstrom
Breakout
3:45pm - 4:30pm
Supply chain disclosure and resilience: Are we overcomplicating traceability?
Fabletics | MG Apparel | Sweep | illumine.earth
Breakout
3:45pm - 4:30pm
This house believes - AI will deliver sustainable fashion but betray the movement that demanded it
This house believes
4:30pm - 5:15pm
Breakouts - round 4
4:30pm - 5:15pm
Dignified work: How can the apparel and textiles industry empower workers and uplift communities?
Diamond Fabrics | Rothy's | Faherty Brand | Dana Davis Consulting
Breakout
4:30pm - 5:15pm
Innovation opportunities: What are the small tweaks in our supply chain that can have big impact?
New Balance | Livinguard Technologies | Nettalco
Breakout
4:30pm - 5:15pm
Defining circular design: can ESPR set the standard for supply chains?
ARMEDANGELS | Steve Madden
Breakout
4:30pm - 5:15pm
This house believes - Transaction certificates create paper trails, not supply chain accountability
Centric Brands
This house believes
5:15pm - 6:15pm
Networking drinks
Day 2
Time
Session title
Theme
Session type
9:00am - 9:25am
Board room buy-in: How can we present the business case to the C-suite without selling sustainability short?
NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business
Q&A
9:25am - 10:05am
Overproduction: Where’s the incentive (and solution) to slow the system down?
Subset | T.W.I.N.
Plenary
10:05am - 11:00am
The reality of resale, repair, rental: Can circular business models actually scale to compete with the linear system?
Nuuly | Tersus Solutions | GUESS inc. | Yale University | Ellen MacArthur Foundation
Plenary
11:00am - 11:30am
Break
11:30am - 12:10pm
T2T targets: Would a fully recycled closed textiles loop truly benefit everyone?
The Crisis of Stuff | Bank & Vogue | Reju | EILEEN FISHER
Plenary
12:10pm - 12:45pm
Regenerative cotton: If it really is a win-win for all, why is it not more widespread?
Spruell Farms | Victoria's Secret & Co | COTTON USA™ and U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol
Case study
12:45pm - 1:45pm
Lunch
1:45pm - 3:15pm
Roundtables
1:45pm - 2:30pm
A. Corporate accountability: How do we make workers' rights a business norm, not a compliance exercise?
Delta Galil Industries
Roundtable
1:45pm - 2:30pm
B. HRDD in shifting supply chains: What does protecting workers look like as sourcing decisions change?
Verité
Roundtable
1:45pm - 2:30pm
C. Shared purchasing power agreements: How can collective action unlock renewable energy investment in supply chains?
Ralph Lauren
1:45pm - 2:30pm
D. SBTi implementation: How do we navigate SBTi services and integrate FLAG into our inventories?
La Vie en Rose
1:45pm - 2:30pm
E. Still reconciling TCs in spreadsheets? Let’s discuss how automation and AI can support certified materials management
Retraced
1:45pm - 2:30pm
F. Fiber shedding: Until our data sets improve, what working assumptions should we use to assess preferred materials?
Under Armour
Roundtable
1:45pm - 2:30pm
G. T2T feedstock: How does ‘design for disassembly’ work in practice?
Accelerating Circularity
Roundtable
1:45pm - 2:30pm
H. FABSCRAP sorting station: A collective opportunity to de-stress and recharge amid industry burnout
FABSCRAP
Roundtable
3:15pm - 3:45pm
Key takeaways and closing remarks
Parsons School of Design