Copenhagen, Denmark,, June 6, 2025 / Prnewswire / – From June 3 to 5, World Fashion Summit: Copenhagen Edition 2025 Convened more than 1000 influential leaders of brands, retailers, NGOs, decision -makers, manufacturers, innovators and adjacent industries to advance collective action on the challenges and opportunities for the sustainability of fashion. Presented by Global fashion agenda (GFA), the non -profit organization accelerating the transition to a net positive fashion industry, the forum took place at the iconic Copenhagen concert hall, with secondary events organized in prestigious cultural places in the city.
Drawing over 16 years of industry leadership, the summit of this year explored the theme of “barriers and bridges”, highlighting the current obstacles holding industry and collaborative solutions to mobilize action. The content addressed five key forces shaping the future of fashion: innovation, capital, courage, incentives and regulations. See the full program here. His Majesty the Queen of DenmarkA longtime boss of the GFA, attended the opening sessions and visited the innovation forum.
Participants were inspired by more than 100 speakers, including representatives of Kering, Re & Up, Ebay, Veja, The European Commission, Ganni, The Lycra Company, Bangladesh Center for Worker Solidarity, H&M Group, Expectai, Visa Europe, Non Environment Program, Zalando, United Repair Center, Target and Artistic Milliners. See the full list of speakers here.
Eminent brands and organizations have revealed new perspectives and initiatives during the event. The protruding facts include:
- Global fashion agendain collaboration with PDS Venturesrevealed the winner of 2025 Trailblazer programhighlighting an innovation at the start of the stage with the potential to transform the fashion and textile industry. The winning company, Refiberd, will receive investments in significant equity as well as commercial and operational support to develop its solution. Learn more.
- Re & Up revealed that he became the leading producer of fiber worldwide to win a cradle in Cradle Certified® for product circularity, validating its recycled cotton and polyester as fully circular. This important step in the industry affirms the leadership of Re & Up in evolving and credible fiber recycling, establishing a new reference for circularity on an industrial scale. Learn more.
- Lycra company In collaboration with Qore®, it will soon be put on the market the first large-scale commercial production in the world of Bio-Dérivées Lycra® fibers made with Qira®. Using worked corn as a raw material, the Lycra company will replace a finite resource traditionally used to make Lycra® fiber. Learn more.
- Launched on June 3, ‘It takes a lot‘ East ZalandoThe second relationship of consumer consumer consumer behavior, exploring the persistent gap between consumer intentions and fashion actions. On the basis of expert surveys and interviews, the report highlights key obstacles and calls for collective actions on the scale of the brands, decision -makers, platforms and consumers to allow more sustainable choices. Learn more.
- The Modern Meadow Bio-Conception Society has revealed Stove™, a high performance and animal -free material made from vegetable proteins, biopolymers and recycled rubber. With more than 80% renewable carbon content, it imitates the appearance and feeling of leather while reducing the environmental impact. Ideal for fashion, the automobile and more, Inovera ™ is scalable and adaptable, mixing innovation with tradition. Learn more.
- With almost three decades of experience in the champion of the recommendation and the circular economy, ebay has built a series of solutions to allow fashion brands to drive the resale – its point of sale of a brand for an excess, imperfect inventory for slightly damaged but never worn items, to pre -appreciated resumes for brands, including its new partnership with Nobos’s Child.
- Wbcsd Launched the councils of the circular transition indicators (CTI) for fashion and textiles V2.0 to allow textile actors and fashion fashion to unlock the commercial value by integrating the measurement of circular performance in decision -making. It helps companies translate the ambition into action, prepare for regulatory compliance and demonstrate tangible progress to investors and stakeholders. Learn more.
- Fashion for good And Arvind Limited announced the launch of future Forward Factories, an ambitious initiative with two interconnected components: developing a complete opening plan for sustainable textile manufacturing and the construction of a revolutionary physical installation in Gujarat, India This proves that these innovations work on a commercial scale. Learn more.
- One year after the launch of fashion renovation to the Global Fashion Summit, The Ellen MacArthur Foundation released ‘Circular commercial model scale: a guide for fashion leaders‘, which equips leaders in the fashion of ideas and tools to integrate circular commercial models into the basic strategy, do a convincing profitability analysis and unlock financial and climatic advantages. Learn more.
With even more emphasis on innovation this year, the Innovation Forum Returned with a dynamic showcase of 30 suppliers of solutions covering the value chain, new generation materials with end -of -edge technologies. Thanks to guided tours and a tailor -made matchmaking program, more than 400 introductions were facilitated between the stakeholders concerned and the innovators.
The summit also hosted 18 exclusive leadership round tables, promoting Frank, a dialogue focused on solutions among the main decision -makers in the public and private sectors. The protruding facts included the “decarbonization of conduct: the financial commitment of companies”, “a transition centered on people”, “climate adaptation in luxury value chains” and “local solutions to a global problem”, generating usable information and new collaborative pathways.
During the opening of the summit, Federica MarchionniCEO, Global Fashion Agenda, Exhorted: “The only certainty in this uncertain world is climate change. Leadership is most necessary during periods of adversity. It is now time of leadership to intensify, assert your vision and courageously generate action on sustainability. Now, it’s time to support tenacious leadership that breaks the barriers and shows what is possible – remembering that the real transformation comes from collaboration collective courage. “
For more information on the summit visit Globalfashionsummit.com. Learn more about the World Fashion Program to globalfashionagenda.org.
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