Posted July 29, 2014

 

World Textile Summit 2015 to explore business benefits of sustainability strategy

 

The second World Textile Summit (WTS) will explore sustainability strategies that create business value in the textile manufacturing value chain. In line with the key themes of ITMA 2015, WTS 2015 will seek to answer sustainability questions that matter to the industry’s strategic decision-makers:

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• What return should I expect from capital investment in resource-efficient technologies?

• How do I establish and monitor a sustainable supply chain?

• What are the market opportunities that arise from a strategy based on clean production and sustainable materials?

• How do I manage the risks to corporate reputation?

 

Scheduled for Nov. 13, 2015 and co-located with ITMA 2015 in Milan, WTS 2015 will be a unique, one-day event that brings together the world’s most influential textile leaders to debate issues of strategic importance to the global industry. It is owned and organized by CEMATEX, WTiN and MP Expositions.

 

“ITMA 2015 will be an opportunity for manufacturers to view and compare the latest in resource-efficient textile technologies,” said Charles Beauduin, president of CEMATEX. “Such investments take place against a policy background where senior decision-makers have to consider their sustainability strategies against corporate objectives. World Textile Summit 2015 will help to place sustainability in its context as a key component of value creation in any business.”

 

Program development will be assisted by an advisory panel that currently includes: Jason Kibbey, executive director of the Sustainable Apparel Coalition; Jonas Eder-Hansen, program director of the Nordic Initiative Clean & Ethical; LaRhea Pepper, managing director of Textile Exchange; Patrick Laine, CEO of the Better Cotton Initiative; Baroness Young of Hornsey, chair of the UK All Party Parliamentary Group on Ethics and Sustainability in Fashion, and Ambassador for the Ethical Fashion Forum and MADE-BY; and Saskia Hedrich, senior knowledge expert, Apparel Fashion & Luxury, at McKinsey & Co.

 

“With almost 16 months still to go, WTS 2015 is already attracting strong support from the broader textile community,” said Eileen Ng, project director of ITMA 2015. “We are very pleased to have the Textile Institute and the Sustainable Apparel Coalition on board as our supporting partners.”

 

Leading textile machinery companies SPGPrints, MS Italy and Oerlikon have also confirmed their sponsorship of the event, as has the sustainable-manufacturing specialist Bluesign Technologies.

 

For more information, please visit www.worldtextilesummit.com.