Building Fashion's Circular Future: Financing, Consumer Behavior, and Regulation - Climate Week NYC
During Climate Week NYC, join us for a working morning with operators and experts on the front lines of circularity. Rather than a series of keynotes, the format is built around your questions and your realities: you'll construct the internal case for circularity at your table and pressure-test it against a panel playing CFO, examine what actually moves customers toward resale and repair, and bring your regulatory questions to people who answer them for a living.
We will discuss:
How to get internal buy-in and funding for circular initiatives
What drives circular behavior, and how it is changing the industry
Launching initiatives that make sense commercially and that customers love
The morning runs as 3 panels with breaks in between, followed by open networking.
Speakers
Annie Agle, Vice President of Impact and Sustainability at Cotopaxi
Kristine Kim, Vice President of Impact and Responsible Sourcing at Dôen
Deanna Bratter, Chief Sustainability Officer at Crocs
Dana Davis, Brand Strategist & Consultant at Dana Davis Consulting
Noelle Sciacca, Head of Fashion & Strategy Partnerships at The RealReal
Alexandra Palmer, VP of Markets at Pickle
Kate Sanner, Founder and CEO of Beni
Melody Serafino, Co-founder and Partner at No. 29 Communications
Donatela Bellone, Founder and CEO of Alu
Nancy Rhodes, Founder and CEO of Alternew
Sydney Badger, VP of Commercialization and Circular Strategy at Fillogic
Laura Jackson, Head of Brand Success at Treet
More to be announced.
Agenda
8:30. Doors, coffee, pastries
9:05. Getting Circularity Funded. Panel. We will talk with brands about proven methods to get internal buy-in.
10:05. The Circular Customer. Panel and open Q&A. We will discuss the psychology and community mechanics behind circular behavior.
11:05 Take-back programs: how to make them stick. Fireside chat. How Crocs took a take-back program from idea to scale.
11:20. Networking
Who this is for
Operators inside fashion and luxury brands: sustainability leads, ecommerce and CRM teams, and the people running circular programs.
This is day 1 of 2. Day 2 opens up to the whole ecosystem, so join us there as well for a roundtable.
Hosts
No. 29 Communications
Full-service communications agency with a focus on sustainability and impact
Alu
Alu monetizes products post-purchase using digital product passports consumers love.
Alternew
You know AppleCare as the post-purchase layer for Apple products. Alternew is the post-purchase layer for fashion.
Fillogic
Fillogic is circular logistics infrastructure: local processing hubs plus proprietary software that receives, grades, and routes every returned item in real time, not weeks later.
Beni
The secondhand search engine that tags along while you shop online
Wednesday, September 23. 8:30am to 1:30pm.
Location to be announced.
Breakfast provided.
Photography and video recording will take place during the event. By registering, you agree that any images or footage captured may be used for promotional purposes.