In anticipation of the launch of the United Nations Partnership for Sustainable Fashion in New York in July, the Global Landscapes Forum held a Digital Summit panel discussion titled Fashion for the Sustainable Development Goals.
The summit introduced current innovations expected to lead to sustainable fashion supply chains and green job opportunities for youth and women.
The discussion was moderated by Nairobi-based UN Environment Management Officer Michael Stanley-Jones. Its featured speakers included Kaya Dorey, founder of sustainable fashion brand Novel Supply Co.; fashion technologist Amanda Parker, New York-based chief innovation officer of sustainable fashion investment incubator Future Tech Lab; and New York-based runway producer Ava J. Holmes, co-Founder of Fashion For Conservation.
Dorey was named the 2017 UN Environment Young Champion of the Earth-North America for starting an innovative Vancouver-based production for comfortable basics made of sustainable cotton and hemp, and no synthetic dyes.
