CALL: Sustainable Fashion made in Brazil at COP27
The UN Climate Change Conference 2022 (UNFCCC COP 27) will go on from 7 to 18 November 2022, in Egypt. There will be a roundtable for key players of Sustainable Fashion from Brazil
UPDATE: The call is closed. Check below the final list of participants.
Roundtable
Event Title: Sustainable Fashion Made in Brazil
Description: Exploring creative strategies to communicate scientific research, innovation, and sustainable behaviour within the UN framework.
Date: Tuesday 8th November 2022
Time: 09:30am – 12:00pm
Local: Blue Zone – Pavilion P97 – Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt
Moderator: Luciana Duarte – PhD Researcher at the International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University of Rotterdam
Speakers
(1) LOJAS RENNER
Eduardo Ferlauto (Head of Sustainability and Director at Instituto Lojas Renner)
Presentation:
- The Paths taken by Lojas Renner towards more sustainable fashion in the retail market in Brazil
(2) MALWEE
Anay Zaffalon (Executive Director)
Presentations:
- MALWEE’S Collaborative Innovations for Sustainable Fashion in Brazil
- a.fio – Facing the Challenge of Circular Fashion
(3) SIMPLE ORGANIC
Patricia Lima (CEO)
Presentation:
- Sustainability and the need for change: how beauty can be profitable and sustainable
(4) SOMA GRUPO
Taciana Abreu (Head of Sustainability)
Tashka Yawanawa (Chief of Yawanawa indigenous people)
Presentation:
- Collaborating with Local Indigenous Communities to create meaningful and impact positive fashion. The FARM Rio + Yawanawa Case.
(5) OKEANOS
Martina Hauser (Chief Government Affairs Officer)
Presentation:
- Beyond the Garment. Sustainable Supply Chains
(6) LACES AND HAIR
Cris Dios (Founder and President)
Hugo Cechetto (Head of Digital Experience)
Presentation:
- Brazilian Reference in Sustainable Beauty Ecosystems and Natural Cosmetics
(7) INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL STUDIES
Sylvia I. Bergh (Senior Researcher at The Hague University of Applied Sciences (THAUS); Associate Professor at International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) Erasmus University of Rotterdam)
Luciana Duarte (PhD Researcher in Development Studies at the International Institute of Social Studies (Erasmus University of Rotterdam), and in Production Engineering (Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil); Lecturer in Industrial Design Engineering at The Hague University of Applied Sciences)
Presentation
- Creative strategies to communicate research findings on sustainable fashion
Partners
NGO Responding to Climate Change
Ethical Fashion Brazil – Agency and platform for sustainable fashion business
Civic Innovation research group – International Institute of Social Studies – Erasmus University of Rotterdam
Contact: letswork@ethicalfashionbrazil.com
CALL
We are inviting key players on sustainable fashion located in Brazil or with businesses in the country to talk at COP27.
Target: suppliers of better cotton initiatives, clothing and shoe manufacturers becoming net-zero, fashion retailers with ecofriendly products in their portfolios, and sustainable fashion institutes.
UN Climate Change Conference 2022 (UNFCCC COP 27)
The 27th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 27) to the UNFCCC will take place in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.
COP 27 was originally expected to take place from 8-20 November 2021. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, COP 26 was rescheduled from November 2020 to November 2021. As a result, COP 27 will take place from 7-18 November 2022.
Event: Sustainable Fashion made in Brazil at COP27
dates: 7-18 November 2022
location: Sharm el-Sheikh, South Sinai, Egypt
contact: Nicole Serrij
e-mail: ns@rtcc.org ; cc.: letswork@ethicalfashionbrazil.com
Responding to Climate Change – RTCC
Ethical Fashion Brazil during COP26
I wrote a couple of articles sharing our experience during COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland, in November 2021:
- Interview at COP26 Climate Change
- Talk about Fashion in the Amazon at COP26
- Fashion at COP26 UN Climate Change Conference
- COP26: Sustainable Innovation for Sustainable Future
- Conferência do Clima COP26 e Impactos na Moda
