Roundtable during the UN Climate Change Conference COP27
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
