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- Swarovski Foundation Institute: Creatives for Our Future is an international program with the UN Office for Partnerships to identify and accelerate the next generation of creative talent who demonstrate awareness, technologies and solutions for social and sustainable development
- Global grant program launches with four-week open call for submissions from diverse, young talent (18-25) across creative disciplines including fashion, art, design, architecture and engineering
- Selected grantees will receive a bursary, personal mentorship, educational training and industry networking access in support of their developing practices, and will be invited to present in September 2021 around the high-level segment of the UN General Assembly
Messe Frankfurt Asia Holdings Ltd. Hybrid online-physical platforms the way ahead Messe Frankfurt calls itself the marketing and service partner for trade fairs, congresses and other events and its website quoting preliminary data says that in spite of the pandemic it conducted no less than 150 fairs in the year that was.
Raj Manek, Executive Director and board member of Messe Frankfurt Asia Holdings Ltd, discusses with
Fibre2Fashion how supply chains are set to change, what SMEs need to do to adapt to the new business landscape and the way tradeshows are going to be organised in the future. Where is the Indian textile industry lagging as on date? Which are the areas where reforms are needed?
29 Sustainability efforts of the fashion industry in November 2020
By Simone Preuss
16 Dec 2020
Following on the October momentum, in November, too, cooperations ranked high in the industry, ranging from promoting circular fashion to reducing packaging materials and more. Brands and retailers kicked it up a notch in view of the holidays and put their most sustainable foot forward in terms of offering products that make a difference. FashionUnited found 29 sustainable initiatives, which were announced in the month of November alone.
Cooperations & Projects
Photo: New Cotton Project
The European Union is funding a new project to harness fashion industry collaborations and technology to create circular fashion. Under the ‘New Cotton Project,’ a consortium of brands, manufacturers, suppliers, innovators and research institutes will be tasked with proving that circular, sustainable fashion “is not only an ambition, but can be achieved today”. The twelve participating fashio