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CULTURE Sustainability Actions

Joined the Fashion Pact

The Fashion Pact unites CEOs of global leading companies from the fashion and textile industries committed to ambitious environmental common objectives focused on three main pillars: the fight against climate change, the conservation of biodiversity and the protection of the ocean. The coalition, born from the belief that only collective action can change the environmentally harmful impact of the fashion industry, has gained momentum, bringing together an estimated one third of the entire sector.

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Launched CVPPA initiative

In December 2022, the Fashion Pact launched the Collective Virtual Power Purchase Agreement (CVPPA) initiative, aimed at accelerating renewable electricity adoption by investing in new clean energy infrastructure, beginning in Europe. A first-of-its-kind for the fashion industry, the CVPPA project seeks to add over 100,000 MWh per year of new renewable electricity generation to the grid, accelerating the transition to clean energy while helping brands invest and progress towards achieving their sustainability targets.

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Hosted sustainable fashion dialogue

Moving the Needle is an interdisciplinary initiative at Yale dedicated to advancing research, dialogue, and innovation in sustainable fashion. Through speaker series, discussion groups, and interdisciplinary research, Moving the Needle fosters critical dialogue and actionable insights to reimagine fashion’s future. By promoting circularity, low-impact practices, and social empowerment, the initiative aims to create pathways for a more sustainable and equitable global fashion industry.

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Joined Sustainable Fashion Network

Yale is now the home of the Sustainable Fashion Consumption Network. This network brings academic researchers and practitioners together to work on the issues of fashion consumption in the context of sustainability. It exchanges ideas and news, collaborates on articles, grants and other projects, organises events and sessions at international scientific conferences, shares knowledge and findings with the public and contributes to the efforts of different stakeholders to advance sustainable forms of fashion consumption.

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