Connect4Climate partnered with The National Chamber of Italian Fashion and the creative designers from the Next competition to raise climate change awareness at 2014 Milan Fashion Week.
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Connect4Climate was represented at Milan Fashion Week with a bold call for sustainable fashion to tackle climate change.
International Roundtable on Sustainability 2018
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Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana (CNMI) in partnership with Swarovski will be holding the 2nd International Roundtable on Sustainability, an event designed for international luxury brand CSR managers. The initiative is one of several organized by the Sustainability Committee and the Sustainability Work Group co-ordinated by CNMI to provide a forum for discussion and training on sustainability issues in the luxury fashion industry.
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Fashion: Part of the problem, therefore of the solution
The global fashion industry came to COP23 to tell of its efforts to cut out the waste and greenhouse gas emissions in its production, supply and customer behavior which have played a significant part in the linked problems of climate change and sustainability.
Watch how the fashion industry supports the Paris Agreement
The event at this year’s UN Climate Change Conference left the human models at home to shine a spotlight instead on business models and environmentally sound practices that can ensure the transition towards a cleaner, sustainable future, including making fibers from orange juice production.
The fashion sector represents an annual global turnover of around 160 billion euros. It produces 60 million tonnes of garments a year, which could reach 100 million by 2030, and employs 60 million people around the world, mainly in developing countries.
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Moderating the event, Costa Rican fashion designer Mitchell de La O outlined efforts to design and promote a new low carbon and sustainable system for fashion production and consumption.
Brands are adopting various climate and sustainability approaches, including by measuring their climate impact and looking beyond the first tier of suppliers, integrating sustainability in core business practices, making efforts to bring transparency to the supply chain and applying a variety of innovative solutions.
Mitchell de La O, Costa Rican fashion designer
Swedish brand Filippa K’s sustainability expert Elin Larsson shared insights on how resource intensive garment making is. The production of 1 kilo of cotton requires 3,000 liters of water and 1 kilo of chemicals, creating 16 kilos of CO2 and half a kilo of waste. In Sweden, on average each person throws away 13 kilos of garments a year, of which 8 kilos ends up as waste – yet at least 60% could be reusable.
Vanessa Rothschild, the Sustainability Expert at the H&M Group, said the group’s strategy was to be 100% run on renewable energy by 2040 with an entirely circular production model, where the by-product of one industry serves the objective of another.
The panelists also discussed how industry players are developing and adopting new tools to lower the carbon footprint of the industry. For example, Filippa K has created a way to classify fiber for weaving according to a set sustainability degree (its biological/organic source, ability to be repaired and recycled or even being of a recycled nature already).
Orange Fiber’s innovation, developed in partnership with the Polytechnic University of Milan, uses by-products from citrus juice production to produce a sustainable textile. Enrica Arena, one of the two original entrepreneurs, works at the end of orange juice production to retrieve the waste of the chain, and extract from it the cellulose that helps to create the necessary textile fiber.
Filippa K said it was also essential to involve customers in campaigns. For example, Elin Larsson presented the “7 pieces is all you need” campaign, where 18 different looks were created from the same seven pieces to prevent over-consumption of their products.
Another campaign is to tell people there is no need to over-wash clothes, which quickly breaks down the fibers, as well as to remind them that clothes can be mended, instead of thrown away.
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<div>Vulcan Productions is dedicated to the power of storytelling. The division produces content and large-scale campaigns that entertain, electrify and change the way people understand the world’s toughest challenges. Vulcan Productions’ films, television series and digital content spark ideas and turn action into measurable impact. Founded by Paul G. Allen and his sister Jody Allen in 1997, Vulcan Productions creates content across all platforms, extending the wide-ranging work of Vulcan Inc. in wildlife, science, climate, oceans, education, technology, current social issues, history and the arts. Award-winning projects include Racing Extinction, Academy Award®-nominated Body Team 12, We The Economy, #ISurvivedEbola, Girl Rising, and The Blues. Upcoming projects include Ivory, Naledi: A Baby Elephant’s Tale, Mind of a Giant and Unseen Enemy.</div>
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<p>Connect4Climate, also known as the Communication for Climate Change Multi Donor Trust Fund, is the <a href="http://worldbank.org" target="_blank">World Bank Group</a>’s global partnership program dedicated to climate change communication. It is supported by the <a href="http://www.minambiente.it/" target="_blank">Italian Ministry of Environment, Land and Sea</a> and the <a href="https://www.bmz.de/en/" target="_blank">German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development</a>, along with more than<a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/participate/our-partners" target="_blank"> 400 partners</a> including civil society, media networks, international organizations, academic institutions, youth groups and the private sector. <a href="https://www.connect4climate.org/initiatives/film4climate" target="_blank">Film4Climate </a>is the official Connect4Climate initiative dedicated to greening the silver screen, with more than 160 partners from the global film industry.</p>
Green Fashion Week
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First in Los Angeles, then Las Vegas, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Milan. Now the Green Fashion Week arrives in Rome and reaffirms the Italian's initiative in the international fashion scene. It is the sixth edition of the event, which will take place from November 6th to 9th. During the Green Fashion Week, alternatives will be given to reflection on sustainability issues at presentations and parades of the most innovative brands in the Italian and international landscape.
Global Green's Pre-Oscar
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Featuring a special performance by Stevie Wonder, join this exclusive and intimate evening that you will never forget. Soledad O'Brien is the special guest Emcee for the evening.
Connect4Climate & Italian Ministry announces new sustainable fashion initiatives
Promoting environmental sustainability is a defining element of Italian craftsmanship - even in the fashion industry.
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<p>"We need to make climate action cool." - <a href="https://twitter.com/CFigueres" target="_blank">@CFigueres</a> <a href="http://t.co/cuq2DWL322" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/cuq2DWL322</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Action4Climate?src=hash">#Action4Climate</a…; filmmakers Nate Dappen & Patrick Riggs at <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/chifilmfest?src=hash" target="_blank">#chifilmfest</a>! Watch their films: <a href="http://t.co/Orwv4YR9XA" target="_blank">http://t.co/Orwv4YR9XA</a> <a href="http://t.co/2Af9TwBSI6" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/2Af9TwBSI6</a></p>
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<p>I also received my <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Connect4Climate?src=hash" target="_blank">#Connect4Climate</a> bracelet today! <a href="http://t.co/qwIv8WofeU" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/qwIv8WofeU</a></p>
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<p>C4C's <a href="https://twitter.com/maxthabiso" target="_blank">@maxthabiso</a> speaks to <a href="https://twitter.com/MarkRuffalo" target="_blank">@MarkRuffalo</a> & hands him our bracelet for climate action at <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PeoplesClimate?src=hash" target="_blank">#PeoplesClimate</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/climate2014?src=hash" target="_blank">#climate2014</a> <a href="http://t.co/08G1ImiDqh" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/08G1ImiDqh</a></p>
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<p>“<a href="https://twitter.com/maxthabiso" target="_blank">@maxthabiso</a>: <a href="https://twitter.com/ENGAJAMUNDO" target="_blank">@Engajamundo</a> Raquel Rosenberg showing support for climate <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/action?src=hash" target="_blank">#action</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/UN_ClimateTalks" target="_blank">@UN_ClimateTalks</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Connect4Climate" target="_blank">@Connect4Climate</a> <a href="http://t.co/8XJjYFc33m" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/8XJjYFc33m</a>”</p>
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<p>Melissa Cahuata from <a href="https://twitter.com/LimaCop20" target="_blank">@LimaCop20</a> with the C4C bracelet donated by <a href="https://twitter.com/CrucianiC" target="_blank">@CrucianiC</a>! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/COP20Lima?src=hash" target="_blank">#COP20Lima</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/VocesPorElClima?src=hash" target="_blank">#VocesPorElClima</a> <a href="http://t.co/cLeZ8UsDsQ" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/cLeZ8UsDsQ</a></p>
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