Sustainable Biz Magazine A4 March 2023 - Flipbook - Page 20
Time for a prosperous creativedriven future of fashion
G
reener, more innovative,
more creative – the
members of the European
Fashion Alliance
established measures and actions for
a sustainable and inclusive future of
the European fashion industry.
The members of the European
Fashion Alliance (EFA), founded in
Frankfurt in June 2022, gathered last
year during the Gran Canaria Swim
Week – the only European Swim Wear
Week - for their first summit.
countries was to discuss and agree on
a package of measures and actions
that can support and promote the
necessary transformation process
in the fashion industry in Europe.
The alliance, which consists of 29
member organisations, including
numerous fashion councils, fashion
weeks, research and educational
institutions, represents more than
10,000 European companies in the
fashion sector, ranging from microenterprises to large corporations.
The aim of the summit of 59
representatives from 23 European
One of the main topics during
the meeting was the “Green Deal”
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formulated by the European Union
in 2019 by Commission President
Ursula von der Leyen to reduce
net emissions of greenhouse
gases to zero by 2050, to which
the fashion industry must also
urgently contribute, according to the
commitment of the EFA. Because the
CO- and environmentally destructive
footprint from textile production and
fashion consumption is still huge.
The European Fashion Alliance aims
to contribute significantly to achieving
a CO-neutral, environmentally
sustainable, non-toxic and completely
circular textile industry and to raise