EVENTS, NEWS & MEDIA



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7 April 2022

2nd UNECE-FAO RLC Latin America Regional Workshop
Accelerating action for the sustainable and circular garment and footwear industry, innovation for inclusive cotton value chains

Santiago, Chile

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25 March 2022

Joint Event: International Conference of Confederation of Employers of Uzbekistan and UNECE Programme "The sustainable garment and footwear industry of the future."
Advancing the transition to sustainable and circular business model

Tashkent, Uzbekistan

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11 March 2022

Textile Transparency Toolbox - UNECE x Manchester Fashion Institute
Accelerating action for the sustainable and circular garment and footwear industry of the future – harnessing the potential of innovation for due diligence and informed consumer choices adding a digitally enabled, textile transparency model to the UK textiles 2030 and wrap policy initiatives, connecting to EU and global models

Physical and virtual, Manchester, UK

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6 Dec 2021

UNECE-FAO Latin America Training Workshop
Accelerating Action for the Sustainable and Circular Garment and Footwear Industry - Innovation for Inclusive Cotton Value Chains

Physical and virtual, Santiago - Chile | Geneva - Switzerland

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21 - 23 SEPTEMBER 2021

UNECE-SDA BOCCONI Regional Workshop
Accelerating action on sustainability and circularity in the garment and footwear sector with innovations that deliver on due diligence and informed consumer choice

21 September (9:30) - 23 September (17:30) 2021
Physical and virtual, Milan, Italy

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12 JULY 2021

Making the circular transition work for a transformative and prosperous post-COVID recovery
Side event during the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development

12 July 2021 13:30 - 15:00
Virtual meeting, Geneva, Switzerland

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28 APRIL 2021

Traceability for Sustainable Garment and Footwear (agri-domain)
36th UN/CEFACT Forum

26 April - 07 May 2021
Virtual WebEx meeting, Geneva, Switzerland

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19-20 APRIL 2021

27th Session - UN/CEFACT Plenary

Held virtually and physically in Salle TPS 2, Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland

NEWS
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31 Oct 2021 – 12 Nov 2021

UN Climate Change Conference (COP26)
Supply chain transparency could help the clothing industry significantly reduce its GHG emissions

NEWS
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24 September 2021

UN brings together industry actors for action on sustainability in the garment and footwear sector

NEWS
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21 September 2021

The Sustainability Pledge is gathering momentum with commitments from across the garment and footwear industry, government, campaign groups and academia

NEWS
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20 May 2021

UNECE launches ‘The Sustainability Pledge’ for measurable and verifiable sustainability in the garment and footwear sector

NEWS
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26 March 2021

Policy shift and game-changing tech will enable sustainable and circular economy at scale

NEWS
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9 FEBRUARY 2021

Cleaning up the garment and footwear sector: regulation for action

NEWS
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8 DECEMBER 2020

With improved tracking, tracing and labelling the garment sector has an opportunity to build back more sustainably

MEDIA
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JULY 2021

The Sustainability Pledge Brand Book and User Manual

PDF file

MEDIA
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JUNE 2021

Project infographic

PDF file

MEDIA
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JUNE 2021

The UNECE Blockchain Pilots

PDF file

MEDIA
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MAY 2021

Twitter Cards

PNG files

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