EVENTS, NEWS & MEDIA
EVENT

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
EVENT

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
EVENT

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
EVENT

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
EVENT

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
EVENT

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
EVENT

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
EVENT

19-20 APRIL 2021
27th Session - UN/CEFACT Plenary
Held virtually and physically in Salle TPS 2, Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
NEWS

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

24 September 2021
UN brings together industry actors for action on sustainability in the garment and footwear sector
NEWS

21 September 2021
The Sustainability Pledge is gathering momentum with commitments from across the garment and footwear industry, government, campaign groups and academia
NEWS

20 May 2021
UNECE launches ‘The Sustainability Pledge’ for measurable and verifiable sustainability in the garment and footwear sector
NEWS

26 March 2021
Policy shift and game-changing tech will enable sustainable and circular economy at scale
NEWS

9 FEBRUARY 2021
Cleaning up the garment and footwear sector: regulation for action
NEWS

8 DECEMBER 2020
With improved tracking, tracing and labelling the garment sector has an opportunity to build back more sustainably